# A big hand from AOL

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-from-aol/15709>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 9, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-from-aol/15709 "2000-04-09T05:10:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-from-aol/15709/1 "2000-04-09T05:10:00Z")

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I had to download a new version so I could order a book. The new version has a hand cursor with little vertical lines in it to make it look like a glove. My first thought on seeing it was “Mickey Mouse hand.” Why does it bother me so much that my cursor is now sometimes a Mickey Mouse hand? I mean, I don’t just find it annoying; I find it deeply disturbing.

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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-from-aol/15709/2 "2000-04-09T05:58:00Z")

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Um, the “Mickey Mouse hand” is not AOL–it’s on your computer. Dum dum DUMMMMMMM!

Seriously, that hand’s been around for years; seems standard on Windows 3.1, 95, 98, etc. as the little mechanism icon used for turning frames, images, etc. You probably just never noticed it prior to AOL.

And besides, if it was from AOL, it’d be a big _finger_.

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**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-from-aol/15709/3 "2000-04-09T06:11:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Ruffian:  
> \*\*And besides, if it was from AOL, it’d be a big _finger_.  
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Check [this](http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/entertainment/finger/download.shtml) out. It lets you change your cursor into the afformentioned finger!

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-from-aol/15709/4 "2000-04-09T16:23:00Z")

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\>\>Um, the “Mickey Mouse hand” is not AOL–it’s on your computer. Dum dum DUMMMMMMM!  
Seriously, that hand’s been around for years; seems standard on Windows 3.1, 95, 98, etc. as the little mechanism icon used for turning frames, images, etc. You probably just never noticed it prior to AOL.\<\<

I use a Mac, and the cursor was a hand previously. But it wasn’t a _Mickey Mouse_ hand previously, with the little glove lines. Before it was an ungloved hand; the gloved hand only appeared with the new version of AOL and I hate it.

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**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-from-aol/15709/5 "2000-04-09T20:20:00Z")

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Hey burrito,

Thanks for posting that, I have been wanting to make an icon just like for a long time. You just saved me time and effort 😃