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I used Vim once. I still do, mostly because I don't know how to quit it.
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.
"What's this machine do?"
"It is a dedicated word processor."
"Ah sweet that's some sick retro tech!"
"Haha yea...retro..."
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/
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.
The joke is long dead, long live vim
escape colon que bang
That's disgusting! Stop telling us about the bangs that escape your colon.
i went boom boom 😎