Comment 2 for bug 689904

Other arguments against:

http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2010/01/21/when-should-you-store-serialized-objects-in-the-database/

But, for me, its a history thing! just like aikimarkup, it adds one more layer of extra stuff to learn and is another shortcut taken early in aiki that is slowing us down.