On Macs, /Applications is probably the first to go. I stopped an rm -rf /* (intended .*) inside /Applications/Adium.app. I'm really glad I wasn't using a SSD!!

On Macs, /Applications is probably the first to go. I stopped an rm -rf /* (intended .*) inside /Applications/Adium.app. I'm really glad I wasn't using a SSD!! Adium itself started acting very odd. One of the many issues was that sending a message to a specific person actually sent the message to a group chat. I was lucky to figure that one out before I cursed out the group chat while describing my stupidity.