Before you go calling others stupid, read your comment above.
No reason to get excited. That's just my personal habit on my personal aircraft that no one else flies, not a recommendation on how others should do their pre flights. The 182 doesn't really need flaps at all and I very often do no flaps landings. I do take off with 10° flaps most of the time to remove stress from the tires and landing gear and this is also when I visually check if they retract evenly.