Discussion on: The difference between x++ and ++x

To me, I primarily disagreed with how Standard JS treats semicolons. I mean just look at this absurdity! I don't like how it is being too clever with the format.

;[1, 2, 3].forEach(bar)
;(function () {
  window.alert('ok')
}())
;`hello`.indexOf('o')

Of course, this is an extreme example. Even their documentation discourages lines of code that begin with [, (, and the like. Nonetheless, I just feel strange when they have the audacity to call it "Standard" JS in the face of some weird syntax that is too clever.