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It's pretty indisputable that jade, haml, etc takes about 10% of characters to write vs plain html. There is nothing in html that can't be expressed in jade, and if you would prefer to use html you can put it in as plain text behind a | (I often do this for links in text). The lack of closing tags eliminates the most common cause of html mistakes completely.

If you don't like jade, I can respect that, and most of the time I use html for work because of factors that I can't control and it's no problem.

But you need to come to terms with the fact that your dislike of the language is caused entirely by your (I'm guessing) long experience with html, which has made you unwilling to gain proficiency in something new. Jade is objectively simpler than straight html.