Mouse RSI….

It’s like “Mouse Month” or something over on the BBC news technology page or something.

We’ve had top previous headliners such as “1 billionth mouse created, In other news, cat’s breath a sigh of relief”

And now they have “Celebrating 40 years of the mouse” – which even has a video of lovable doug engelbart doing the first ever demonstration of a mouse. Amazingly, he didn’t swear once when he got a hair trapped in the ball. Jesus, I remember when I had to clean my fucking mouse every two seconds… Mind you, I probably shouldn’t have been using my local tramps carpet as a mouse mat.

And then third, we have “Oh watch out, You’re going to die from RSI if you’ve ever used a mouse” – now in my best “Some of my friends are gay so I don’t think gay’s are complete gay fuckers” way, I’m going to say categorically, that RSI induced by typing and using a mouse is completely, and utterly, made up.

I mean, I estimate I’ve used a mouse every single day for the last… 17 years? A keyboard longer than that. I think it’s fair to say the word “repetitive” when discussing my computer usage. And is my hand a useless claw yet?
No?

Admittedly, since starting typing this it has started to hurt, but maybe that’s just cos I slept on it or something. Maybe I was out punching ice blocks like in Rocky last night, I really don’t think it’s anything to do with my overuse of a mouse.

This argument has absolutely zero basis in fact at all.

Thanks.

Please feel free to use the comments to call me an arse and claim you’ve got RSI in your hand so bad that you’re now called the “Cunting hook handed mullah of Twat”