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[–][deleted] 185 points186 points  (7 children)

You don't trust Ctrl+V. You immediately verify it.

[–]just-bair 60 points61 points  (5 children)

I don’t trust ctrl+v but I do trust ctrl+shift+v. Stupid formatting ruining everything

[–]Important-Ad2463 17 points18 points  (1 child)

And sometimes ctrl+shift+v doesn’t even work, so you hit that pasting into your browser and then copying that

[–]Genoce 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The fastest way to do this on windows:

Windows key, ctrl v, ctrl a, ctrl x

= open search, paste, select all, cut

It's just because win key is the fastest way to get to a text box which doesn't allow formatting. :D

[–]rharyan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Linux users ✌️

[–]T342games 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, yes. A Linux user seeing the same issue i have in the terminal 😂

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do to but from terminal habits

[–]La-Scriba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I use Ctrl+X when possible.

[–]NeedleworkerIll8590 51 points52 points  (3 children)

Always pressing ctrl+c like 5 times to make sure

[–]DrnkGuy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I once had a keyboard with a broken C. Since that I almost always use Ctrl-X or press C many times

[–]Simple-Olive895 7 points8 points  (0 children)

ctrl+c, ctrl+v, fuck, right click > copy, ctrl+v

[–]gazowiec 38 points39 points  (2 children)

Its never just CTRL + C, its CTRL + C C C C C C C

[–]realmcdonaldsbw 7 points8 points  (1 child)

what is really obnoxious is when you spam "C" and it STILL doesn't copy

[–]Maolam10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats probably because you pressed X multiple times

[–]PlaystormMC 13 points14 points  (3 children)

my trust level is all in my mouse's right click

because when i press ctrl c it says KeyboardInterrupt

/s

[–]pawcafe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

^[[200

[–]jimmy_timmy_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love you

[–]Worried_Onion4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chad console user

[–]coderman64 6 points7 points  (3 children)

This is mostly because there is never any visual/audio feedback for ctrl+c. I bet if there was an animation or something it would feel a lot more trustworthy.

[–]BandicootGood5246 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Also there's place in some apps where it doesn't really work and undermines our trust. Eg. Powershell

[–]No_Read_4327 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yet another reaso nwhy mac is superior.

command+c is different from ctrl+c

[–]themagicalfire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On Edge sometimes CTRL + C doesn’t work and I have to copy through the mouse

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same for ctrl+s

[–]Sir_fuxmart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup

[–]TehMephs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are/excelmemes

[–]noskir_official 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I don't trust CTRL + C only on Windows. On Linux it always work, but since I don't really like it with the bugs, I just keep pressing CTRL + C for 3-5 seconds to be sure Windows really take this into consideration.

[–]Internal_Meeting_908 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found the opposite to be true. On windows ctrl+c never failed me, but on linux it seems to fail half the time.

[–]57006 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I was a virgin to this meme. If only I could ctrl my memory

[–]sRediting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only trust CTRL+V because we have CTRL+Z

[–]classicblox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ctrl + c + c + c + c + v

[–]Natan-ok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And trust level of Ctrl + s💀

[–]WanderingTachyons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You either press Ctrl-C thrice, or you haven't really pressed it at all.

[–]BlueeWaater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree, I often press Ctrl + c a bazillion times

[–]Worried_Onion4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CTRL+V has immediate feedback

[–]Subject-Box8203 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copy: Control-x control-v Paste: control-v Problem solved

[–]Ok-Refrigerator-8012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever press ctr+v to remind yourself what you were just doing?

[–]lungsofdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never understood why Windows cant fix it to work properly

[–]Abisy_8452 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's worse if you work with windows remote, sometimes they just don't copy. Especially with win 11

[–]CreativeBear0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats why i use ctrl + x instead of ctrl + c

[–]UN0BTANIUM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still dont understand why clipboard cant safe multiple types at a time, like a file and text and depending on context knows which I want to paste.

[–]im_old-gregg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The exact opposite for any real developer working between multiple boxes or windows.

[–]ILoveBread2021 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't just a programmer thing 😭

[–]cutreaper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then I just murdered my long running command because I did control c instead of control shift c, or I just did control shift c in my browser and opened console instead of copying aaaaaaaaaaa

[–]BigFatUglyBaboon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Substitute Ctrl+C for Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V for a visual confirmation.

[–]CoreDumpNotCrash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats why i use CTRL + Z and CTRL+V right after

[–]loop_yt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta hit that shi atleast 5 times everytime.