Must be a client thing, I see those
:::spoiler things everywhere but they don't work, using the spoiler button in my markdown editor produced my comment and works correctly on my machine ¯(ツ)/¯
It also didn't have tabs in the file explorer for the longest time. I remember having to download some random exe from a dodgy site just to have them in W7
The longer wire (being also thicker) has less resistance and is therefore wasting less power as heat, that's where the Voltage drop is going.
Sure, most of the time it's fine if you know what you're doing, but that's why it's general wisdom and not a hard rule, like "don't put metal in the microwave", it's said to protect those that have no idea what they're doing/why the saying exists
I know what I'd want to be held against me in a court of law that's for sure