Everyone? Does that include me? If you have a problem with it, take ownership of your opinion. It's annoying when people say things like "everyone knows this"

Everyone? Does that include me? If you have a problem with it, take ownership of your opinion. It's annoying when people say things like "everyone knows this" or "nobody does that" because really what they're saying is "I know this" and "I don't do that". Also, HN has never been exclusively technical. A lot of designers frequent this here corner of webland and they may well find it interesting for any number of reasons. I did.