@Jan Dembowski -

Please don't misunderstand: I think that for the vast majority of the WordPress user base, keeping core updated is the correct approach. I don't take any particular issue with having a little fun at the expense of the typically nonsensical excuses for failing to update.

My point (which probably applies to a minuscule fraction of the overall WordPress user base) was just that I don't think we should be casting a negative light on those who knowingly choose to modify WordPress, nor should we be casting a negative light on those people if they fail to submit patches for those changes, because doing so is contrary to the free software principles that WordPress so ardently espouses. We should instead celebrate that free software is serving its intended purpose.