Languages with design by committee are a plenty, including all mainstream ones, not a single one is still being developed by a single person.

The second or third most popular language of all time? God forbid lol

Popular does not mean good. Tobacco smoking is also popular.

Do you think this is clever? For a metaphor to be relevant to a discussion it has to be fitting, not just a dunk.

It’s not a metaphor. I was giving a counterexample to your implied claim that popularity is an indicator of quality.

That wasn't an implied claim because we're not discussing metrics for judging quality.

You're right. It's everyone's least-favorite gotcha. Reminds me of this:

Waiter: "How is everything?"

Customer: "Great!"

Waiter, disgusted: "Even war?"