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.