i actually like the pinked ones- i don't have any problems lining them up & feel that i get a straighter, better seam when the pieces have a a pinked edge. also i don't have all those raveling edges on the back of my finished blocks to trim away/clean up later. Maybe because i've been sewing for so long and started constructing garments- i am used to the benefits of pinked edges so do not find them (strange) at all-