I’ve never had to manually do that. I use almost exclusively Kensington Orbits and have for around twenty years. Maybe my hands are either clean or dirty enough that the balls are being polished by use.

That said, while I would say “have to” is strong wording, it’s still probably a good idea to polish your balls, innuendo or not.

Trackballs are glorious, just saying.

Fun fact: he’s sometimes named Toadimus Toadster or something equally ridiculous, but at the time of that movie, his real name was Mortimer Toynbee, which is how I picked this username. Most people who have any guesses at all think it’s from the toynbee tiles, which are cool but which I hadn’t heard of (and maybe weren’t a thing) when picking this name.

Wasn’t he (edit: Darth Maul) the same guy who played The Toad?

Oh, I had conflated the two! That makes sense.

Thanks for metaphorically having my back!

Nobody but you poops and that’s concentrated evil coming out the back of you.

(Trying to make an early Family Guy reference here, but all I can find on YouTube is Rick and Morty, so maybe I’m misremembering)

I was born with a deviated septum and, despite at least two surgeries attempting to repair this, have never recovered. I have almost no sense of smell.

For any food which has toppings durable enough to endure, I eat it upside down. Pizza and cake are prime examples. Why would you ever want the actual flavor hidden behind a thick layer of, in various forms, bread? The bread is the transportation medium, not the food. Don’t get me wrong, I love bread and carbs, but they’re not the appeal of most dishes.

The effort to avoid smudging is commendable.

The use of the word “handles” is not.

I learned this on cracked.com! I don’t remember how long ago it was, but I wonder if they had a similar source.

For the immediate future, I will assume that “Chihuahua Taco” is a grammatically correct Spanish sentence.

Talk to that guy who recently posted about being exposed to Taco Bell for the first time.

Just because I’ve owned two Chihuahuas in my life doesn’t mean I approve of the franchise!

edit: Also, I don’t actually speak (or read or write) Spanish, so this is the only comment to which I can usefully respond. I have no actual ire toward you.

Everyone should have responded in Spanish.

Possibly purely by chance.

Or the efforts of John Titor.

Agreed.

When I was much younger (which is to say when radio was prevalent over streaming music), there was a commercial that started with “now is a good time to test your brakes!” It made me want to slam my brakes to test them every time I heard it.

There was also a commercial that started with screeching tires and smashing glass. I hated that one.

I met my wife on IRC. She made the mistake of saying I was cute (I wasn’t and am not). We referenced it in our wedding vows.

15 years later, we’re married with a kid. She hasn’t realized, or at least acknowledged, her mistake yet. At least she doesn’t use IRC anymore, so I don’t have to worry about some other nerd stealing her from me.

Sorry for any confusion - it’s genuinely awesome that you guys connected. Just the usernames were funny to me.

I would love to find a relatively local friend on lemmy.

It’s a good day when a Texas drunk recognizes the contributions of the fartographer (a moniker my phone tried desperately to avoid).

It’s a lot less upsetting to watch from the outside than it is to experience, regardless of which way the needle is swinging.

Pretty much every professional programmer I’ve ever met either feels the way you describe in your latter sentence or is convinced they’re the best ever. There is rarely an in between.

Ah yes, that’s my fault; my house isn’t new, but it’s not old enough to use fuses, original or otherwise.