Perl looks ugly to novices?

I thought the whole point of Perl was that there were so many ways to code something, there's always a way to make the code look elegant.
From Larry Wall:
Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.
This contrasts languages like Ruby which basically encourage/force you  to do things a specific way.

Just read this quote
I have a pretty major problem with a language where one of the most common variables has the name $_
Except you never have to use $_ in the first place. It's always a choice

In conclusion, people who don't like Perl don't know how to use it.

>>25
No, you fuck off.

>>26
That's the ,,singular they'' solution, which is probably the only solution that isn't awkward as fuck and that doesn't introduce a bunch of ugly words that would morph the English language into an abomination.

>>27,30
The neutral ,,he'' solution is ambiguous as it might mislead you to assuming masculine gender for the person it is referring to.

>>30
You are a retarded, racist, sexist, and idiotic piece of shit.  It isn't only your opinion about feminism that is misguided, it's your entire worldview.  Die in a fire, cretin.