> Why do you need it? Are your fancy fonts, 1 meg CSS file, or 1 meg of Javascript that essential to the function of your website that you absolutely must have

> Why do you need it? Are your fancy fonts, 1 meg CSS file, or 1 meg of Javascript that essential to the function of your website that you absolutely must have them? And if not, what are they doing there? I wonder myself this every time this discussion flares up. Stack Overflow awnsers that tell fledgling devs 'you can use framework x function y to solve problem z' are particulary irksome.