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[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I used Vim once. I still do, mostly because I don't know how to quit it.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Asking someone that doesn't know how, to close vim is my favorite password generator.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

It’s my band name but all the members quit when I told them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"What's this machine do?"

"It is a dedicated word processor."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

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/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

"Ah sweet that's some sick retro tech!"

"Haha yea...retro..."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can always close vim but you can never quit >:3

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

"We are programmed to receive."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

The joke is long dead, long live vim

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

My brain is too smooth for modal environments. I require one mode or fewer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's disgusting! Stop telling us about the bangs that escape your colon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

i went boom boom 😎