# Undo!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo/143341 "2002-12-17T15:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tblue)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo/143341/1 "2002-12-17T15:05:46Z")
\*…about the hangover of computer commands into real-life, after long sessions at the machine. 🙂 \* Who else here has experienced feelings of “Undo!” (or Ctrl-Z, or whatever your Undo fucntion is!) in the real world? You write something in pen, make a mistake and think “Undo” - draw a picture, make a mistake… - Do something practical and get it irreversably wrong… (oh painful realisation that the “undo” does not work!) That’s the most obvious “common to many” hang-over I can think of. I also get “computer hangover” from my work as well - which involves much computer-time. My job is that of a 3D animator, so I make up, save out, and re-load motion files for the characters I animate. When I have a lot of work on, this process filters into my subconscious and nearly drives me batty when I’m half asleep - I find myself thinking of every movement I make as a “motion file”: e.g. Idly wondering what motion file I need, to get out of bed in the morning, or what to load, to get comfortable in bed at night… before I fully awaken again (with a disgusted “argh!”). And dreaming in the layout schematics of the programme I use, where everything is broken up into four viewports and a drop down menu! Finally, although I’m not that much of a gamer, I’m willing to bet that those who are, dream it! Ahh the ailments of the computer age… “Undo…” How deeply is this affecting us? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo/143341/2 "2002-12-17T16:46:26Z")
Hit Undo now and post this in IMHO (the forum for polls and discussions of this nature). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo/143341/3 "2002-12-17T16:47:38Z")
Now I’d like to hit Undo and say that the above is NOT an invitation or encouragement to create a duplicate thread in another forum - that would be bad.