(Even less signal-ish is this post. But I don't care about signal-to-noise. What I care about is when there's no longer any signal, like Reddit and Digg.)
Four monks decided to meditate silently without speaking for two weeks. By nightfall on the first day, the candle began to flicker and then went out. The first monk said, "Oh, no! The candle is out." The second monk said, "Aren't we not suppose to talk?" The third monk said, "Why must you two break the silence?" The fourth monk laughed and said, "Ha! I'm the only one who didn't speak."
I voted you up, not because I agree, but because for me, this was more a reminder as to why JavaScript is a tricky language, and not one that should be jumped into as mindlessly as many of us do.