But if you hate the whole idea, you can ignore it with confidence. Alright. So, I'm currently in what we would call insert mode. In fact, let me switch to my routes file instead. That means I can type like I always would. However, if I were to hit escape, I'm no longer in insert mode. So if I were to type a letter, notice I don't see anything. In fact, I'm like moving around as I hit letters. That's because I'm not in insert mode. If I want to switch to that mode, and notice when we're talking about VIM or VI, we have