And that's not good. Digging in your eye-sockets with a fondue fork is strictly considered to be bad for your health, and seven out of nine optometrists are dead set against the practice.
So in order to avoid a lot of blind git users, please apply this patch." - Meaning and context.">
Torvalds, Linus (2006-06-22), Re: What's in git.git and announcing v1.4.1-rc1, retrieved: 2025-06-03

I like colorized diffs, but let's face it, those particular color choices will make most people decide to pick out their eyes with a fondue fork.
And that's not good. Digging in your eye-sockets with a fondue fork is strictly considered to be bad for your health, and seven out of nine optometrists are dead set against the practice.
So in order to avoid a lot of blind git users, please apply this patch.

— Linus Torvalds

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I like colorized diffs, but let's face it, those particular color choices will make most people decide to pick out their eyes with a fondue fork.
And that's not good. Digging in your eye-sockets with a fondue fork is strictly considered to be bad for your health, and seven out of nine optometrists are dead set against the practice.
So in order to avoid a lot of blind git users, please apply this patch." in the context of "Torvalds, Linus (2006-06-22), Re: What's in git.git and announcing v1.4.1-rc1, retrieved: 2025-06-03" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Linus Torvalds" (Quotes, 2000s, 2006) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Linus Torvalds

About Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.