# Copy your posts to the clipboard!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-your-posts-to-the-clipboard/285520>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 19, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-your-posts-to-the-clipboard/285520 "2005-01-19T10:32:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-your-posts-to-the-clipboard/285520/1 "2005-01-19T10:32:02Z")

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I was going to put this in ATMB, but I thought it would reach a wider audience here.

It breaks my heart when someone starts out their post with, “Argh! I had a long, carefully worded, well-thought-out post, but the hamsters ate it.” Before you hit submit or preview, copy your post to the clipboard.

(Of course, this doesn’t help when my computer abruptly decides to go to the homepage while I’m still composing. But otherwise, I’ve saved a lot of posts that way.)

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**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-your-posts-to-the-clipboard/285520/2 "2005-01-19T11:12:46Z")

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I;ve always done it, for the reason that an internet SMS website I used usually flakes out and not sends the SMS, and I have to do it again. CTRL V send is much less annoying.  
That said, it’s getting to the point where I think “oh yeah, I have to save this Word document” and press CTRL A CTRL C CTRL C…

Oops. Dur. CRTL S

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-your-posts-to-the-clipboard/285520/3 "2005-01-19T12:02:38Z")

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I do this all the time, in case the server times out (again), or some such thing. I’ve never lost a post, though, so I’m not sure how “the hamsters ate it” for some people. But just in case, if it’s a lengthy post, before I hit Submit, I copy my post to the clipboard.

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-your-posts-to-the-clipboard/285520/4 "2005-01-19T12:31:15Z")

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> [@Rilchiam](#):
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> It breaks my heart when someone starts out their post with, “Argh! I had a long, carefully worded, well-thought-out post, but the hamsters ate it.”

I always figured that was SDMBese for “I got nuthin’.”