Had way too much fun doing that title.
Metaphors are an invaluable teaching tool, and for the apparently esoteric feature of CSS specificity that only 43% on Twitter could answer correctly, these resources are worth revisiting (as in, these have been around for years now). Take your pick:
🦇 Batman
👭 The Shining
🐟 Fish
🌐 Star Wars
It’s called Cascading Style Sheets for a reason, guys ;)
Worse: what I saw on rant and hot take Twitter is people complaining about having to memorize these rules, and that it’s gatekeeping to tell people you should know these basic things already. It’s…crazy out there.