Sometimes I’ll be writing something, then decide to change an item or just erase what I wrote. On a real sheet of paper, you either use white-out (leaving bumpy paper) or you erase (works best with pencil or special, erasable pens) or tear out a sheet and throw it away (but what if you want to save the rest?) or mark through it. On the computer, it’s already removed, with no need for further corrective action on my part.

Remember, we’re talking about a metaphor, not the real thing. It’s nice that I can write stuff in a word processing program like it’s a piece of paper. It’s better that I’m not stuck with reminders of the mistakes or dead ends I wrote beforehand.

I don’t want to save all those documents. I just want to read ‘em and close ‘em.

What about when I’m up late and drunk and all kinds of fantasizing in Word and writing stuff like “oh Dick Cheney, oh, I want your oiled nose tight against my anus”?
And then I’m like “what am I doing!?”

I don’t want Word to save that shit. What if my girlfriend comes across that the next day and hits the day back key? I’ll tell you what – no more pee pee kisses!

What about my webcam? Jesus Christ, I never want to save anything I use that for.