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		jkush on Jan 11, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature There was a thread on reddit a while back. I think us click and highlighters are in good company. http://reddit.com/info/64ek1/comments/

eru on Jan 12, 2008 [–]

I use ctrl-A.

jkush on Jan 12, 2008 | [–]

Heh. Don't know if that was sarcastic, but in case you aren't: when I want to highlight something for copy and paste, then yes, I use CTRL-A.

What we're talking about is an almost obsessive compulsive clicking and highlighting of words while we read.

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