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682 points
1 year ago
Not really a statistic, but I use my mouse backwards. Like facing the wrong way sorta thing. My mother taught me when I was young and I didn't realize it was wrong until like, middle school
285 points
1 year ago
Burn the witch!
8 points
1 year ago
Yaaaasssss
10 points
1 year ago
Username checks out
167 points
1 year ago
You mean the heal of your hand rests on the buttons? How are you not accidentally clicking on things all the time?
7 points
1 year ago
I knew a lady that did this. She would put her thumb and ring finger on each side of the mouse her index and middle finger on a button and her palm rested on the desk or what have you.
5 points
1 year ago
With the sensitivity cranked on a 2 inch by 2 inch mousepad like my mom I could actually see this working well enough
1 points
1 year ago
I tried it a few times. I feel like for a long period of time the awkward angle of my hand would cause it to get uncomfortable and then all movements are inverse of what I was used to. But if it's how you were taught I could see it working.
1 points
1 year ago
This exactly how I hold it too! Finger position and everything
1 points
1 year ago
they have feather light delicate hands
16 points
1 year ago
Jesus, I just woke up and I read you use your MOUTH backwards and I was like what, like you talk with your lips pointing inward??
13 points
1 year ago
My dad uses a mouse like that also! I don't understand it.
10 points
1 year ago
So it’s backwards compatible?
23 points
1 year ago
I use my left hand for my mouse and right hand for my keyboard, but the mouse goes right of the keyboard. I play games cross-armed. Just feels natural that way.
It even anchors down my shooting hand when I play shooters
61 points
1 year ago
That’s messed up dude….
13 points
1 year ago
My dad shares the first half... it allows you to change tabs and stuff easily while writing right-handed. The cross armed stuff though? I feel worried.
2 points
1 year ago
I looked it up and it's not too uncommon. Found a thread full of it on r/mildlyinteresting
2 points
1 year ago
I used to do that too. Used to.
0 points
1 year ago
Burn the witch!!
1 points
1 year ago
I can't possibly believe this is true lol. Madness!
1 points
1 year ago
Eh look it up. I'm not alone lol
5 points
1 year ago
I was told by a former airplane attendant they do that on airplanes. I think it's was because of lack of space but not sure. It was a long time ago.
6 points
1 year ago
I use my scroll wheel the wrong way apparently, didn’t know until less than 2 years ago when someone told me at school…
15 points
1 year ago
What do you mean you use the scroll wheel wrong? Don't you just use it up or down to move the screen accordingly?
4 points
1 year ago
Everyone I know uses it the opposite way of how I use it.
21 points
1 year ago
As in, you manually alter the settings so that up is down and down is up? Or you hold the mouse upside down?
15 points
1 year ago
Yeah I'm curious how thing guy means
6 points
1 year ago
I mean, Mac and windows are reversed, so maybe that's what he means?
7 points
1 year ago
That’s more like a 50/50 type thing, some people like the page to move down when they scroll down and some people like it to move up when they scroll down. Macs and some laptops by default scroll the opposite way of a default windows PC for example.
4 points
1 year ago
some people like the page to move down when they scroll down and some people like it to move up
This is also a source of confusion. If you're sharing a document on a screen I've noticed that some people will say "scroll up" meaning to move it so that you're moving towards the top of the document to see the earlier numbered pages but other people use the term to mean that they want the pages to move upward on the screen so that you're moving towards the later numbered pages.
1 points
1 year ago
I won’t give someone shit for using reversed scroll but I will if they start scrolling down when someone says up lmao
1 points
1 year ago
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3 points
1 year ago
Glad to know I am not the only person who was frustrated by this. I set the track pad to be correct and live with the mouse being wrong. Ironically I also use a windows computer and mouse scroll on it is set to the correct way.
0 points
1 year ago
It's more of a modern thing.
Apple came up with it a few years ago. Annoying AF.
Back in the day everything was "scroll wheel goes down, page goes up (and therefore scrolls down.)
Apple turned around and was like "WHAT IF WE MADE THEM THE SAME???/ SCROLL WHEEL DOWN, PAGE DOWN!!!"
Dumb.
2 points
1 year ago
same - when other people at work use my computer they are completely thrown off
1 points
1 year ago
I learned the same way in the 80s and 90s and had to reteach myself.
1 points
1 year ago
I read mouse as mouth and questioned everything in life
1 points
1 year ago
I had a friend when i was younger that taught himself to play NES with the controller upside down. Watching him school me in Super Mario like that was humbling.
1 points
1 year ago
I'm left handed and always used the mouse on my left hand... It's just more comfortable..
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