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[arethinn]

My right wrist is starting to hurt due to overmousing during the past week, so I'm trying to mouse with my left hand. It's not as much of a fiasco as it is if I try to write with my left hand, but it's still slow and clumsy. (I know from experience not to reverse the mouse buttons -- my brain attaches "left click" to the button, and not the finger that performs the click.) Any guesses on how long I would have to do it before the new neuron connections would form that would allow me to do it with the same dexterity I have with my right hand?

And if the species were predominantly left-handed, would I have worded that sentence as "...allow me to do it with the same sinisterness I have with my left hand"?


p.s. I used to go by "sinister dexter" on alt.gothic back in the late 1990s. Some people thought I was making a Dexter's Laboratory reference. (...."sinister"? ok, he's a mad scientist, but "sinister"?) Some also thought I was male, although with an implied name of "Dexter" and a lack of talking about specifically female subjects (like menstruation), I can see why.

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[enotsola]

My right forearm is kinda sore, as is the right index finger from scrollwheeling.

[glass-juju.livejournal.com]

Ever try one of these?

I've been using one for years, I've stopped having problems with wrist strain.

[draerendi.livejournal.com]

I did never did understand the penchant for talking about it. *crosses eyes* Unless of course you among males whom positively run when the subject comes up.

[tlttlotd.livejournal.com]

I used to go by "sinister dexter" on alt.gothic back in the late 1990s.

That was you?

I remember some of your posts from undergrad.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Depending on the exact timing, I guess, probably? Whoever it was that was handing out those kind-of-Latin siglines (benton?) gave me "Gothae Tersus Novitas" which I used for a while, if that rings any bells.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I hate the way they feel in my hand. Erg. (The fact that I have tiny hands doesn't help.) Not really an option at work, anyway, where about 75% of my mousing is done.

[tlttlotd.livejournal.com]

I think it was Benton... he stopped doing it just before I e-mailed him about it.