Стал свидетелем такого вот диалога.

<b> I wonder if the motive behind the [] syntax was to actually improve the aesthetics of s-expressions, or to just stop the wining about too many parenthesis.
<k> b: not that those ends are mutually exclusive; but i think it has more to do with freud's medusa-theorem
<b> heh, definitely have to google that one
<k> b: multiplication of the phallus, as in medusa's snakes or manifold parentheses, symbolizes castration; thus the PLTer, or other plyers of [], take upon themselves the square brackets like perseus' shield

А еще thesz мне утверждал, что "скобкофобия" — болезнь вымышленная. Ха.