I'd like to say one laughter will bury you but we all know this is not the case, sadly.

> What's the best way to get thicker skin about Perl's unpopularity?

They are fashion victims; without harassing them all, you can show a complaisant superiority, as an old and wise man does looking to youngsters. Ask for real arguments against perl, highlighting that you are all professionists and is really unwise to follow a mundane mood against a technology without real arguments.

Then take your time to demonstrate how much false are these arguments against perl.

Never get upset: always a smile of complaisant understanding.

You are in the frontline of the battlefield where perl can raise or decay.

We are all with you!

L*