So I was a flippant because I was answering to this:

> The things people build to avoid learning vi...

As if learning vi was the obvious thing everybody just needs to do. Which is a common attitude within certain circles. "It was hard for me, but I made it through and so should you, with just as much pain, haha".

I was brought into the world of computers with the promise that they would help build a better world, one where the edges of technology get softer as years pass.

vi insisting on menu-less text mode and rote memorization of arcane key combinations negates any progress that was made in the last forty years in software usability. I refuse vi because I believe there _has_ to be a better way of doing things.