I know its a joke but grrrrr
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My lack of knowledge about whatever an emacs plugin is proves #4 wrong.
This is most likely a joke akin to xkcd 2501
Linux community in a nutshell and also way too many developers
Hey! I know some of those words!
"Theres also a emacs plugin"
Truly heresy against the lord Linus Torvalds, Vim is the only correct option all else is unholy.
NeoVim says hi.
Well obviously neovim is also a correct option, does that really even need to be said?
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What client is this
zshtcpsys
web?
I used Vim once. I still do, mostly because I don't know how to quit it.
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.
Asking someone that doesn't know how, to close vim is my favorite password generator.
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"What's this machine do?"
"It is a dedicated word processor."
Now I understand what they use all those ThinkPads for
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/
"Ah sweet that's some sick retro tech!"
"Haha yea...retro..."
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...jokes that everyone could understand.
I'm sorry, but most people have never heard of BSD, VIM, or emacs.
What who doesn't use emacs? I'll could send you my dotfiles...I just need to fix them.
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100 myths. Perfect.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who get that joke and those who don't.
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Ha, I missed that part. Subtle.
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I have to be honest I thought OP was being 100% serious until the last line.
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This is true because NetBSD runs on the actual Mastodon.