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[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 123 points 5 months ago
[-] Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Mouse Quest player core

[-] inari@piefed.zip 6 points 5 months ago

When did you take this picture of me??

[-] socsa@piefed.social 92 points 5 months ago

Actually my back hurts because your mother damaged it with her large mass when we were engaged in coitus.

[-] Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

I read coitus as combat. Makes sense I suppose

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[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 53 points 5 months ago

Nah it's because I don't have enough monitors.

Need a 4th one to balance things out nicely

[-] blx@piefed.zip 19 points 5 months ago

But then you won't have a middle one to look straight ahead. Go for 5 instead

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago
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[-] eru@mouse.chitanda.moe 53 points 5 months ago

real solution for most people would be to start exercising

[-] untorquer@quokk.au 12 points 5 months ago

Well this and a shorter work day/week so one doesn't have to chose between a social life, a healthy body, home upkeep, child care, and self care. Maybe sprinkle in some accessible and free healthcare both physical and mental. Idk, wouldn't be the first time i was wrong about something.

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[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago

TL;DR your back hurts because you're poor.

[-] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nah, OP is just being elitist trying to justify those purchases. (not that they're bad ideas, just unnecessary)

The real answer is posture and lack of stretching and exercize. Unless you have an underlying issue like scoliosis, stretching and exercize fix 90% of the aches and pains young people whine about with "getting old" in their 30's.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure OP is sarcastic

[-] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 5 points 5 months ago

Yea, it's a meme. Though sadly a lot of people I run into unironically think the meme is the best solution.

Until knowledge becomes laughably common, I'm going to try to spread what is best. Especially when the better option is way cheaper.

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[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 31 points 5 months ago

Your back hurts because you keep the same posture even when your body tells you not to.

When you have a job, and say work for 3-4 hours, your body will tell you to stop and do something else for a couple hours. But you can’t cause life.

The ergonomic stuff are fulfilling their purpose by giving you a decent posture, your just holding it too long.

This is also why being rich would be a solution, even those who are rich but work, they aren’t working 40 hours every week nonstop. It’s also why they are so keen that “golf meetings” are so effective.

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[-] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 21 points 5 months ago

have standing desk, always lowered

[-] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 months ago

If you can help it, taking short breaks in between long work hours and stretching goes a long way without buying anything outrageous.

RSIBreak on Linux Workrave on Windows.

I think both are multi platform but I've had problems making them work in the other OS.

[-] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 months ago

"Hmmm, I'm going to write you a prescription for 75% more RGB LED backlighting"

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 20 points 5 months ago

I have all those things, but my back hurts because I fucked it up on my 20's moving file cabinets at a minimum wage job.

I do consider it the reason i don't have carpal tunnel after 30 years of IT/Code/Sysadmin though.

[-] doug@lemmy.today 16 points 5 months ago

I hate that planking is the best exercise for strengthening your lower back. They’re just so boring to do.

[-] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

You can spice them up with alternating leg raises or do a superman or bird dog. There are also loads of other exercises that work. The best exercise isn't the most effective one, it's the one you actually do consistently

[-] Eq0@literature.cafe 9 points 5 months ago

The best exercise is the one you actually do

That’s how I finally got to exercise regularly. First, I spend way too long trying to hype myself up for running. Never happened. I hate running. No amount of convenience can convince me. Then I started hiking and yoga and swimming and whatever came my way. Sure, I don’t have any sort of routine, but I do some sport very regularly!

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[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Deadlifts would like a word!

Also they are more fun, you feel like a super hero that can lift a house, and it's a compound lift!

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

Agreed. Planks and cardio are my downfall because they are mind numbingly boring

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[-] West_of_West@piefed.social 15 points 5 months ago

While dumb expensive the Aeron chair makes sitting at a desk all day do able and not painful.

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[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago

I could have sworn it was due to the severe injury I sustained, but who am I to argue with science?

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

~~Degenerative disc disorder~~ bad mouse

[-] SatyrSack@quokk.au 5 points 5 months ago

Hundreds of upvotes on a shitpost can't be wrong!

[-] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Could also be kidney stones

[-] SayJess@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 months ago
[-] Janx@piefed.social 8 points 5 months ago

It's never lupus.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 9 points 5 months ago

I use a trackball mouse. That must be why my back is doing great.

[-] BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

i find trackballs fascinating because i really like it but everybody else in the family fucking hate it as if kicked the dog or something. on the brighter side of things - everybody gave up on snooping around on my desktop

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

no, my lower back hurts because i got impaled there. it hurts less because i have a chair with a double rocker and well positioned monitors

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[-] Alvaro 7 points 5 months ago

Jokes on you! I do all of that and it still hurts!

[-] sheridan@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I tried a standing desk and it made my back pain a lot worse.

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[-] mech@feddit.org 6 points 5 months ago

Oh good, I thought it was from the repeated hard pounding in the ass.

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[-] lengau@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

I use all three of those and my back hurts more.

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[-] orionsbelt@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago
[-] garretble@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I have a Lily58 that I love. I put mine together myself (save for soldering. The place I found mine offered a service to do that before shipping) so it’s a bit different looking than this one shown in their preview, but it’s the same layout.

https://keebd.com/en-us/products/lily58-pro-keyboard-kit

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