I feel like there is nobody replying who tested this theory because their computers don't work anymore. It is a tragic story but rm -rf has been almost a joke

I feel like there is nobody replying who tested this theory because their computers don't work anymore. It is a tragic story but rm -rf has been almost a joke in the industry for a very long while now. Even really old systems should have received an update of some form, to such an extent that the story in the op would be ridiculous rather than a discussion topic. When I use the command I need to block out all distractions. I check my surroundings for things which might fall on my keyboard. I borderline make sure my phone is turned off before I carefully begin typing that. I feel uncomfortable typing it into hacker news anywhere but the middle of a sentence. I can't imagine the bullets I would be sweating while deploying a bash script to all servers that included it. There is a problem that needs to be addressed.