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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago

Wireless mouse is not named hampter :(

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

But at least, the small red trackpoint on Lenovo keyboard, is called a nipple or clito :)

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

And the wireless model is a hamster.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

and the modern day microplastic-in-balls equivalent:

RGB gamer sperm 😎

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: The mouse was already invented in the 60s and was part of the famous "Mother of all Demos" which shaped modern computing like no other single event since then.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

Kind of good that the guy died in 2013, before the whole networked-computers thing started really going to shit

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is there actual info on why they called it a mouse? Because now I am curious.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

There's an etymology section about it on the wiki article on mice.

2 reasons

1 - they kinda resemble a milouse with a tail 2 - the cursor on the screen used to be called a 'CAT'