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by gravity13 4567 days ago
Or just learn what 'this' means because, seriously, you're a programmer and it's not that hard to figure out.
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That means that every person who reads your code also must understand "this" correctly in order to interpret your code correctly.

In certain team environments, I avoid 'this' because the programmer who is looking at this file next may not understand it's proper usage.

Come on, there are what, half a dozen keywords in JavaScript? It's not that complicated.