Notepad.exe

Shift + control + V makes this bot obsolete

It doesn't work in all apps.

For those instances, I paste + cut in my browsers url bar (unless multiline, then notepad)
- Does that maintain paragraph breaks?
- For regular users the url bar is sent to Google. Be sure to disable that before making it a habbit.
Exactly. Why open another app?
- History

You're the only program that loads quickly enough on my pile of junk machine to write down my impulsive ADHD ideas before I forget them so I can forget to read them later

have you considered a notebook next to your keyboard, so you can jot down those ADHD ideas in a pinch?
- adhd ideas are fast, too fast for handwriting. sometimes even typing is barely fast enough
  
  one day when we invent thought -> text machine neurotypicals will finally be able to see the speed of an adhd brain that "just had a great idea", and they shall wonder how can our brains be so fast, but seemingly never when they should
- Typing hurts my wrist less than physically writing it down
- I have, but I also have a touch of dysgraphia, so my handwriting is serviceable but really slow (like, the 2d spatial relation skills of being able to keep the different bits of letters proportioned to each other takes active concentration for me), whereas I can use keyboard without thinking about it
  
  Incidentally, the fact that cursive was a graded subject for me in elementary school that almost led to me getting held back a grade probably played a big part in who I grew up to be (i.e. someone who usually doesn't like authority figures but does like misfits and outcasts)
Notepad++ for me since opening the files i need to in regular notepad freezes the fucker xd
Try Sublime Text
- Does sublime retain contents across restarts like notedpad++?

CTRL + SHIFT + V in Windows pastes without formatting

Depends on the app, it’s not a “windows” thing.
- If you install Power Toys, you can set a key sequence to paste in anything like this.
It works 50% of the time
- It depends on how the app you were using was written. If it was written correctly, it'll work, if not, blame the company that made it (especially when it's Microsoft themselves!).
  
  Power Toys has a feature that will force it to work in every app, I highly recommend it! There's all sorts of helpful features in Power Toys.
I do this all the time in Fedora.
I can't believe i never tried that. So much time wasted right-clicking and hitting values only.

I have no mouth and I must scream.
- I can believe it: Stuff like this is not very well advertised to users so tons of useful shortcuts go unused regularly.
  
  Bonus hotkeys:
  
  WIN + X will also bring up a more helpful menu and allow you to do things like shut down, restart, sleep the computer using only a few keystrokes instead of clicking around.
  
  WIN + right or left arrow will snap the screen to one side or the other, WIN + up maximizes, WIN + down will minimize

No, they are the sticky notes of the file system. And unless I need a docx file, I'm not gonna wait for Microsoft Copolit 365 24/7 Cortana Ambiguously Named Office Word to wake from its eternal slumber.

Notepad++. You don't even have to "save" the file! When I used Windows that is pretty much a requirement and it makes an excellent scratch pad.
- Heynote is my new goto for this usecase: https://heynote.com/
- To add to the others, I recommend Sublime Text
They added ai to the new notepad (win11) iirc

notepad++ is better.

I love it too, but it takes longer to open, and wants to update its self every time I open it. If I just want a plain text editor I still use plain notepad. I save ++ for when I need some special features.
- notepad++ doesn't nag me about updates all the time. I open mine very frequently to manage my onetab tabs
SO much better.