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> I feel like once you have the knowledge to pay attention to design language you are now cursed to do so everywhere.

It is very true. A common example is kerning (hence the joke, keming). Once you learn the nuances of spacing between letters you start to notice it everywhere.

There was also a great SNL skit about a graphics designer who was haunted by the Avatar logo which was simply the papyrus font.