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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] notabot@lemm.ee 129 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)
[–] shiny_idea@aussie.zone 48 points 3 weeks ago

Ha, I missed that part. Subtle.

[–] PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who get that joke and those who don't.

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[–] PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

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

[–] CubitOom 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Notserious@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"What's this machine do?"

"It is a dedicated word processor."

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 9 points 3 weeks 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/

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

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

"Haha yea...retro..."

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

"We are programmed to receive."

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

"Theres also a emacs plugin"

Truly heresy against the lord Linus Torvalds, Vim is the only correct option all else is unholy.

[–] wanderingwizard@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Linus uses emacs. Not GNU emacs, but still emacs.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well obviously neovim is also a correct option, does that really even need to be said?

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My dad probably takes the cake as he used the OG VI back in the day.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sonny, we wrote it Vi back in the day. Capital V, lower case i. Now get off my lawn! Isn't it cold? Policemen look younger and younger every year.

[–] Spider89@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nano is for people posing at using Linux

You have to commit to a side in the war

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Absolutely bloated (kate) and nano isnt vim therefore it sucks

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have to be honest I thought OP was being 100% serious until the last line.

[–] riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

That last line is why I shared it with others who have no idea what half the things it's referencing are.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

This is true because NetBSD runs on the actual Mastodon.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Jokes aside, is Mastodon still tech nerd dominated in 2025? This was from 2022.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean, yeah, there’s loads of tech nerds, but it’s the internet so there’s always going to be.

But honestly, the vast majority of the people I follow are just regular folks who like to chat about regular stuff. Like how they use Arch, btw.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why can't we contain all those tech nerds inside a dock or something?

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[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey! I know some of those words!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

This is my favorite thing this morning. FreeBSD ftw.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My lack of knowledge about whatever an emacs plugin is proves #4 wrong.

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is most likely a joke akin to xkcd 2501

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Linux community in a nutshell and also way too many developers

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

It's a type of sausage that's famous in the Netherlands

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's the online handle of some Linus fellow, some would argue he's internet famous for whatever reason

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

The concerns on using Mastodon and the likes is probably propaganda to dissuade people from using open source and defederated social media.

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