Ah yes, taste. That thing that is definitely NOT subjective, and NOT influenced by cultural norms and personal preferences rather than universal standards.

Yes you are right, guess you guys do have better “web taste”.

Why would anyone prefer pics of hipster drinking coffee over plain text?

I just want to read the site without having it jump all over the place. If it's running away from my eyes it probably doesn't want to be read so I just skip it. Probably wasn't important anyway.