> Maybe it's because I've never felt the need to use generics and in all these articles the examples they give are functions of a few lines that would be quicke

> Maybe it's because I've never felt the need to use generics and in all these articles the examples they give are functions of a few lines that would be quicker to write 2-3 times for different types than remembering generic syntax. Uhmm, what? That seems entirely ignorant for ignoring an expressive concept and rather "do it the hard way". And, "remembering the generic syntax" is no different from remembering any other features' syntax, and I don't imagine you have issues remembering those, do you?