Absurd fallacies of "minimalist" Linux setups

I, too, have been an avid connoisseur of linux distros and have had my fair share of distrohopping every time the next shiny thing barges into the Linux world. And in canonical nerd culture, it seems the next stage is to move into the titular "minimalism" aesthetic - where you only use the terminal and tiling window managers and emaciated distros with everything user-friendly chopped off. I tried…