One thing is that terminals are a kind of magic. While the rest of the graphical interface gets bogged down with drawer pull animations and blinking buttons it

One thing is that terminals are a kind of magic. While the rest of the graphical interface gets bogged down with drawer pull animations and blinking buttons it can be possible to run a whole series of commands with reasonable responsiveness. Systems are drowning in response choking complexity. Did an app just start a download in the background? There is probably an app that will tell you, but even a bad terminal can probably tell you faster. It is a one size fits all immediate gratification head above the churning waves maneuver in an accessible package.