…so your point is that ordering take-out every day of the month is too expensive and that you have to cook for yourself to make ends meet? I warmheartedly welcome you to the club.

Point well made for 99% of the cases. Years back though, I worked on a web application for the elderly – try not getting clever with login forms to a userbase that doesn’t know the difference between logging in and signing up. There are definitely situations where it’s merited to (try to) overcome a lack of tech-savviness with unconventional UIs.