You can die from vitamin poisoning. Doesn't mean that vitamins are bad. Similarly, too many comments are obviously not a good idea, but that doesn't mean you ne

You can die from vitamin poisoning. Doesn't mean that vitamins are bad. Similarly, too many comments are obviously not a good idea, but that doesn't mean you never need them. There are many cases you need an occasional comment: to explain why a possible surprising value is set to what it is, for example. Or to warn future editors for a mistake you made in the past, or even to just describe what a potentially confusing setting does.