<![CDATA[Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️]]>Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e0b81530-8a6c-4d46-8f0d-eeec34219228/mastodon-fedi-the-social-network-for-people-who-have-actually-cleaned-mouse-ballsRSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 10:16:17 GMTWed, 09 Sep 2026 03:08:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:36:06 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats @josh to be fair, I don’t know that I ever actually cleaned one, but not because it was unnecessary, merely because I was lazy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://babka.social/users/josh0/statuses/117241817783454545https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://babka.social/users/josh0/statuses/117241817783454545Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:36:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:35:29 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats @Rhube

I never really had a problem with the balls. But I've cleaned *lots* of crud off of the wheels inside!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JeffGrigg/statuses/117241815321181172https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JeffGrigg/statuses/117241815321181172Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:35:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:28:43 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats If by “cleaned” we mean fingernail and spit then…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/leiawelsh/statuses/117241788746496142https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/leiawelsh/statuses/117241788746496142Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:28:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:12:16 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats

I did once.

But it was the other sort of mouse.

Lots ok squeaking, sctaching and biting; mouse p**s everywhere.

Do not recommend.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/ForgottenHero18/statuses/117241724066860910https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/ForgottenHero18/statuses/117241724066860910Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:12:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:52:17 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/j3j5/statuses/117241645485636842https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/j3j5/statuses/117241645485636842Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:52:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:43:21 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats 🙌

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nancylwayne/statuses/117241610311713620https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nancylwayne/statuses/117241610311713620Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:43:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:41:10 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274797274577715/statuses/117241601759594746https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274797274577715/statuses/117241601759594746Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:24:17 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats When my mouse ball got dirty I would just get a fresh one by boiling an egg and extract the yolk ball. 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gladtech.social/users/skullvalanche/statuses/117241535343179174https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gladtech.social/users/skullvalanche/statuses/117241535343179174Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:24:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:07:11 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats A decade ago I bought a super fancy gamer mouse, with the high speed sensor and the blinking glowy LEDs and the extra buttons, but I still have had to open it occasionally to clean out the dust from the optical sensor on the scroll wheel, and to spray contact cleaner in the switches.

Mouse maintenance doesn't end after castration.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/targetdrone/statuses/117241468151813677https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/targetdrone/statuses/117241468151813677Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:07:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:53:55 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats Getting the hair and compressed kroonch off of the X, Y, and retention rollers was the worst.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/log/statuses/117241415974666854https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/log/statuses/117241415974666854Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:53:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:50:44 GMT]]>@zillion
> 93% have cleaned a mouse ball
That is honestly astonishing to me.
@FlockOfCats

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://noc.social/users/light/statuses/117241403473423513https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://noc.social/users/light/statuses/117241403473423513Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:50:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:48:59 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats What I hated about cleaning mouse balls is that it never seemed to help. It was still sticky and/or skippy afterwards.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/CurtAdams/statuses/117241396574512914https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/CurtAdams/statuses/117241396574512914Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:48:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:37:16 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp I do this, but with my trackball. Except instead of a q-tip and bowl of soapy water, it's me blowing into it, rubbing the ball with my shirt, and digging all the crap out of the trackball until it works. Rinse, repeat.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.agnos.is/notes/aqxpivnpwhvk0cx2https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.agnos.is/notes/aqxpivnpwhvk0cx2Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:37:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:35:17 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats mouse balls in soapy water was the future

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fatboy/statuses/117241342684684780https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fatboy/statuses/117241342684684780Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:35:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:27:22 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats @falcennial @mangotable We didn't have to - lead pipes led right to the hoses.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/bcasiello/statuses/117241311580592944https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/bcasiello/statuses/117241311580592944Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:27:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:26:02 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats

That could be its own instance, to be honest 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/117241306289498562https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/117241306289498562Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:26:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:16:32 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats those were the days

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dahmonium/statuses/117241268946672470https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dahmonium/statuses/117241268946672470Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:16:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:11:39 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats heh heh - he said mouse balls.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/donlamb_1/statuses/117241249761649598https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/donlamb_1/statuses/117241249761649598Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:11:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:07:54 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats Oh, that's what they meant.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116387395794911208/statuses/117241235003392792https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116387395794911208/statuses/117241235003392792Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:07:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:06:18 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats

Cleaning mouse balls?

WIMPs😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/PhilthyPierre/statuses/117241228690766312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/PhilthyPierre/statuses/117241228690766312Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:06:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:03:48 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats have cleaned, past tense?

Shoot, I still have a ball mouse. I just cleaned it yesterday!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/notthatdelta/statuses/117241218864596378https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/notthatdelta/statuses/117241218864596378Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:03:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:56:52 GMT]]>@emil @FlockOfCats holy kopi luwak mouseball!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/SRDas/statuses/117241191595674697https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/SRDas/statuses/117241191595674697Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:56:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:54:33 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats *graps a fork to dislocate the keyboard keys to also clean them, when I am at it*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sueden.social/users/tenkoman/statuses/117241182497363224https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sueden.social/users/tenkoman/statuses/117241182497363224Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:54:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mastodon/Fedi: The social network for people who have actually cleaned mouse balls 🖱️ on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:52:42 GMT]]>@FlockOfCats He was a child… at heart. We pulled it out to clean and for some dumb reason, put it in his mouth. He wouldn't be able to explain it, too. Just a dumb teenager act. His sister smacked the door, he jumped, involuntary muscle movement, down it goes.

Luckily for him it was recovered… organically. Without any medical help.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helo.fuse.pl/users/emil/statuses/01M233MJRMJT4X771B7T6C1939https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helo.fuse.pl/users/emil/statuses/01M233MJRMJT4X771B7T6C1939Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:52:42 GMT