I also don't mess with your default colors. At least they're obnoxious when mindlessly applied for no reason. If I ever have a good reason to use any of those features on my pages, I will. So far, I've never felt the need. I try to keep my pages as small and simple as possible.
Most pages have one or two small graphics for flavor.
Because I care. I don't think flashing any of it at you will help. Even if you don't like what I've published here, at least you don't have to waste alot of time to download it.