@henryseg for myself, i've been putting off learning about them (and thus understanding the general loathing of them) for literal decades, and was curious. I was mostly spurred by this toot thread, though:
https://mastodon.social/@joshmillard/105499794210412643
@phooky For rotating things, there are alternatives that are perhaps less confusing: https://marctenbosch.com/quaternions/