# Cursor of destruction **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 1999, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745 "1999-09-14T06:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/1 "1999-09-14T06:14:00Z")
Does anyone else think that if they move their mouse fast enough to the side, they’ll eventually smash the arrow through the side of the minitor in an explosion of sparks, broken glass, and Microsoft software? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/2 "1999-09-14T06:25:00Z")
Um…no. But, I have had my pointer move all by itself. No joke. It’s like it’s being controlled by some force. Any explanations? * * * “Life is hard…but God is good” ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/3 "1999-09-14T09:23:00Z")
It’s God, Adam. Must be trying to tell you something. Does it spell anything out? ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/4 "1999-09-14T12:21:00Z")
ARG/Adam: Check your mouse sensitivity. Otherwise, defective (or old) mouse. I had a mouse for a few years that started to do that. * * * It’s bernard, just under new management ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/5 "1999-09-14T12:58:00Z")
We’ve got one at the office that does this. I’ve been thinking I should perhaps scan a ouija board in for wallpaper and see what it’s trying to tell us. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/6 "1999-09-14T13:01:00Z")
Omni, long night? Strange topic, dude. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/7 "1999-09-14T13:06:00Z")
Screw the arrow. The hourglass has me going batty. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/8 "1999-09-15T05:20:00Z")
Adam: Ah yes! I’m glad to see my telekinesis is coming along nicely! ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursor-of-destruction/7745/9 "1999-09-14T20:48:00Z")
Omniscient: I wish! I love it when my cats get up on my desk and bat at the moving cursor…and look behind the monitor for it when it moves off the edges.