"you are ignorant of the modern experience of using the web because you have literally opted out of that exact experience." I am not, and I haven't. I often d

"you are ignorant of the modern experience of using the web because you have literally opted out of that exact experience." I am not, and I haven't. I often do use modern browsers, such as with HN (and other sites that require it), as I have already mentioned. My frequent use of elinks does not somehow make me unfamiliar with modern browsers in any way. Elinks does not induce brain damage. If you want to talk about mail clients, where I use a terminal based client as my primary client, rather than just a frequent client, there might be more substance there. However I certainly do not consider myself unfamiliar with GUI desktop clients (particularly outlook) or web clients (particularly gmail), or GUI phone clients (particularly gmail, again). I know how to use those, just as I am sure many regular outlook users know how to use gmail and how many gmail users know how to use mutt. My personal choice, while an unusual and eccentric choice, does not render me particularly incapable of being aware and familiar with other choices. Furthermore, I consider myself perfectly capable of offering others advice. If my mother asked me what client to use, I would tell her to stick with the gmail web app and phone app. If a coworker asked me what they should use, I would recommend that they continue to use Outlook, unless I knew they were receptive to and interested in using mutt. I really don't see how using mutt could be impeding my ability to make sound mail client recommendations. Using mutt to compose and read email does not make me out of touch and ignorant of Outlook anymore than using Windows Phone 8 makes somebody out of touch and ignorant of iOS. Shoot, another example with some actual evidence: I use a Chromebook with Debian on it. I enjoy this setup immensely, but if you search through my comment history you will see that I am very critical of it when talking about it with others. This is because, despite my eccentric setup, I am not out of touch with how most users use their computers, and with what most users expect from their computers. I understand that the setup I enjoy is not for everybody. In fact, rather few people would find it acceptable.