Weird Old Computer Mice: Viagra, Bullets, & The 4th Dimension

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  • @FranzKafkaRockOpera
    @FranzKafkaRockOpera 2 роки тому +1495

    The Viagra mouse's ball being grossly over-lubed is hysterical. For a promotional product, they really went the extra mile.

    • @tylern6420
      @tylern6420 2 роки тому +104

      At least the ball can slide in easily 😏

    • @deadalusshadowduck
      @deadalusshadowduck 2 роки тому +70

      Also... those stiff competitions 2:19 🤣 Pure comedy gold

    • @fubaralakbar6800
      @fubaralakbar6800 2 роки тому +55

      The puns and jokes there were nearly constant, much as expected.

    • @locnar1
      @locnar1 2 роки тому +15

      There's no such thing as over-lubed.😂

    • @CassandraFortuna
      @CassandraFortuna 2 роки тому +16

      @@locnar1 there actually is but that's outside the scope of a youtube comments section lmao

  • @partariothegoth
    @partariothegoth 2 роки тому +104

    "lubricated laughter" ahaha. I love it when creators add in extra fun for those of us that like subtitles

  • @medusesti
    @medusesti 2 роки тому +1395

    Those puns during the Viagra mouse bit were rock solid

    • @System.10
      @System.10 2 роки тому +108

      They must've been hard to come up with, but he kept them going for a long time.

    • @FiXato
      @FiXato 2 роки тому +36

      and they are even making innocent comments sound dirtier than he probably intended them. xD

    • @wasp17b4
      @wasp17b4 2 роки тому +64

      gotta love the stiff competition line ;)

    • @AFishNamedBob
      @AFishNamedBob 2 роки тому +53

      Honestly, coming up with so many puns was a stroke of genius.

    • @tHiNk413
      @tHiNk413 2 роки тому +37

      And played it straight firmly, no faltering, no premature e...laughter, rock solid performance indeed!

  • @JustinSable
    @JustinSable 2 роки тому +214

    "The scroll wheel is rather unsatisfying and rather small." I thought Clint was done with the Viagra puns by the time he got to the bullet mouse, but I was wrong.

  • @AltimeterAlligator
    @AltimeterAlligator 2 роки тому +427

    I cannot believe the Viagra mouse stands up when the user touches it. The designers must have laughed during testing and decided it was a feature.

  • @grimvisionz91
    @grimvisionz91 2 роки тому +220

    the viagra car mouse was definitely facing some "stiff" competition in the car shaped mouse world

  • @kamild_
    @kamild_ 2 роки тому +530

    "The reason this sucks is because it's awful"
    Fair.

    • @lostuser6410
      @lostuser6410 2 роки тому +13

      Simple and to the point

    • @Fearagen
      @Fearagen 2 роки тому +5

      No joking around, straight to the truth.

  • @rider7949
    @rider7949 2 роки тому +158

    As a child I remember finding a Bulletmouse in my mom's bedside cabinet, really cool to see one in an LGR video!

    • @littlewendigo5055
      @littlewendigo5055 2 роки тому +19

      Hahaha i see what you did there!

    • @Tavares0709
      @Tavares0709 2 роки тому

      >:)

    • @_..-.._..-.._
      @_..-.._..-.._ 6 днів тому +1

      @@littlewendigo5055 I see what YOU did there, explain an obvious joke as if it were a riddle. 🤦‍♂️

    • @_..-.._..-.._
      @_..-.._..-.._ 6 днів тому

      The LGR one doesn’t have little hairs on it and a foul odor.

    • @littlewendigo5055
      @littlewendigo5055 6 днів тому

      @@_..-.._..-.._... Okay? Definately did not explain anything, explaining the joke would mean pointing out that said "mouse" was a s3x toy, which i did not do lol

  • @dataterminal
    @dataterminal 2 роки тому +805

    Ironically, the Viagra mouse was really hard to use.

    • @ogami1972
      @ogami1972 2 роки тому +92

      If it's still hard after 4 hours, seek medical attention.

    • @tnrproductions1231
      @tnrproductions1231 2 роки тому +31

      That mouse is definitely going to be “hard” for more than four hours

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 2 роки тому +13

      heh. hard to use.

    • @ericf112
      @ericf112 2 роки тому

      Yeah... Pfizer is evil

    • @LRM12o8
      @LRM12o8 2 роки тому +31

      Some would even say it was a pain in the butt. 😂
      To others, it's been a pleasure... 😜

  • @andy5178
    @andy5178 2 роки тому +12

    It’s pretty common here in Europe too. Not as extensively and generally limited to pharmacies though: gifts are a way to convince them to suggest that specific company’s product instead of a competitor’s. Not really a healthy practice, but it’s thankfully heavily mitigated by a legal obligation to inform clients about equivalent drugs by lesser known brands, which are chemically identical but cheaper.

  • @FTWOBR2000
    @FTWOBR2000 2 роки тому +210

    "Viagra made a car-shaped mouse" is not a sentence I thought would ever exist.

    • @LOVE-iv2pw
      @LOVE-iv2pw 2 роки тому +20

      Neither is “Theres a Viagra logo on a race car”

    • @FMecha
      @FMecha 2 роки тому

      @@LOVE-iv2pw Some merch and games changed it to just the Pfizer logo.

    • @Kumimono
      @Kumimono 2 роки тому +12

      I'm just glad it wasn't shaped like, something else... I dread to Google, but I bet novelty mice exist with a rather, phallic design...

    • @tz8785
      @tz8785 2 роки тому +6

      It's probably a car because that was a pre-existing mold from other car mice.

    • @LOVE-iv2pw
      @LOVE-iv2pw 2 роки тому +3

      @@Kumimono I’ll be honest, a mouse with a more phallic design would NOT surprise me knowing some people…

  • @marcberm
    @marcberm 2 роки тому +35

    Three Weird Computer Mice is my new favorite show! I can't wait to see what the next three mice are!

  • @Snev
    @Snev 2 роки тому +320

    2:21 Clint just casually dropping puns, absolutely relentless

    • @Interference22
      @Interference22 2 роки тому +49

      "Stiff competition.. Protective sheath..."
      "Surely that's it. I mean the pun potential of--"
      "That's an exceptionally lubed up ball.. Let's hope it doesn't last more than 4 hours."
      "Oh god."

    • @woogha
      @woogha 2 роки тому +36

      "not floppy at all"

    • @jakestocker4854
      @jakestocker4854 2 роки тому +26

      Yeah the stiff competition got me lol

    • @AngusYoung1973x
      @AngusYoung1973x 2 роки тому +3

      the car pulling a **wheelie** does not look familiar at all either.

    • @gefthetalkingmongoose
      @gefthetalkingmongoose 2 роки тому +6

      It just keeps coming

  • @catacombboy
    @catacombboy 2 роки тому +17

    When Clint was mentioning the Viagra mouse short chord I truly expected him to say "I hear they have a pill for that"

  • @MeruSama
    @MeruSama 2 роки тому +457

    Holy crap I had that Viagra mouse when I was in high school.
    It's just as LGR says. People representing the brand come into doctors offices all the time pushing their product and give out dumb little gifts. My mom would bring home weird plushies, mice, flash drives all with a product name on it and this was one of them.

    • @danmakufan
      @danmakufan 2 роки тому +45

      Same here, my dad was a doctor and we'd get all kinds of stuff (mostly pens). I still have a 3M branded Kingston flashdrive to this day lol

    • @TheEarthbounder
      @TheEarthbounder 2 роки тому +28

      Did anyone else ever get that Prevacid plush stomach toy? I distinctly remember this toy when I was a kid visiting my grandfather, who was a doctor, at his office. He would get tons of brand toys and accessories from medical companies. This stomach plush just sticks out to me with how absurd the idea was. Great advertising though if I remembered it for this long haha

    • @MeruSama
      @MeruSama 2 роки тому +44

      @@TheEarthbounder yes!!! Still have it, actually. We gave it to my rabbit and he adored it. He used to cuddle up and sleep on it. Now it sits on a shelf with his urn.

    • @locke103
      @locke103 2 роки тому +2

      I honestly never knew that. My sister works with them, I never caught whim of any such things.

    • @mattbailey1515
      @mattbailey1515 2 роки тому +22

      Kinda glad Viagra went with a mouse and not a plushie...

  • @EmperorSquidysChannel
    @EmperorSquidysChannel 2 роки тому +22

    I can't wait for more adventures from the Box of Stupid Mice. Those puns gave me a long hard smile.

  • @colinwatt9387
    @colinwatt9387 2 роки тому +138

    The Viagra mouse is genius design, it literally makes it hard for you.

  • @bahe_4058
    @bahe_4058 Рік тому +9

    Considering he was ripped into his 50's, Viagra was the PERFECT sponsor for Mark.

  • @MrYster555
    @MrYster555 2 роки тому +154

    Stiff floppy, short chord, lubed ball - that Viagra mouse is the gift that keeps on giving

    • @Sharklops
      @Sharklops 2 роки тому +11

      don't forget the stiff competition, and "just click on the tip... err... hood of the car"

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim 2 роки тому

      @@louistournas120 You mean who did a song with Eminem? 😂

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 2 роки тому

      @@FlyboyHelosim I was going to write dildo.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 2 роки тому +2

      Is there a dido mouse?
      The L is missing from that word?
      Is UA-cam a robot that deletes comments?

    • @melo-7904
      @melo-7904 2 роки тому +4

      @@louistournas120 1. probably
      2. yes there are

  • @RainbowGravity92
    @RainbowGravity92 2 роки тому +8

    "3 and a half inch floppy." Good thing there's Viagra for the floppy. Not sure how much it helps that length part. Not that size matters, tho.

  • @PXAbstraction
    @PXAbstraction 2 роки тому +371

    This is a level of subtle pun overload I've rarely experienced.

    • @robotortoise
      @robotortoise 2 роки тому +16

      I was hoping for a bunch of puns as soon as I saw the word "Viagra". I was satisfied with my experience.

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 2 роки тому +9

      @@robotortoise It really seemed _hard_ for him to resist.

    • @tiffyb85
      @tiffyb85 2 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @jsa274
      @jsa274 2 роки тому +1

      That’s what she said.

    • @beforetheshutter
      @beforetheshutter 2 роки тому +14

      There’s plenty of ‘stiff competition’

  • @Uncleharkinian
    @Uncleharkinian 2 роки тому +3

    Clint going full Carolina at the end was definitely something

  • @thesepsis1607
    @thesepsis1607 2 роки тому +183

    On a totally unrelated note: "Viagra, Bullets and the 4th Dimension" is a great movie titel…

    • @tylern6420
      @tylern6420 2 роки тому +13

      Maybe itll be better than morbius

    • @thestripedmenace
      @thestripedmenace 2 роки тому +7

      Or tagline!

    • @kiddhkane
      @kiddhkane 2 роки тому +16

      @@tylern6420 It's scrollin time

    • @drcatjailofficial3735
      @drcatjailofficial3735 2 роки тому +9

      Honestly, I'm making a film for a College project, and thats an apt title. Lol

    • @elfedorausado
      @elfedorausado 2 роки тому +4

      @@kiddhkane scrolling HARD at the speed of sound

  • @ostrowczanin
    @ostrowczanin 2 роки тому +8

    A4Tech always had some strange budget features. I remember my "wireless, batteryless" mouse. It arrived with a mousepad connected to USB transferring power wirelessly to the mouse and recieving its input. That means it did not work away from the surface of the pad provided by them, but who cared, it did not need batteries! And was wireless! :) Nice piece for its time, hope You get hands on one day. I gave mine away sadly.
    As always- great video. Thank You.

  • @ventiladordesuco
    @ventiladordesuco 2 роки тому +168

    The 4D mouse was the mouse of choice at the cyber cafe I went when I was a kid. We used to throw of the aim of some other kids that were playing Counter-Strike with a spare mouse from behind their chairs since it can pickup the infrared from afar

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo 2 роки тому +14

      And people say modern gaming mice have weird designs and features.

    • @stephenfiler3204
      @stephenfiler3204 2 роки тому +2

      How did you do that?

    • @sersoft_corp
      @sersoft_corp 2 роки тому +2

      I got an aopen mouse with the dual scroll wheels, from an actual 2005 internet cafe that was used to play counter strike for at least half a decade. It's the wired USB version with the back and forward buttons that kind of looks like an intellimouse, and is actually optical as shown on the back of the box in this video. The tracking of fast movements on it was still not very good.

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 2 роки тому +7

      @@stephenfiler3204 just have another infrared mouse, point it at their receiver, and screw around. Either it recognizes both signals and you fight for control, or it doesn't and you just jam the receiver.

  • @szponiasty
    @szponiasty 2 роки тому +23

    A4 tech 4D mices came in multiple flavours, and they all were awesome. I had one of these, but with USB cable (not wireless). And it was awesome. And the middle button menu was the best thing for a programmer. As well as the vertical scrolling :)

    • @TheFifthHorseman_
      @TheFifthHorseman_ 2 роки тому +3

      I used one until a few years ago

    • @Schattennaseweis
      @Schattennaseweis 2 роки тому +1

      They were quite nice, indeed.
      I used them for years. Mine had PS/2 connectors and were optical.
      I should still have them. Not sure why I replaced them back in the days.

    • @RoboticParanoia
      @RoboticParanoia Рік тому

      Did you had the cordless and battery-less, that used induction power back in early 2000's? Freaky awesome, specially for tight desks (small mouse pad).

    • @RoboticParanoia
      @RoboticParanoia Рік тому

      @@TheFifthHorseman_ they were quite indestructible, right?

    • @TheFifthHorseman_
      @TheFifthHorseman_ Рік тому +1

      @@RoboticParanoia very much so

  • @Reftize
    @Reftize 2 роки тому +107

    the 4d mouse seems like it really would've appealed to spreadsheet workers

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 2 роки тому +3

      Side scroll isn't fast enough though really. Not sure if that was configurable.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +8

      @@arnox4554 Usually was in the mouse settings. I think as far back as Win98SE (but I could be wrong, definitely in XP). The software for it didn't seem bad at all either so maybe that also had options in it.

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt 2 роки тому +1

      I've got a couple of spreadsheets where that mouse would be really handy.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 2 роки тому +6

      @@JeffDeWitt Actually, many mice do have this feature already now. For example, my cheap Logitech M510 has a mouse wheel that also allows you to side-scroll by pressing left or right against the wheel.

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt 2 роки тому +1

      @@arnox4554 Good point, now that I think about it I think my mouse does too, the crazy thing has a bunch of features I don't often use "Logitech MX Master 3". I'm going to have to check to see if my mouse at work will do that.

  • @fridaycaliforniaa236
    @fridaycaliforniaa236 2 роки тому +3

    I remember we also had that kind of strange/funny/sometimes stupid little gifts when I was in the French Navy. I often came back home with some watches, plushies, pens and USB drives with something related to the French Navy printed on them. I even had a USB key where the casing was made from the alloys used for the engines of the Rafale. Inside I had some videos of the presentation of the Rafale by Dassault in the old days and a desktop them with all the noises and cursors related to the Rafale Marine. Lol I really liked this one, tbh.

  • @cyruscuckler3495
    @cyruscuckler3495 2 роки тому +145

    Ah yes, the Ford Taurus Viagra mouse. Just what everyone wants!

    • @itscrumbelivable
      @itscrumbelivable 2 роки тому +20

      fuck yeah, Mark Martin is the best

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 2 роки тому +4

      They thought we wouldn't notice the 69 on the mouse, but we did.

    • @rimmersbryggeri
      @rimmersbryggeri 2 роки тому

      Is it comic irony to advertise a remedy for something that doesnt on a Taurus?

    • @BigEOT3
      @BigEOT3 2 роки тому +2

      Can you use it for IRacing?

    • @JohnTheMod1
      @JohnTheMod1 2 роки тому +1

      @@BigEOT3 Worth a shot.

  • @Kumimono
    @Kumimono 2 роки тому +21

    Damn the puns, and triple-entendres. Curiously though, I'd have thought the Viagra hardware would have gotten rid of any software. Also, Hard Drivin' for the DOS might have a been a game to try. Though, even that had worked, I'd wager the steering would have been stiff.
    4D mouse would actually be useful for scrolling through PDF files. I often read service manual, which have minute text and pictures on them, so a +100% zoom is constant, as is scrolling in the, 4th dimension, which we all know, is horizontal. Would the programmable button have been useful for rudimental macro key inputs? Or could the extra scroll wheel be used for, say, gear shift in racing games?

    • @Chocomint_Queen
      @Chocomint_Queen 2 роки тому +2

      If you don't already know, you can scroll while holding shift to scroll horizontally; not to mention lots of mice these days actually have 4d scrolling by rocking the wheel left and right.

  • @Archangelm127
    @Archangelm127 2 роки тому +61

    I can't stop giggling at the "no gun required" thing on the package for the bullet mouse.

  • @VIPOdyssey176
    @VIPOdyssey176 2 роки тому +41

    As a Brit I sometimes watch live American telly so I can watch nascar, and me and my mrs are completely flabbergast to how strongly you guys get advertised prescription drugs. Over here people are generally unaware about any kind of medication aside from what’s prescribed by the GP.
    Generally though unless you’re exempt any prescription is £7 regardless of what it is whereas you guys get totally shafted. We’re expecting our first baby and we won’t pay a penny at point of service to have it at the hospital whereas you guys expect to pay like 50k!

    • @jonathansims5924
      @jonathansims5924 2 роки тому +4

      We also have advertisements for lawyers, which is equally if not more insane. Do you have lawyer ads in the UK? I've been a couple times and never thought to ask.

    • @VIPOdyssey176
      @VIPOdyssey176 Рік тому +7

      @@jonathansims5924 yeah but like no win no fee, fell over and it’s the councils fault, injuries at work, basically all the “if there’s blame there’s claim” stuff
      Edit: basically if it makes a lot of money and it’s a bit shady, anything you guys start doing give it 5 years or so and we jump on the bandwagon. Except the people doing it have a tested method so it’s streamlined for us

    • @tonybamanabonitomatopowers6057
      @tonybamanabonitomatopowers6057 Рік тому +3

      i dont know if they still play them now, but those prescription pill ads would even play during cartoons ad blocks in the 2000's. It was fairly often too

  • @tiger12506
    @tiger12506 2 роки тому +46

    What I love best is when you find absolutely ridiculous looking mice that you conclude are actually not bad at all.

    • @aortaplatinum
      @aortaplatinum 2 роки тому +2

      I hooked up an off-white PS2 ball mouse and a clicky chunky keyboard to one of my PCs recently just to be a dork and I was shocked by how good they both felt. The tactile clack of the keys on the keyboard and the weight of the classic ball mouse are both fantastic, I don't understand why hardware sometimes gets worse when people think it's better. Genuinely my only complaint is that the looseness of the ball makes lifting the mouse to reposition it without moving the cursor can cause the cursor to move when you don't want it to, but otherwise, it's sick. I gotta find a CRT monitor now.

  • @MCCMCKnyte
    @MCCMCKnyte 2 роки тому +1

    I had a double wheeled mouse, much like that 4D one. This would have been around 2004-ish(?) It was optical, and the double offset wheels, made scrolling really fast. I loved that mouse.
    It got run over all of things! It fell out of my bag when packing up at a LAN party and I failed to notice. I started backing out, heard a crunch, got out and saw my beloved pointer flattened in the driveway.

  • @topfacemod
    @topfacemod 2 роки тому +31

    "This floppy is quite stiff" - LGR

  • @negil
    @negil 2 роки тому +7

    I could see two scroll wheels being really helpful for graphic design. I'm often holding the key command to scroll horizontally when using Illustrator, PhotoShop and InDesign, so it would be handy to just be able to do that with my mouse

  • @bognareff7991
    @bognareff7991 2 роки тому +4

    Imagine you go to the doctor's getting told your terminal while he is drifting a NASCAR around on his desk

  • @kurz_jacob
    @kurz_jacob 2 роки тому +11

    Seeing that storage I feel like someone's going to do a tour of LGR's collection in 30 or 40 years.

  • @Visionism
    @Visionism 2 роки тому +13

    "I can't wait to plug this in!" Oh god. That is not what I needed to go with my morning coffee.

  • @tbdaemon
    @tbdaemon 2 роки тому +9

    Man, the Viagra mouse segment had the puns I expected, but the history of the drug as well as the critique of the American healthcare system was cool 👍

  • @catriona_drummond
    @catriona_drummond 2 роки тому +30

    I had one of these great 4D Mice that had a ball instead of the Mousewheel. The idea was not bad but it also meant that you could never really scroll either straight up/down or straight sideways. I still ended up using it for quite some time.

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 2 роки тому

      I've always thought that would be excellent if you could somehow add a small amount of resistance or deadzone so that you can more easily scroll on only one axis.

  • @SoanosBarcoded
    @SoanosBarcoded 2 роки тому +9

    The drifting on the "4D mouse" is probably due to the roller only being on one side, and when the mouse is moved too fast the mouse ball is bumped against the opposite side of the cradle and not making contact with the roller anymore. I assume the mouse would behave the same with fast up and down motion as well.

  • @nicksvitak5416
    @nicksvitak5416 2 роки тому +24

    Every line of dialogue during the Viagra segment is everything I could have ever opened for

    • @alexjones2677
      @alexjones2677 2 роки тому +5

      What else do you open for? (asking for a friend)

    • @ryanohara8938
      @ryanohara8938 2 роки тому

      @@alexjones2677 Depends on the Viagra 🤣🤣

  • @TheDwarvenDefender
    @TheDwarvenDefender 2 роки тому +6

    So, let me get this Viagra mouse thing straight:
    • The part that was supposed to be long was short.
    • The front end goes up when you use it.
    • Using it is really *hard.*
    • As in, you had almost no control over it.
    • It had way too much lube applied.
    • It's black and larger than your average mouse.
    • If you're not careful, it could cause pain.
    • LGR was done after using it for only a few minutes.
    • After LGR used it, the ball was dry.

  • @SteamsDev
    @SteamsDev 2 роки тому +12

    Fun fact about that NASCAR car you were talking about: in 2002 it came 2nd in the championship with Mark Martin, after a five-way battle for the championship went straight into the dumpster in the final stretch of races. It was Mark's 4th runner-up championship finish in his 15th try. Tony Stewart would eventually win the championship in 2002.

    • @FMecha
      @FMecha 2 роки тому +1

      Also, some regarded it should have been Sterling Marlin's year. (He recovered from an illegal repair job attempt during a red flag at Daytona 500 (OH HE CAN'T DO THAT!) to being a title favorite until he got injured at the fall Kansas race.)

  • @jdcoffeestreams4333
    @jdcoffeestreams4333 2 роки тому

    I put this on and my cat loved it. She was captivated the second you plugged in the Viagara mouse

  • @SirBlix
    @SirBlix 2 роки тому +35

    Was disappointing that the viagra mouse wasn’t shaped like the pill

  • @pungent_abundance
    @pungent_abundance 2 роки тому

    The remark about unobservable spacetime earned my like and then some.
    Thanks for all of the high-quality, free video content over the years, LGR.

  • @matteobarsanti8139
    @matteobarsanti8139 2 роки тому +58

    I love how the 4d mouse box says their product is 30% faster than 400 DPI with no context at all

    • @AlexandruLipan
      @AlexandruLipan 2 роки тому +14

      _4D mouse enters_
      "30% faster"
      _Refuses to explain further_
      _Exits_

    • @TheGreatAtario
      @TheGreatAtario 2 роки тому +11

      It says 520 DPI. 400 × 1.3 = 520

    • @matteobarsanti8139
      @matteobarsanti8139 2 роки тому

      @@TheGreatAtario yeah i can read but that's totally random hahahaha

    • @TheGreatAtario
      @TheGreatAtario 2 роки тому +2

      @@matteobarsanti8139 Heh, well, you know. Bigger number = better

  • @RaccoonHenry
    @RaccoonHenry 2 роки тому

    my new favorite channel, LazyMouseReviews. I love it.

  • @carmovision
    @carmovision 2 роки тому +21

    so what you're saying is, the Viagra mouse was a bit "dysfunctional"

  • @reinaweis
    @reinaweis 2 роки тому +6

    I loved my A4Tech mouse back in the day. It was the best optical mouse I was able to find at the time, and it was only $15-$20 at a computer fair.

  • @RubyRoks
    @RubyRoks 2 роки тому +11

    Overlubed ball and a stiff disk. Yep, it's an LGR video alright
    That bullet mouse, even today, would fit in perfectly on the hardgoods shelves of a Duluth Trading Co store

    • @AaronOfMpls
      @AaronOfMpls 2 роки тому +1

      Or at a Cabela's.
      And yah, I can imagine it would be surprisingly ergonomic. Probably a bit like the large Kensington mouse I use with my own PC -- though I think I'd prefer _my_ mouse's scroll wheel.

  • @NotOnLand
    @NotOnLand Рік тому +1

    These vids are great for if I'm ever sent back in time to the late 90s, I'll know exactly what cool tech to buy

  • @StevoBortzLevel99
    @StevoBortzLevel99 2 роки тому +15

    You just couldn't resist making a "stiff competition" joke about the Viagra mouse, could you?
    It's okay, I wouldn't have been able to stop myself, either.

    • @yuotueb
      @yuotueb 2 роки тому

      Is that the only one you caught?

  • @superhero7464
    @superhero7464 2 роки тому

    I love how you made so many euphemisms (stiff, lubed, rub it the wrong way, push it up, short cord, etc) without even chuckling. I wouldn't have been able to make all those passive comments without laughing out loud.
    Always looking forward to your next video. Cheers!

  • @spacecadet.tx11
    @spacecadet.tx11 2 роки тому +4

    Moment i saw the title I knew exactly what you had on your hands, I had the Mark Martin Viagra mouse as a kid, one of the few pieces of merch i got during his time flying the Viagra flag!

    • @keithbrown7685
      @keithbrown7685 2 роки тому

      You mean ... " I knew exactly what you had in your hands..." right?

    • @itscrumbelivable
      @itscrumbelivable 2 роки тому

      Slapshoes fans, I summon you!

  • @gatebuildr
    @gatebuildr 2 роки тому +1

    It makes sense that the Viagra mouse would have been PS/2 in the early 2000s, since hospital computer equipment is about 10-15 years behind normal consumer electronics.

  • @Krynis
    @Krynis 2 роки тому +7

    I love the emphasis on all the things that could be a joke about Viagra. XD

  • @GreenZeusmask
    @GreenZeusmask Рік тому +1

    Never thought I would ever be watching a video about a mouse for a computer from viagra and the irony that it's so lubed on the mouse ball.

  • @tomaszlis993
    @tomaszlis993 2 роки тому +4

    Around 1998-2000, I thought that soon all mice will have two scroll wheels. It was just SO useful when making stuff in CorelDRAW! The wheel was saving a lot of time when creating details in images, especially when drawing precise Bezier curves - you could draw at high amplification, and easily scroll the screen for the next part of the curve.
    I had several 2-scroll A4Tech mouses over the years; only moved on after I stopped creating graphics.

  • @lexluthermiester
    @lexluthermiester 2 роки тому

    @LGR
    Clint, this was definitely an oddware episode. Funny as all heck too!

  • @TheWonkster
    @TheWonkster 2 роки тому +19

    No no no, the actual mouse is 4 dimensional, you're only interacting with the 4D object's 3D shadow

    • @SheepUndefined
      @SheepUndefined 2 роки тому +1

      Joke or not, this made my head hurt.

  • @bw4593
    @bw4593 Рік тому

    Omg must have been hard to think of all of those puns during the Viagra mouse. You clearly had too much fun with yourself there 😂

  • @jediguy634
    @jediguy634 2 роки тому +5

    I think maybe Viagra should have teamed up with the "bullet mouse" instead of nascar. The levels of irony would not be lost on today market.

  • @drecion1
    @drecion1 2 роки тому +1

    Stiff, lubed up, turned on. These Viagra puns are killing me

  • @lupinzar
    @lupinzar 2 роки тому +11

    Innuendo was approaching "Mark Fixes Stuff" levels with the Viagra mouse.

    • @zepo82
      @zepo82 2 роки тому

      I'm glad to find another fan :D they need to collab and do a pun off

    • @zepo82
      @zepo82 2 роки тому

      i mean, innuedo off of course...puns are very different, I did just awake tho!

  • @davidshepherd265
    @davidshepherd265 2 роки тому

    A4 Tech, thats a name I haven't heard in a long time. I recall in the 90's they used to be really common here in Australia, but over time Microsoft and Logitech, and others became more popular. Good to see they're still around. Regarding the Viagra mouse - regarding your comments on drug advertising on TV - we never see that here as its completely illegal, but having started a new career in the TV industry last year, I occasionally watch live broadcasts from the US (usually live sport), and get to see the raw feed from the US before its overlaid with the local Australian ads, graphics, etc. Seeing your drug ads was a bit of a shock at first, and nearly 12 months on I still giggle every time I see them, because its just something you never see here.

  • @KyleKartan87
    @KyleKartan87 2 роки тому +46

    the short cable from the Taurus makes kinda sense when you remember that back then many practiioners had those small computercases which sat under the monitor on the desk. Not that it makes that thing any better...

  • @manganmegamangan
    @manganmegamangan 2 роки тому

    love seeing all dose old pc´s in the background makes me happy

  • @Dee13i
    @Dee13i 2 роки тому +5

    I used to have a 4D mouse. Probably one of the best mice I have ever owned.

    • @maighstir3003
      @maighstir3003 2 роки тому +2

      I still have one of A4's mice, though mine has another button on each side, for a total of four buttons and two scroll wheels (twice as efficient as a normal mouse!). It's stored in a box along with most of my other mice, as I prefer to use a trackball (Kensington Expert Mouse), but I have it.

    • @TheFifthHorseman_
      @TheFifthHorseman_ 2 роки тому

      @@maighstir3003 mine had two thumb buttons

  • @masterspartanchief33
    @masterspartanchief33 2 роки тому

    “Stiff competition” 😂
    You crack me up little buddy!

  • @HunterTinsley
    @HunterTinsley 2 роки тому +21

    27:00 WTF - Redneck Hunting has PiP scopes? That's actually impressive! Most AAA games today still don't have that.

    • @SheepUndefined
      @SheepUndefined 2 роки тому +5

      Tbf as cool as it is, I kind of prefer full screen scopes, lol.

  • @Shelbsterina
    @Shelbsterina 2 роки тому +1

    "Stiff competition" I see what you did there, Clinto

  • @kct1975
    @kct1975 2 роки тому +4

    I absolutely Loved your Double Innuendos with the Viagra Mouse! 🤣

  • @chrisridesbicycles
    @chrisridesbicycles 2 роки тому

    The 4D mouse came with a lot of cheap supermarket computers in the late 90s here in Germany. This was one of the things that immediately told me „you will spend the next hours cleaning up the system tray for a bar of chocolate in front of this heap of crap your relatives bought“. I guess the wheel that picks up the ball was read by an optical sensor which was enough for them to market it as optical.

  • @leetymcleet6490
    @leetymcleet6490 2 роки тому +5

    The A4Tech software looks identical to the stuff AOpen used to bundle with their mice.
    Kudos on all the puns btw 😂

  • @chrys9256
    @chrys9256 2 роки тому +6

    The saddest thing about this video is that the mouse software seems simpler and more intuitive than Logitech's GHub. I hate GHub so much.

  • @gotmilkbutt
    @gotmilkbutt 2 роки тому +5

    Fun fact: Viagra can randomly cause sudden, irreversible vision loss in some people. Be careful out there.

    • @shawnstillman736
      @shawnstillman736 2 роки тому

      It can also make you dependent on the drug. So no pill no thrill.

  • @stephensalex
    @stephensalex 2 роки тому

    You had probably the longest run of innuendo humor I've ever seen!

  • @VandelayIndustries1982
    @VandelayIndustries1982 2 роки тому +25

    I'd say the 'lube' in the Viagra mouse would be leaky capacitor juice.

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket 2 роки тому +2

      That would explain why it's spazzing out.

    • @keithbrown7685
      @keithbrown7685 2 роки тому +2

      It's a lemon. Can't even squeeze it.

  • @BauTekIndustries
    @BauTekIndustries 2 роки тому

    Never thought I’d hear my hometown of IGH mentioned on LGR, another fun trip through Crazy Mouse Land.

  • @scherge
    @scherge 2 роки тому +5

    The a4tech R4 mouse that I have been using for the past couple of years now, really seems to be indestructible. Also, even though it looks as if it was made for lefties, I think it is one of the most comfortable mice that I have ever used. A4tech really doesn't seem to be such a bad manufacturer of mice 🤓👍🏻

  • @FiXato
    @FiXato 2 роки тому

    21:35 "I've never actually touched it... with my fingers", Clint making that explicit distinction "with my fingers" makes me worried for a bit. xD

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 2 роки тому +5

    "This is awesome"
    That's what I said when I got my first USB optical mouse. Compared to what I was dealing with, everything before was garbage.

  • @Maraxion225
    @Maraxion225 2 роки тому

    1:55 "It had some other uses that 'popped up' during testing." Nice word choice there haha

  • @retromtg1834
    @retromtg1834 2 роки тому +7

    The car mouse seems to firmly stand far and above the rest of the competition

  • @lucasbiaggini
    @lucasbiaggini 2 роки тому +1

    The bit about an optical mouse in the 4D mouse was under a section advertising other mouses in their lineup.

  • @joshuaneilson
    @joshuaneilson 2 роки тому +5

    The 4D mouse is pretty neat. I’d move the receiver back a bit cause that light would drive me nuts. The packaging could use some corrections 🤔 but other than that, super cool!

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 2 роки тому

      I'd probably end up covering the LED with electrical tape.

  • @ChachaNuVaughn
    @ChachaNuVaughn Рік тому

    Clint really hit me deep with all those hard and fast puns in the beginning!

  • @dreadpiratesidebeard9471
    @dreadpiratesidebeard9471 2 роки тому +13

    A race car? Viagara should have used the Logitech Cyberman instead. Now that thing was stiff.

  • @epcothorizons9316
    @epcothorizons9316 2 роки тому

    Clint, I loved all the subtle innuendos for the Viagra Mouse. It gave me a nice laugh.

  • @IRWPD
    @IRWPD 2 роки тому +9

    Am surprised at how well the infrared on the 4D mouse worked.

  • @carstenhilbert5472
    @carstenhilbert5472 2 роки тому

    The floppy disc not being floppy is earth shattering info. My life will never be the same.

  • @elfedorausado
    @elfedorausado 2 роки тому +4

    4:55 the car is trying to get upright... It's not a design flaw, it's a feature, considering the manufacturer 😉

  • @FranklyPeetoons
    @FranklyPeetoons 2 роки тому

    Suggestive puns delivered quickly without waiting for the laugh track. It's called "professionalism". Nicely did.

  • @jones_i2135
    @jones_i2135 2 роки тому +4

    I had this 4D Mouse. It was commendable.

  • @foxVII
    @foxVII 2 роки тому

    That looks like you had a hard time making the video . I'm glad you had enough depth and dimension to your character to get it done. At least you have it a shot.

  • @tdata545
    @tdata545 2 роки тому +3

    The short cord makes sense back in the 2000s since they probably rested their monitor on the tower. So the travel wasn't as far.

  • @morlamweb
    @morlamweb 2 роки тому +1

    "Why do I have this crap?" so that the rest of us don't have to (or, if we did, we offloaded that utter s--t to Goodwill years ago). Thanks, LGR!