i was trying to make a point that it's a tool with a very long history and all the time i "wasted" (and still waste) on learning it was well invested, as it's going nowhere and i spend 8-9h in it a working day.
i think i've been using only a shell longer than vim.
And I still use it.
So yeah, guess I haven't hit 20+ years, but I'm pretty damn close, and still not as committed to it as you are.
Length of time using it doesn't correlate to passion.