Can someone explain to me what the problem with these things are? Like, why is he complaining that he has to add a value to a variable? If he doesn’t want the

Can someone explain to me what the problem with these things are? Like, why is he complaining that he has to add a value to a variable? If he doesn’t want the variable created during init of an object then don’t create it. And what exactly is the problem with self? I’m a bit unsure what he is mad about.