This might seem like I'm simply being contrarian or wanting stamp my rightitude on the matter, but your framing of the icon's absolute comprehension by everyone else seems to me to be ... ill-advised. Someone not doing their homework might just take your schpiel at face value and propagate problems obliviously.
I've 'beta'd' hamburger icons a few times over the years and have always come away not relying on them precisely because they don't seem to have the blanket comprehension amongst users you seem to think they do.
Wait, what?
This might seem like I'm simply being contrarian or wanting stamp my rightitude on the matter, but your framing of the icon's absolute comprehension by everyone else seems to me to be ... ill-advised. Someone not doing their homework might just take your schpiel at face value and propagate problems obliviously.
I've 'beta'd' hamburger icons a few times over the years and have always come away not relying on them precisely because they don't seem to have the blanket comprehension amongst users you seem to think they do.