When Did Knolly Bikes Get So Frakking Ugly?

Christ, that mile-long straight section of downtube-lower shock mount-seattube junction-bottom bracket-lower swingarm pivot is just grotesque.  I know Knollys were never beauty contest winners, with a made-in-a-shed, privateer vibe, and I know they have their fans and generally ride well, but how did we get here?  We expect butt-ugly cock-ups from Specialized and Santa Cruz and Cannondale, but those assholes do it because they can, because idiots will buy whatever they are told to buy.  And yes, the Knolly design looks worse from the non-driveside, but it's fucking heinous either way.  The banana-shaped tubes aren't exactly elegant to start with, but add in that long, nearly-horizontal shelf and that downtube is an abortion.  No matter how well your contraption works, if it looks like a sloppy, half-assed solution, it is.  These 2020 Knollys are ugly.  Too bad, cuz that Delirium is a nice big brute of a bike.  And it's metal.  But holy fuck, it's one nasty-looking motherfucking mess.