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

Ha, I missed that part. Subtle.

[–] PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And those who weren't expecting a ternary joke.

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[–] PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 74 points 3 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 3 months ago (1 children)

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

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

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

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

"What's this machine do?"

"It is a dedicated word processor."

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 9 points 3 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 3 months ago

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

"Haha yea...retro..."

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

Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

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

"We are programmed to receive."

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 3 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 3 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 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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

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

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

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

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 3 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 3 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 3 months ago

This is true because NetBSD runs on the actual Mastodon.

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

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

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 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 3 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 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey! I know some of those words!

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

This is my favorite thing this morning. FreeBSD ftw.

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

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

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is most likely a joke akin to xkcd 2501

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

Linux community in a nutshell and also way too many developers

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

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

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