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Why Emacs users defend their complicated editor

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When an application requires you to memorize fifty bizarre keyboard combos just to save a file, Stockholm Syndrome sets in rapidly. Loyalists genuinely believe their bloated, archaic text environment is the pinnacle of human achievement. They will gladly spend more time configuring their shortcut bindings than actually writing any functional code.

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