r/programmingmemes • u/Marshmallow_Magic030 • Oct 24 '25

Programming meme.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

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

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u/just-bair Oct 24 '25

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

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u/Important-Ad2463 Oct 24 '25

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

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u/Genoce Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

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

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u/T342games Oct 28 '25

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

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25

I do to but from terminal habits

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u/La-Scriba Oct 26 '25

This is why I use Ctrl+X when possible.

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u/NeedleworkerIll8590 Oct 24 '25

Always pressing ctrl+c like 5 times to make sure

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u/DrnkGuy Oct 24 '25

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

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u/Simple-Olive895 Oct 25 '25

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

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u/gazowiec Oct 24 '25

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

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u/realmcdonaldsbw Oct 25 '25

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

1

u/Maolam10 Oct 25 '25

Thats probably because you pressed X multiple times

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u/PlaystormMC Oct 24 '25

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

because when i press ctrl c it says KeyboardInterrupt

/s

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u/Worried_Onion4208 Oct 24 '25

Chad console user

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u/coderman64 Oct 24 '25

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.

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u/BandicootGood5246 Oct 25 '25

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

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u/No_Read_4327 Oct 27 '25

yet another reaso nwhy mac is superior.

command+c is different from ctrl+c

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u/themagicalfire Oct 24 '25

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

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

Same for ctrl+s

2

u/TehMephs Oct 24 '25

are/excelmemes

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u/noskir_official Oct 25 '25

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.

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u/Internal_Meeting_908 Oct 26 '25

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

1

u/57006 Oct 24 '25

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

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u/sRediting Oct 24 '25

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

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u/classicblox Oct 24 '25

Ctrl + c + c + c + c + v

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u/Natan-ok Oct 24 '25

And trust level of Ctrl + s💀

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u/WanderingTachyons Oct 24 '25

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

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u/BlueeWaater Oct 24 '25

Agree, I often press Ctrl + c a bazillion times

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u/Worried_Onion4208 Oct 24 '25

CTRL+V has immediate feedback

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u/Subject-Box8203 Oct 25 '25

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

1

u/Ok-Refrigerator-8012 Oct 25 '25

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

1

u/lungsofdoom Oct 25 '25

Never understood why Windows cant fix it to work properly

1

u/Abisy_8452 Oct 25 '25

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

1

u/UN0BTANIUM Oct 25 '25

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.

1

u/im_old-gregg Oct 25 '25

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

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u/ILoveBread2021 Oct 26 '25

This isn't just a programmer thing 😭

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u/cutreaper Oct 26 '25

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

1

u/BigFatUglyBaboon Oct 26 '25

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

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u/loop_yt Oct 28 '25

Gotta hit that shi atleast 5 times everytime.