I'm happy to complain about python but I got like a third into it and didn't find any actual wtfs.

Java as contrast has interning wtfs because == between java objects does essentioally what python's `is` does. Python actually made a good choice here and made == do what you'd expect.

Is anyone surprised by `(1 > 0) < 1`? There are languages where it will be rejected because of types, but what else would you expect it do than compare a boolean true to 1?

Is there anything of value later on?