…and they assume that the pointing device is a mouse.
inspiration: I’m using a trackball with my left hand because of a broken button. The pointer shape doesn’t make sense since i’m not clicking with my right index finger.
…and they assume that the pointing device is a mouse.
inspiration: I’m using a trackball with my left hand because of a broken button. The pointer shape doesn’t make sense since i’m not clicking with my right index finger.
Windows used to have a left handed pointer unless I am mandala’d again
Fun fact: You can edit the files in C:\Windows\Cursors with GIMP and make them look however you want.
You don’t even have to do all that. You can literally just change how your cursor looks from your system settings (maybe it’s a right-click menu, idr). I know I’ve opened up the box myself; you can change the size, which way it points, you can even choose black/white or white/black.
In Windows 11, you can’t change which way it points anymore.
Unusable. Uninstall it…
Close.
*Mandela
You sure it’s not Mandala…? /s
The Mandala Effect is when your memories repeat in a spiral pattern.
On the left margin of word documents, your cursor changes to left handed, to help the mouse not cover content when selecting stuff near the border.
You can still change the mouse pointer to be this way by default, as well
Side note, I watched a video about how Mandela effect is maybe the most American concept ever. So many people kinda ignored/forgot that a guy won the Nobel Prize and was president of a major country for several years, or were never taught it because he’s black. Even more couldn’t be bothered to pay close enough attention to the spelling of a popular author’s name (also foreign). People would rather think that there is some supernatural mystic shared memory gap experience rather than believe we’re idiots.
I thought the whole Mandela effect/Berinstain Bears thing was tongue in cheek satire about our faulty memories, but then again I thought flat earth was tongue in cheek satire.
That’s how I treat it. I often use the phrase when I’m surprised to learn I remembered something wrong. I don’t actually believe I’ve traveled to an alternate dimension.
I hope you guys are right and most people use it that way, and some small instances it’s kinda funny. But I fear the danger of being able to handwave away more important information as “it’s weird how our brains do that!” instead of crap, I need to pay more attention. Maybe a case by case thing I dunno.