We've all pressed Ctrl+C a million times. Linux solved this in the 1980s — the rest of us didn't.

Pay attention to the next thing you copy on your computer. Actually watch yourself do it. You don't do one thing. You do two: you select the text, then you press Ctrl+C. And if your hands are on the mouse, it's often worse — select, right-click, hunt for "Copy" in a menu, click it. Two steps, someti