This is the lesser shown part of the holodeck program.
We know they experience this because Moriarty learned to summon the arch.
“Colon W Q!”
Oh god, we’re living in vi. That explains so much.
“Con Troll Ex, Control Sea.”
Ah, command mode is in my colon. That explains the shitty experience within this game.
“Colon W Q!”
:x!Is the wayI use
ZZirl, but:wqis the meme
I’ll take “pranks I’d pull if I had a teleporter” for 500, Alex.
I see they also use VIM for their reality too.
:q
COLON Q! COLON QUEUE! COLON KYU! COLON EXCLAMARION KYU! IT’S NOT WORKIIIIIIIIIING!
No saving?
Get a load of this guy with a life he might want to come back to. Even at my best moments I’d maybe git stash.
Because they can’t quit it?
yep
Computer, arch.
Strange that Star Trek never did that scenario - it is pure Pirandello existential horror.
They kind of did, in TNG. “Ship in a Bottle”.
TNG. “Ship in a Bottle”.
Season 6 Episode 12
For those of us who are going to go and watch this right now.
man, i forgot about that episode. shame on me. Grand TNG rewatch is overdue!
Now I want to see this as an actual magic trick.
Sao?
Computer - load game.
Imagine arguing with someone and they suddenly shout “Computer, quicksave!”
Oh man, what a headache, it feels like I just got shot in the head a bunch of times and then thrown off a cliff.
What were we arguing about?
… Is the intro to New Vegas just Bennie doing this after we shit-talked him and him forgetting to quickload afterwards?




