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i'm hitting my keys hard as i write, the backspace key is broken, my mouse is wandering [[away|12]]
you asked me not to destroy your keyboard so i always brought my own laptop with me when i came [[over|11]]
i still put my hand there naturally but the space is hollow and it feels [[weird|14]]
technology can you not\ni think you were my mouse pad, in a [[sense|13]]
i'll go buy a new laptop tomorrow
it's been [[long|15]]
oh boy, a mouse [[without|7]] a mouse pad
i was passionately ranting about "some feminist crap" \nthat you love making fun of when my [[backspace|2]] key broke.
[[backspace.|1]]
did you know about the [[displaced mouse effect?|4]]
like, literally. i take forever to type out a sentence now, \nas i type furiously and this means i make lots of [[mistakes.|3]]
but you still [[kinda feel|6]] its presence\n
it's when you put your computer mouse somewhere unusual \nand when your hand naturally moves away from the keyboard \nit reaches into the spot where the mouse should have been \nbut it [[isn't there|5]]
you're not really sure where your cursor will end up \nand you know you should really buy one because at this point\nyou're just wiggling your hand like a goof trying to get to an icon \nbut you just [[don't do so|8]]
Backspaces\n
your laptop's keyboard makes barely any sound. \nyou laughed when i first used it since unconsciously, \ni was hitting the keys really hard because i needed to hear the sound, \nthe impact, \nmy own little [[statement|10]]
Vaida
i like mechanical keyboards. i like how every key stroke feels like a statement. \nthe way my fingers tap effortlessly on the right ones,\nexternalising my thoughts, \na direct extension of my brain, \ntap [[tap|9]] tap