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I used Vim once. I still do, mostly because I don't know how to quit it.
The joke is long dead, long live vim
Asking someone that doesn't know how, to close vim is my favorite password generator.
It’s my band name but all the members quit when I told them.
escape colon que bang
That's disgusting! Stop telling us about the bangs that escape your colon.
i went boom boom 😎
"What's this machine do?"
"It is a dedicated word processor."
I know you are not joking because it was only a week ago really good tech journalism site The Register did a walk through on making a dedicated Word 5.0 bootable USB
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free_writing/
"Ah sweet that's some sick retro tech!"
"Haha yea...retro..."
Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for
You can always close vim but you can never quit >:3
"We are programmed to receive."
My brain is too smooth for modal environments. I require one mode or fewer.