Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.
For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.
Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
I procrastinate, but mostly because there's always too many things to do, and I got the stew in my mind that things do bubble up, so I'll throw things in there and let them stew around. It's sort of like greasing the squeaky wheels in my own brain.
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.