That’s the kind of stupid meme that make people lie to their therapists. It’s already, by far, the number one reason preventing people from actually fixing their problems in therapy.

His hands are so small.

Because we were talking about how to save that information without using cookies. Setting a cookie would break the one thing that the conversation was about, wouldn’t it?

If we’re in a fun conversation about how to enter your home without using the door, would you be the one saying “I have an idea, I have an idea: use the door”?

Was it?

This meme is so “junior dev”. Just get over it.

Junior dev with 2 months of experience: “Did you know that HTML is not a programming language? I’m so smart for knowing this!”

Actual smart devs: “Who cares? You know what they mean, don’t be pedantic and focus on getting your tasks done in time.”

And even if you’re storing relevant user data, you don’t have to put a banner.

You only need a banner if you’re storing data you don’t need, for tracking or other secondary purposes.

Remembering that the user asked to not see that banner again.

No, the Dunning-Kruger is what makes water easy to compress.