Lesschumras – that is neither nice nor fair. There are many things that we do that have a basis in halacha or minhag that sound crazy. How should LB know which things are legitimate and which aren’t?
And I don’t think this had anything to do with superstition. My understanding was that it was meant as a practical suggestion for keeping shmiras ha’ayin. If you were going to make that comment, this was not the place for it.