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Which way round is a wired computer mouse?

Is the front of a computer mouse the arse of it due to the cable "tail" coming out of it, or is the front of a computer mouse the head of the mouse, as it is more of a correct shape?

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Simple the cable is not a tail.

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Uh, I think you're kinda taking the name a bit too literally. Computer mice are just a tool used for controlling a computer.

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I absolutely am, but they must have been named after regular mice, so idk what way it was originally envisaged.

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The first computer mouse was apparently more of a block.
I imagine it got its name from the 'tail' part, and the fact that it now looks mouse-like is mostly a co-incidence of it now being more ergonomically shaped.

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Could be both, to be honest. I've seen old mouses where the ears were on the buttons, and others where the tail is the cable

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mouses

Mice.
But I know what you mean. Feels like computer mice should be its own word with its own plural form

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Apparently mouses is correct for computer mice but I don't subscribe to that train of thought at all.

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Yeah, it's been a while since I last used mice

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Congrats you just discovered why restrictive, binary language isn’t a great way to describe real-world concepts.

Now do gender.

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Whichever way allows your fingers to rest on the buttons. Unless it's a weird buttonless Apple mouse, then you're just SOL.

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Neither, and both.

Many objects just don't have a front and a back, other than front being the side closer to you.

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Just like you can sit behind and in front of the computer.

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You put your palm on its face and finger its arse.

Like so https://s3.envato.com/files/105420941/Man%20Using%20A%20Computer%20Mouse%20(Image%20Preview).jpg

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That was my risky click of the day

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