I’m not judging, I’m genuinely curious whether anyone uses it. Because almost every text editor supports it yet when I use it, it’s just by accident and it messes up my document

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I do actually occasionally use it, sometimes it’s easier than Ctrl-X Ctrl-V

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TIL

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I thought this was a shit post at first because same

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Geez, no. No, no, a thousand times no.

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I use it when writing emails fairly often. I get all my thoughts out and realize the order isn’t how I’d like. At that point if I’m holding the mouse, why not.

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On the phone? Because otherwise, why not cut and paste?

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Because you’d have to move your mouse to the new position anyways to paste, so might as well save 1 button press by just click dragging instead

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Hmm…if it’s close, I’d just use my keyboard. If it’s far, I’d probably want the precision of the cursor anyway.

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Frequently when I’m making lists and I am reorganizing the order.

Or I’m wiritng a recipe and get the directions in the wrong order.

Sometimes I’m writing an article and I move sentences around to improve the flow of the article.

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