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Ed users have not found the internet yet, otherwise they'd be in the war too
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"Ed", a.k.a. "edline" is a really old line by line editor in Unix.
Oh my god someone finally fell for it! Please don't edit your comment, you just made my day
I chose to respond to the most likely meaning as it's also the response with the greatest utility value for the average person coming across this thread.
Responding to it as an "ed" prompt is pretty useless in this context.
Are you a Vulcan? O_o
Either way you have my thanks. Greatest utility value as well as greatest hilarity value!
LOL!
It's been many years since I was so young that this was all it took to reach the level of hilarity.
Lol, wooshed.
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Even Lynx is bloatware if you're a member of the Ed Sect.