The comment below from MichaelGG sums it up perfectly for me: > Easiest way to think of it is to think of how frustrating it is watching someone do everything

The comment below from MichaelGG sums it up perfectly for me: > Easiest way to think of it is to think of how frustrating it is watching someone do everything with a mouse, not knowing any shortcuts. Clicking File -> Exit instead of the window's X. Or deleting a whole line of text just to change one word. Not knowing Ctrl-X/C/V. Vim(and I guess emacs) are another layer on top of that.