Utility-classes Memes

Grandpa Simpson is basically every senior dev watching juniors slap flex justify-between items-center p-4 rounded-md shadow-lg on everything without understanding what a float is. The CSS purists are sitting on their tree stumps of righteousness while the rest of us are just trying to ship products without writing 200 lines of media queries. Yes, frameworks can be overkill, but have you tried centering a div without one? That's the real horror story.

The Twitter bird (or any blue bird, really) first rejects Tailwind CSS with disgust, only to later vomit it back up after reluctantly consuming it. It's the classic frontend dev journey: "Utility classes?! That's just inline CSS with extra steps! I'm a proper developer who writes clean, semantic CSS!" *5 minutes of trying to maintain a massive CSS codebase later* "OH GOD GIVE ME THE UTILITY CLASSES PLEASE I'LL DO ANYTHING!" We've all been there. First you mock it, then you try it, then you can't live without it. The circle of CSS frameworks.

Oh. My. GOD. The absolute BETRAYAL when someone says they prefer Tailwind while having NO CLUE what modern CSS can do! 💅 The driver's all excited about CSS Grid, Flexbox, and variables while his passenger is just like "I'll take my utility classes, thanks" — and BOOM — gets yeeted to the back seat faster than you can say "!important". It's the front-end equivalent of saying you prefer training wheels when someone offers you a motorcycle. The DRAMA! The AUDACITY!

The backend dev bird starts off screaming at Tailwind CSS like it's a horrific abomination, but after reluctantly taking a bite... suddenly enters a blissful state of enlightenment. It's the perfect visualization of that journey from "CSS frameworks are bloating my HTML!" to "Wait, these utility classes are actually... amazing?" The final panel with those chicken thoughts hits hard because we've ALL been there—adamantly rejecting something new until we try it and sheepishly realize we were wrong the whole time. Resistance is futile; Tailwind will assimilate you.