The Boost Virus

Why is everyone so fucking inclined to use Boost?
Why do you need to add a fuck ton of dependencies on your small toy programs?

Can't you just stick with vanilla C++ and do us all a favor?

If there's anything I'm never installing for a project? It's boost.

I swore an oath to myself: I will never use a language that I will not be able to fully and well implement without wasting half of my life.
This holds true for C and Scheme but not for Common Lisp (probably) and surely not for C++.