You said "I thought everyone was just playing up to the same fun thought-experiment" which implies you did that thinking at the time. I'm not questioning whether you knew how to breathe or understood the mechanics of it. I can only go by the information you provided.
Your reply even shows you don't understand the magic of Christmas that some children felt.
> I feel grateful to my parents that they managed to feed imagination without deceit
You're framing this deceit as a bad thing. What do you think about parents pretending a child's spoon is an airplane?
Just watched it on youtube. He doesn't use the fingerholes but I wouldn't expect all pros use them. The second hand just remains on the ball longer before the throw. My verdict: not that different
the response is: list out your priorities and the impact of not doing them long with a recommendation of moving forward
... isn't that YOUR job? This especially sucks when it happens regularly and it means you're not spending any time on the prioritized work, just working on setting priorities.
It's basically a different flavor of modern web app development. It's key difference is that it doesn't download a full JS library to the client. The saves some ms/s on initial load. For most applications, that is not really an issue but, of course, there are some scenarios that it suits.
What do you think that dirt is going to do to you? What about if you have a child who rolls around in the grass and then comes in? Or a baby pram who's wheels go everywhere, or a wheelchair user enters your house, or you have a cat or a dog?
While I do take my shoes off in my hall and wear socks in doors all the time, I think the no shoes thing has entered meme territory.