I don't feel like most Haskell code is like that and I've read a fair amount.

> E.g. Yes you apply the dot operator to itself but why would you?

I write a fair amount of Haskell and I despise seeing code that applies the dot operator to itself.

Another lambda rather than a double compose is almost always the answer.

Exactly. I also like to choose between do, >>= and <$>, <*> etc. based on readability. I prefer a slightly more clumsy but readable do {...} in many situations.