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[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 64 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Everyone else talking about how to shred files or even the BIOS is missing a big leap, yeah. Not just destroying the computer: destroying the person in front of it! And vim is happy to provide. ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] manualoverride@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Emotional damage

[โ€“] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True, just entering vim on a pc for a user who doesn't know about vim's existence is basically a prison sentence. They will literally be trapped in vim hell until they power down their PC.

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I once entered vim into a computer. I couldn't exit. I tried unplugging the computer but vim persisted. I took it to the dump, where I assume vim is still running to this very day.