Every year I say: "this is a year I finally use VIM". It last about 1 day. It's the model-ness that messes me up. I'm in command mode and I start typing like I'm in insert mode and bad things happen.
@grumpygamer I used to think this too. Ended up giving it a proper try and eventually came to like it. I've since switched to kakoune however, which is similar to vim, but simpler and just as powerful.
Kakoune does selection->verb instead of the other way around.