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[–] Drusenija@lemmy.world 106 points 6 months ago (2 children)

(I'll attempt this based on my understanding of both)

Pouring a cup of juice is something an adult needs to be involved with.

sudo is when you ask for permission to pour your own cup of juice. You ask an adult, they give you the cup and the juice, and then you're responsible for pouring it. If the adult isn't paying attention they may leave the fridge open for you to go back for more juice or another beverage, but otherwise you're limited to the amount of juice the adult has given you.

run0 is when the adult just gets you a cup of juice. You tell them what you want, they go and pour the juice, and just give you the cup with the juice in it. You never enter the kitchen, so you don't have access to the fridge, just your cup of juice.

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

This is an extremely good explanation.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 18 points 6 months ago

Gagagoogoo Gagaga

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 months ago

when in need, cry out for mommy!

[–] Drusenija@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

caseyweederman is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.