# Life needs a Ctrl-Z command

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108 "2001-11-08T02:39:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108/1 "2001-11-08T02:39:25Z")

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This is the place to tell your stories of those time you’d just like to hit life’s “Undo” command, stupid things you’ve said or done that you wish you never did.

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108/2 "2001-11-08T02:41:56Z")

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huh, u mac lovers talking of the ctrl key so much…

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**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108/3 "2001-11-08T02:43:51Z")

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i’d rather “F5-F9” my way through life.

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**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108/4 "2001-11-08T02:45:56Z")

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It’s not nice to randomly hijack other people’s threads into platform flame wars. Especially when you’re wrong; Control-Z is Undo on PCs and isn’t on Macs.

–John

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108/5 "2001-11-08T02:47:24Z")

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Hey, i know the doper on the starting end of this thread, we’ve been having fun w/ our little mac vs pc war for years. we do this all the time through e-mails.

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**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108/6 "2001-11-08T02:49:27Z")

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Who are you, clayton\_e? Why did u say u know me???

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-needs-a-ctrl-z-command/92108/7 "2001-11-08T03:04:48Z")

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funny levi… i’ll ttyl.