I've seen it discussed before, even in Dragon Magazine, but I haven't seen it pop up in play very often, at least not in the groups I played with. Maybe your experience was different.
"I can't decide which I hate more, people who play coy about the fact they're just rehashing an overdone subject, or ones who were so lazy about research that they honestly don't understand that's what they're doing."
Is that a personal swipe at me or the video's author? I don't care for that statement either way.