# Ethan's Infamous Quote

Source: https://www.dandenney.com/blips/ethans-infamous-quote
Date: 2018-09-05
Summary: Ethan Marcotte on humanity never learning to use blank textareas responsibly

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<figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think the real lesson here is that humanity hasn’t learned how to use blank textareas responsibly.</p></blockquote><figcaption>&mdash; Ethan Marcotte (@beep) <a href="https://twitter.com/beep/status/145252249667506176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2011</a></figcaption></figure><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I have been looking for this quote forever and finally found it again in a Slack room. It has stuck with me because it's so true.