#pentadactyl, a short dramatization
Pentadactyl User 1: O wise and all-powerful John-Galt, I beseech you: this command I have been using is far too long and complicated for me. What shall I do?
John-Galt: Alas, there was a time when a single man alone could type as many commands as could ten men today, and with greater skill and accuracy. Men today are weak, clumsy, and indolent! But I am as forgiving as I am powerful; I shall implement forthwith a clever shortcut and bestow it upon you before rosy-fingered dawn next stretches her long, lithe limbs.
Pentadactyl User 2: O wise and all-powerful John-G...
John-Galt: Behold, Pentadactyl User 2! It is already done. I forsaw your need even as your lips first began to flap. My servant Eris-Prime, drinker of milk, shall tell you the story.
Pentadactyl User 3: This command is still too long for me. Why can't I just use 'jj' instead?
John-Galt: Foolish mortal! 'jj' is an abomination! Suffer hordes of locusts and a thousand plagues and speak of it no more! *crack* *kazaam*