We all need a massage from time to time.

Gotta stroke that grey beard

The same reason Vi versus Emacs internet arguments are necessary.

ed all the way!

[this comment was written in Lynx]

Ed! Ed! Ed is the standard text editor!

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

Why is this necessary? It's just a little joke.

I would think qualifying a claim of such scope as "widely known" would be very much necessary.