this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
1293 points (98.2% liked)
Funny
9460 readers
1672 users here now
General rules:
- Be kind.
- All posts must make an attempt to be funny.
- Obey the general sh.itjust.works instance rules.
- No politics or political figures. There are plenty of other politics communities to choose from.
- Don't post anything grotesque or potentially illegal. Examples include pornography, gore, animal cruelty, inappropriate jokes involving kids, etc.
Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
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.
escape colon que bang
That's disgusting! Stop telling us about the bangs that escape your colon.
i went boom boom 😎
The joke is long dead, long live vim