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What's the gunk that accumlates on the rollers of a ball mouse?

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Barfo

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Wow, I'm using a cheap ass $4 chinese mouse, still an optical, didn't think someone could go cheaper than that.
 

RedArmy

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Take your hands and rub them together to create a decent amount of friction. If you don't live in a clean room you should notice black specs of crap over your hands...same stuff.
 

MovingTarget

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Yeah, usually dead skin/oils from your hand/palm. However, I would also add that in my case it would be pencil eraser 'discharge' as I do a lot of erasing at my office desk (as I am a math grad student). Our IT dept was too cheap to buy anything other than ball mice as they got them in bulk at a rather steep discount.
 

Newbian

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It's your juices...

If you were to expel them more often you wouldn't have to clean it as much so start fapping.
 

lxskllr

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Originally posted by: RedArmy
Take your hands and rub them together to create a decent amount of friction. If you don't live in a clean room you should notice black specs of crap over your hands...same stuff.

When I was little I used to grab my "guardian angel" off of my shoulder, and crush it by rubbing my hands together. The little bits were what was left :^D