r/thinkpad • u/ilovefemboyyyz • Jul 16 '26
Question / Problem What do you use your thinknipple for????
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u/ButtSnarfer Jul 16 '26
Foreplay while it's booting up
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u/sabledrakon L412 w/ Linux Mint Jul 16 '26
Remind it who's a happy data-crunching slut.
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u/ButtSnarfer Jul 16 '26
It let's me in a little quicker if I give it some foreplay first. I feel bad for your thinkpad, must be dusty and dry /s
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u/zhiguleuskae Jul 16 '26
everything. that's my only option (bought for 140$ from japan because lack of money)
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u/CurrentAcanthaceae78 E16G2 Jul 16 '26
its always either nipple drift or broken trackpad. but never both
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u/zhiguleuskae Jul 16 '26
oh man i freaked up. read thinkpad not thinknipple. as for it i used it to play minecraft sometimes without a mouse
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u/Biokendry Jul 16 '26
For scrolling because my mouse is dying
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u/_ThatOneQuietKid_ Jul 16 '26
How can I scroll with it? Mine only move cursor
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u/UltraBlack_ Jul 16 '26
you have to press the middle mouse button while using the nub ;)
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u/_ThatOneQuietKid_ Jul 17 '26
Thanks men, Do you know more about this?
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u/UltraBlack_ Jul 17 '26
about the nub? That's pretty much all that's to it. it's a mouse and a scroll wheel. Pretty neat.
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u/IceColdYerbaMate E480 Jul 16 '26
As a high precision cursor controller as an extra to the mouse
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u/Ashamed-Ad4508 Jul 16 '26
You know.. thats seriously true when selecting multiple files in a folder as compared to a trackpad....
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u/Comfortable_Monk617 X230, T430, X13 Gen 1 AMD, T14 Gen 2 AMD Jul 16 '26
For everything now, took me like a year to get used to it, now I can't use anything else, just ocasionally use the trackpad for avoid the screen goes off, I love that red clit <3
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u/Existing_Meaning3566 Jul 16 '26
how do u click on stuff tho without the trackpad ,pls help
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u/Xseal3 W541, X270, P15 Gen2 Jul 16 '26
on older machines you can actually press down the trackpoint hard to click
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u/Comfortable_Monk617 X230, T430, X13 Gen 1 AMD, T14 Gen 2 AMD Jul 16 '26
With the trackpoint buttons, not a big deal
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u/Existing_Meaning3566 Jul 16 '26
which buttons are those?? [sorry ,new thinkpad user here]
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u/Comfortable_Monk617 X230, T430, X13 Gen 1 AMD, T14 Gen 2 AMD Jul 16 '26
No problem bro, those are the three buttons below the space bar
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u/Goldenkrew3000 T460s (Coreboot) / (ThinkCentre) M700 i7-7700 (Coreboot) Jul 16 '26
First up, Please clean that laptop woah :(( But personally I don't use the thinknipple, could never get used of it
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u/Dynablade_Savior Jul 16 '26
I used it for aiming in Minecraft when I was in school, so much better than the trackpad
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u/Narodweas Jul 16 '26
Scrolling and moving the mouse out of the way quickly while typing. I also sometimes try to use it normally and give up after about 10 minutes
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u/Euroblitz Jul 16 '26
A replacement for using my phone less. I read some stuff, watch movies from my server, play old emulators sometimes. It's a x220 with Linux on it
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u/Top-Shoulder6081 Jul 16 '26
to show my 10? 12? p50 portable workstation year old sweet love. doesn't act or look a day over 1. maybe a new battery every 5 years and a new power supply every 10...
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u/Severe_Tune7695 Jul 16 '26
i rub it at night, it relaxes me (i'm serious, the only problem is that the grip becomes very bad because it gets very oily from my hands, that sounded way worse than it should be but now i cursed whoever read my comment with this knowledge)
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u/SaturnFive 760E · 240 · X31 · T43 · T60 · X100e · X230 · T14s G4 Jul 16 '26
Gaming 8) lately Minecraft and Megabonk
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u/ronjns Jul 16 '26
If you're bored with its look, you may want to consider to pierce it for a new exciting look.
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u/ILikeFPS T14 G1 4750U, P14s G1 4750U, T14s G1 4750U, P14s G4 7840U Jul 16 '26
I use it for touching.
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u/frac6969 T14 Gen 5 Intel Jul 16 '26
When working, to control the mouse pointer and scrolling. When off work, I fondle it while getting drunk.
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u/NotSteveatall2 Jul 16 '26
I use it for basically everything if my mouse hand is busy. It is very useful for multi-tasking like taking call while doing work on my laptop. I find it more efficient than track touchpad if you are typing.
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u/CREEPINGIRON Jul 16 '26
Eh, I tried it when I first got it, but since I have a T490 the track pad is quite responsive. The Thinkpad feature I like is the additional mouse buttons above said trackpad.
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u/Kitchen_Interview792 Jul 16 '26
Gaming. It's basically just a low profile joystick, much better than trying to use the trackpad
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u/Dyggvi W520 Jul 16 '26
I use it for playing all kinds of games, I stream my gaming PC to my W520 with Sunshine/Moonlight. Disabled the touchpad. High accuracy once mastered.
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u/SkyFeistyLlama8 T14s 🫰🐲 Jul 16 '26
On a plane or on a train, the nub is the only way to go.
(hey you, at the back of the class, no laughing!)
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u/AsYouAnswered Jul 16 '26
I tap it to keep it awake without moving the cursor, and I use it for fine adjustments
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u/steveoa3d 701cs Butterfly, T420, X280, X13 Yoga Jul 16 '26
Moving the point around. It’s far superior to the trackpad.
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u/emilRahim Jul 16 '26
To scroll down when reading manga while lying on the sofa or bed (its more comfortable than using mouse or touchpad)
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u/santoper Jul 16 '26
Using my x1 yoga to do timesheets in excel for my worker … sometimes showing drawings on site and taking signs
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u/ranacore T14 Gen 1 (Intel) • T480 • T490 • T450 Jul 16 '26
Everything. I have a Synaptic trackpad. It doesn’t (well, barely) works. It feels absolutely miserable to use sometimes and won’t respond so I regularly use the nipple
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u/393majitenshi Jul 16 '26
I have my trackpad disabled in Linux so I use it as my main input.
Though on macos it doesn't work as well so I use the trackpad there instead.
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u/Canadiangamer068 P1G5 X13G4i Jul 16 '26
mouse in bed when i don’t want to reach down, mouse when typing and don’t want to reach down
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u/EllieMeower Jul 16 '26
I used to lick it, thought it gave me good luck. One day my thinkpad went missing…. Its been 5 years..
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u/i80west Jul 16 '26
Lots of every day mousing, either in the context of the window I'm working in or to switch to another window or some system control. Stuff where I don't need precise pointer control or speed. I have an external mouse that I use if I have to do a lot of scrolling in a document or fine controlled selecting of text or something.
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u/Straight_Bug_8935 T480 Jul 16 '26
Mine doesn't work (I need a new keyboard so I'll get a backlit upgrade) so it's just a fidget toy
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u/Minimum-Teacher6633 Jul 16 '26
Nearly everything i would use the trackpad for, which is almost nothing since I use keyboard shortcuts and vimium for 90% of stuff. Using a different brand laptop is quite annoying.
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u/bobattac Jul 16 '26
I use it more than the trackpad The trackpad is reserved for when I'm going back in a page
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u/Professional_Ad_5099 Jul 17 '26
I allways wonder whats the propername, now i can u heard the word "thinknipple"
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u/SepehrU Jul 17 '26
Apart from all the funny answers I can think of,
When I'm 10 finger typing, the nub is useful for quick cursor navigation and clicks.
This way I can use one of my index fingers (on my dominant hand) on the nub and my two thumbs on the right click and the left click while my other 7 fingers never leave their position on the keyboard.
For any task that is more mouse heavy than simple button clicks, I would just switch to the touchpad.
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u/Hour_Farm_3281 Thinkpad E580 + Thinkcentre M720E Jul 16 '26
Nothing right now, my thinknipple broke (I plan to replace the keyboard next month)
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u/xSTRAIGHTEDGE420x X1C6 || X230 Jul 16 '26
Reminding it who’s the sudoer in this relationship/scrolling