Have You Ever..... (Control-Z in the real world)

[SamIchi]

Have you ever made a mistake in the real world, i.e. not on the Computer, and thought in your head Ctrl+Z? I've done this a few times. I just did it while drawing in my sketch book. I made a line that I didn't want and unconciously said Ctrl+Z in my head. I was like "uhh, okay.." :D I think it might be because I also work with Photoshop a lot.

[Stampyhead]

Yeah I do, except for me it is Cmd + Z because I use a Mac!

[apachie2k]

Yeah I do, except for me it is Cmd + Z because I use a Mac!

ha...enjoyed that i must say...

[SamIchi]

Yeah I do, except for me it is Cmd + Z because I use a Mac!

Oh yea, I didn't even think about that. I only use PC's at school, but I still think Ctrl+Z when I use my mac. :rolleyes:

[w_parietti22]

haha.... i've done that. :o

[livingfortoday]

I've wished I could use Cmd-Opt-Esc a few times in the real world and force-quit some crappy situations.

[GFLPraxis]

Have you ever made a mistake in the real world, i.e. not on the Computer, and thought in your head Ctrl+Z? I've done this a few times. I just did it while drawing in my sketch book. I made a line that I didn't want and unconciously said Ctrl+Z in my head. I was like "uhh, okay.." :D I think it might be because I also work with Photoshop a lot.


Yup. One time after playing a game with quicksave (F12) and quickload (F9) for a long time I even thought "F9" in my head after I did something stupid.

[Foxglove9]

I walk around and wonder how did everyone's hard drive get corrupted.

[Mike Teezie]

Thanks God, it's not just me.

I was sketching in my sketch pad the other day, made a few strokes I didn't like, and before I realized it, was thinking Cmd+z......

Scary stuff.

[Abstract]

One time, a really bad driver cut me off while I was on the road, and I wished he was the personified version of Windows XP and crashed. Repeatedly.

Then he'd catch a whole bunch of weird viruses.

[thedude110]

I've wished I could use Cmd-Opt-Esc a few times in the real world and force-quit some crappy situations.

Amen to that.

I'd also like to cut and paste some stuff, while we're at it ...

[21stcenturykid]

Theres way to many situations i wish i could undo!!! im glad im not the only one!

[iGary]

I'm a CMD-C-V kind of guy in real life. You're not alone.

[Unorthodox]

No.
More like cmd+crap.

[YS2003]

If I had an option to Cmd + Z, I would not have moved on from day 1. I would be like a Bill M. character in Ground Hog Day; the only difference would be mine would be more than 2 hours and could be 2 decades:eek:

[dops7107]

I'd quite like a real-life "help" button... :rolleyes:

[YS2003]

I'd quite like a real-life "help" button... :rolleyes:
I am guessing "help" in the Mac platform. If it is Windows, you would be summoning annoying devils of Paper Clipper or Cartoon Dogs.....

[dops7107]

I am guessing "help" in the Mac platform. If it is Windows, you would be summoning annoying devils of Paper Clipper or Cartoon Dogs.....

ha - yeah - but thankfully Clippy et al. have a "bugger off and don't bother me again" button. Another useful one for reality! :)

[Jaffa Cake]

Cmd-Z has popped into my head with alarming regularity - be it when writing, drawing, using a calculator...

I suppose I'm one of those people who makes a lot of mistakes. :o

[Jasonbot]

I'd quite like a real-life "help" button... :rolleyes:

It's called a psychologist! I've never though of cmd-z before, maybe rewind, pause, fast forward! Crash happened a few times! And application is not responing, failed exams...

[CompUser]

I cant believe I am admitting to this but I have but usually i think "edit>undo"

[savanahrose]

You people are cracking me up. I am at work and needed that chuckle. I myself have never done that, but being a cosmetologist. I would look at someone's hair and would ache to get my shears on it. Also in a previous job, i would do inspections on containers coming into the terminal. I would sometimes see one on the highway and start inspecting it at I go along. lmao!!!

you would have to have been there. I still do that sometimes.

[ImNoSuperMan]

I dont. Not at all. Coz I dont use CMD Z on my mac either. I rarely use any text writing,drawing etc. So never had the need.

But I must say I m obsessed spotlight. It`s happened to me more than a few times now. Whenever I m looking for something my mind simply directs my eyes to the top right and starts spelling the name of the thing I was searching for. K-E-Y-S. :eek: :o :o

Goddamnit. I wish there was a spotlight in real life too.:rolleyes:

[Leareth]

The only one I have is the command+s to save my exam answers, last month writing finals I had a slight panic attack because I could not find the apple menu > file > save... Thanks to my laptop I haven't taken paper notes in three years so written exams mess me up a little especially when I look for the spell check and thesaurus... :rolleyes:

[SamIchi]

I cant believe I am admitting to this but I have but usually i think "edit>undo"

I do that one too. I scream it in my head "EDIT UNDO!!" Of course nothin' happens.

[wimic]

i can't relate to the delete thing... but i remember a few years back i was out with my friends and someone said something funny and i said "L-O-L"... it was funny. you know it's time to get away from the computer when right :)

[Queso]

Have you ever made a mistake in the real world, i.e. not on the Computer, and thought in your head Ctrl+Z? I've done this a few times. I just did it while drawing in my sketch book. I made a line that I didn't want and unconciously said Ctrl+Z in my head. I was like "uhh, okay.." :D I think it might be because I also work with Photoshop a lot.
I wondered what you meant until I read post #2. I thought "Why would I want to suspend something when I'd made a mistake?"

Damn UNIX is infecting my life :)

[Silentwave]

Oh yea, I didn't even think about that. I only use PC's at school, but I still think Ctrl+Z when I use my mac. :rolleyes:


Ah, other way round for me. When I get used to an interface i take it and run with it, so typing some things for my old science teacher the other day in school, i kept hitting the alt key instead of ctrl because its where the cmd key would have been :o

More and more i'm thinking in keyboard shortcuts. I wish books had tabbed browsing without those pesky little tag things or folding pages.

[Thomas Veil]

I'd like to http://users.adelphia.net/~tjveil/images/command-delete.jpg a few people....

[Nermal]

No, I don't find myself trying to press Cmd-Z, but after playing too much Warcraft with voice chat, I often find myself reaching for the Option (talk) key when I want to talk to people :o

[GFLPraxis]

Anyone here ever said "lol" out loud? I think i did one time :o

[bousozoku]

I wondered what you meant until I read post #2. I thought "Why would I want to suspend something when I'd made a mistake?"

Damn UNIX is infecting my life :)

The last time I used control-Z, I was writing a text file in DOS and needed to end it since control-Z is end of file.

I rarely think about using edit keys to fix things but I remember painting during a class and I had to mix some paints to get a certain tint and I was thinking that I needed about 215 red, and some green and some blue. It's a shame working in 24-bit colour in the real world. :D

[eMac4ever]

Yesterday, during school I asked someone if they could please delete this for me instead of saying can you throw this out for me.

[wimic]

Anyone here ever said "lol" out loud? I think i did one time :o

see message #26 :)

[jade]

i can't relate to the delete thing... but i remember a few years back i was out with my friends and someone said something funny and i said "L-O-L"... it was funny. you know it's time to get away from the computer when right :)

ROFL

[Felldownthewell]

I think more in terms of wishing I had save points before I did things that I knew were stupid. Granted, it is better to have broken bones/groundings/liver damage, than regrets, but still, a save system for life would be great...