But why???? (She wailed, using "i" for her italics.) It makes so much more sense to use i and b to denote italics and bold, rather than em and strong. Plus, it's SHORTER. And I'm so used to typing them I do it without thinking now! ARGH, INTERNET, WHY WON'T YOU DO MY BIDDING ALREADY??????

(I don't actually mean to be argumentative. But this change doesn't make much sense to me. Do you know the reason why it was made?)