If you were talking about emacs, sure. But this is vi(m), it’s not even a web browser, let alone a full operating system.

the superior text editor

I never stopped, I’m still using Nano.

After decades using Vim, I wouldn’t choose to exit it… But it would have been nice to have had a choice…

Uh oh, you’re on a laptop. Now you gotta pull the ass end out of it too.

echo "vim garbage.txt" >> ~/.bashrc

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And in a way, you’ve always been predestined to become tired of this meme.

I don’t know? Are you?

• God

I’m beginning to suspect it was perpetuated by Vim devs to make sure most people know how to exit it and won’t be afraid to try it.

If you ended up with a file open and don’t know how to get out, there’s a good chance you shouldn’t be changing that file in the first place.