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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
 
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[–] notabot@lemm.ee 129 points 2 months ago (6 children)
[–] shiny_idea@aussie.zone 48 points 2 months ago

Ha, I missed that part. Subtle.

[–] PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 74 points 2 months ago (8 children)

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

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Notserious@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"What's this machine do?"

"It is a dedicated word processor."

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 9 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

"Haha yea...retro..."

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago

Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

"We are programmed to receive."

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (5 children)

"Theres also a emacs plugin"

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

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] wanderingwizard@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

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

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

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

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

This is true because NetBSD runs on the actual Mastodon.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hey! I know some of those words!

[–] some_guy 11 points 2 months ago

This is my favorite thing this morning. FreeBSD ftw.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is most likely a joke akin to xkcd 2501

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Linux community in a nutshell and also way too many developers

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

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

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 months 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 2 months 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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