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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

POV: you opened ed for the first time

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help
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quit
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exit
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bye
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hello?
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eat flaming death
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^C
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^C
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^D
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
^C
^\
^Z
kill -9 (from another session)

If I can’t kill the child process, I kill its parent and go on with my life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sure, but the above is from a gnu humour post that's over 30 years old: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html