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    lol sudo rm -rf / (feddit.de)
    submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    [–] NocturnalMorning 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    Why would you tell people to run that command? You're a bad person.

    [–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Also it's just wrong advice, since you explicitly need --no-preserve-root for it to work... /s

    Jokes aside, please don't troll anyone with things, that can have severe consequences. Yes, they should have a backup. Yes, they should know how to restore from it. Yes, they should have tested it prior. Yes, you shouldn't blindly trust people online.

    But even then: Assuming my backup works and I can easily revert the damage. Maybe I need to complete an assignment until tomorrow and just lost 1-2 hours because my PC was busy doing the restore? There's always a high chance of collateral damage

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    if one would fall for this, do you really think that they know how to backup and restore backups?

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    I am not bullshitting with this: I had a classmate A and classmate B just last year, where A jokingly mentioned to B to do a rm -rf /* for a class project on a VM. I could not believe it myself, but B actually did it and laughter ensued... Luckily B had a VM backup.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    Sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/* will fix your disk?

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Sudo: command not found

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

    Isn't auto capitalization a bitch 🫠

    [–] afraid_of_zombies 4 points 10 months ago

    Ok you made me spit out my drink. Good job.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    You deserve points for creativity

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, I don't know if it's recursive or even if it even accepts wildcards but it's probably best if it doesn't work.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

    don't need --no-preserve-rootif you use /*

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Some people are really bad at empathy. They don't actually, like, imagine the pain and confusion in the other person if they did unwittingly damage their computer. They're thoughtless. That's a lot of words to say "They're kind of stupid."

    And some people do imagine the pain of the victim, and do it anyway. Those people should probably be on a watch list before they start killing small animals or shooting up a school.

    [–] NocturnalMorning -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    It's a joke dude, on my part, and I'm sure on OPs part.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    it may be a joke answer, but then there are those described by the commentor who take joy and glee from it.

    [–] NocturnalMorning 3 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, but it's posted in Linuxmemes, if it were posted anywhere else I would warn people about running the command.

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

    It removes the french languagepack

    [–] punkwalrus 10 points 10 months ago

    Having moderated forums back in the day, I can answer to some of that motivation.

    First, some people are just bullies. A sense of tribalism forms around bullies, who feel the need to act out and repeat the abuses they have endured. Hazing stems from this, too. Cruelty masked as "you should know better," advice. Given too late.

    Some have a smug sense of superiority, and want to keep it that way. Less smart people means they stay king of the mountain. Others are scared their own lack of knowledge will cripple them if they don't keep the potential competition down. Insecurities drown out any sense of empathy.

    Some people hate themselves so they punish others in retaliation. Like, trying to erase past cringe by making others hurt to even the score.

    A few are sick of "the same fucking newbie questions again and again and again," but still hang out in newbie forums for some reason.