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If you are a student or you have ever been a student or you have ever written a research paper that required complicated annotation or you have ever used Microsoft Word, then you should read this article in the New Yorker. Maybe you do not feel you have time to read this article because you are in the middle of writing some complicated research paper and this article is a bit long and not related to the topic of your research, but trust me. It will make you feel better. "Yes!" you will shout, relieved, "That happens to me all the time! Oh! I'm not alone! The problem is not me! The problem is Microsoft Fucking Word!" It's important to let out all of that pent up aggression. I mean, who cannot relate to this:
"In the end, you stop the random clicking and dragging and pulling-down and have recourse to the solution of every computer moron: with a sob of relief, you press Ctrl/Alt/Del. (What do Control and Alt mean, by the way? Does anyone still know?) A message appears: "You will lose any unsaved information in all programs that are running." O.K.? Cancel? End task? End life? The whole reason for rebooting was that you didn't have access to your information, so how can you save it? You can always pull the plug out of the wall. That usually ends your "session" (a term borrowed -- no accident -- from psychoanalysis)."
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