Something that's been picking at my brains...

[rawfuls]

Well, just been thinking about this for a long time, never found out why, or if there is even an answers.

Why are flat headed (not the phillips..) screws so unpopular now?

Or maybe, were always unpopular?

I mean, they are so much easier to pull out, are almost impossible to strip, and just look so much cooler!

Maybe my family is a bit weird (regardless), but I remember quite a few years back, my dad used to use nothing but flatheads, but has since found and used more phillips screws?

Plus flat headed screwdrivers are multi-functional! They function both as a screwdriver.... (surprise, surprise), but make a pretty good leverage tool! (Tell that to my collection of bike flat tires..)

Anyways, is there a REAL reason they've become so much less... un-used?
Or is it just another "Honda vs. Toyota" or... "Intel vs. AMD" or... well, you get the point.