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That looks more like shuffleboard, or wheelchair curling.
In regular curling, the stone is āburntā (taken out of play) if the broom touches it.
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Iāve done this to one of our cats a few times, and been scolded for it. Itās good to see other cats apparently enjoying the sport. 
(the cat in my case also seems to enjoy playing fetch, and general roughhousing - rather hard pats, shoves, etc. Odd cat.)
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As a kid we had a Siamese who liked to be vacuumed.
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I wish to come across a cat like that. I just gave up and keep the dust bunnies as pretend pets.
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the USB thing is just the worst.
Hard to believe the geniuses who came up with this piece of 21st-century design had never encountered the frustration of āwhich side is the polarized plug?ā in their lives.
"Oh but our interface is shiny and new; for computers! It will not be an issue this time."
Make it an irregular shape or put a nub on it or something!
Or, best yet, make it like a non-polarized plug: there is no āupside-down,ā it works no matter how you join it.
How is this hard?
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I know this is a thing, because Iāve heard about it enough times, but I just donāt get it. USBs have just never been that hard to plug in. They almost always go seam side up, and if not, thereās only one other option.
Compared to getting serial, parallel, or SVGA plugs in right, especially when one or more pins are slightly bent, USBs are super-easy.
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IMO the problem is that even when right side up, a USB plug fits so snugly within the socket, that it often feels like Iāve got it upside down, so I turn it over, then over again. Also thereās no angle to let it go in smoothly, even if off by a bit. If you donāt get it exactly parallel, it seems not to fit.
You must be really good at it compared to me! It should be an Olympic sport.
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I think the āissueā with USB, is that it is the port that nearly everyone is going to use, so the perception of difficulty for a USB port is much more prevalent (?)
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My problem with USB is why are there SO MANY DIFFERENT CONNECTORS?! 
Just pick one and stick with it!
This wasāt really a silly grin, is it?
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I had one Kodak Digital camera that had one of those inbred USB ports. Only thing that used it. Luckilily I could pull out that massive 2GB CF card and transfer the pictures. 1.3 MP I think? I remember it was a āwe need to use up this yearās budgetā purchase.
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I think thatās the idea behind USB-C.
Of courseā¦
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Now that Iām totally with you on. The U is supposed to stand for āuniversalā, or so Iāve been told. Usually I only have to deal with the As and whatever version of mini Samsung phones use. My scanner has a B, but I only use that about twice a year.
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But only after you have tried the other way. My tablet is one way, my phone the other.
YMMV, depending on your job, but those are plugs I may deal with twice a year or less. USB connectors tend to be used several times a day.
My Olympus camera, purchased long after micro USB had become the de facto standard, uses some weird connector that none of my other cables fits. Guess which brand of camera I wonāt be buying again.
USBiathlon, combining it with cross-country skiing. At designated stops, competitors must get their heart rate down and circulation restored in their hands enough to insert a USB plug.
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I use SVGA (because our work laptops donāt have HDMI, donāt get me started), USB-A, and micro USB several times a day. The SVGA is the clunkiest, but they also receive the most abuse. The USBs are used at both work and home. I might not get them right the first time, but I just never get to the point of being frustrated with them. Itās all pretty quick.
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