<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@th4" class="u-url mention">@<span>th4</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fm_volker" class="u-url mention">@<span>fm_volker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Felienne" class="u-url mention">@<span>Felienne</span></a></span> I don't know what "emotions" means on a "statistical scale". And it's not just emotions. People also heavily make decisions based on familiarity. That's why you see all kinds of things written in languages they "shouldn't" be written in. Heck, the very existence of Node.js is proof of this.</p>