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That seems a bit self-limiting.

Damnit, that's what you get for forgetting the unicode for irony punctuation

I hope that you did not flip this around and force yourself to learn PHP and JS based on this philosophy.

Hey, come on. PHP and JS fit a niche. Just like the platypus. Remarkably stupid animal, but it exists because it fit a niche that no other animal did.

Can't we like something just because it's awesome? For both cases.

Yes we can. I respect and admire all three.