Post AvL9WdmYrIIkRBfcWW by spiralganglion@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AvL9WdmYrIIkRBfcWW by spiralganglion@mastodon.social
       2025-06-19T14:50:55Z
       
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       Hey Germans, please come up with a word that means "the fear of typing `return` vs `shift-return` because you don't know which inserts newline and which sends the message"
       
 (DIR) Post #AvL9Wemb8dvPXahADg by fraggle@social.coop
       2025-06-21T01:37:15Z
       
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       @spiralganglion related: is there a German word for "the feeling of having something in your clipboard that you've copied but haven't pasted yet"?
       
 (DIR) Post #AvL9WfdPyGAyBPPLY8 by catsalad@infosec.exchange
       2025-06-21T01:40:41Z
       
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       @fraggle @spiralganglion Yo!! That is a very real feeling I am acutely aware of... 📋
       
 (DIR) Post #AvMdff7aRNikyogO3M by evol@social.evolved.systems
       2025-06-21T08:01:42Z
       
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       @spiralganglion the best one is when "return" confirms the action and "shift-return" CANCELS IT
       
 (DIR) Post #AvMdoz8zMmHPgXmfU8 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2025-06-21T19:02:10.670807Z
       
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       @volpeon @spiralganglion shortcut to call someone??I guess Teams wanted the equivalent of a video game where any wrong action lands you in the demon lord room.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvMxoTWUvip0hLoYIy by vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-06-21T22:46:21Z
       
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       @spiralganglionIf you'll let an Austrian (🇦🇹/🇬🇧/🇳🇿/...) muck it up:EnterangstverwechslungspanikBasically Enter fear confusion panicor for slow typists:Tastenterror"Key terror"Though you're not supposed to do that to German these days...@Unixbigot
       
 (DIR) Post #B0ZNNnwdlaxGWuQt3w by Johann150@genau.qwertqwefsday.eu
       2025-06-21T18:55:17.402Z
       
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       @spiralganglion@mastodon.social Zeilenumbrechtastenangst (lit. "fear of the key for line breaking")doesn't explicitly mention return/shift-return but probably gets the point across in context