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Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is me. Not just with games, but with two-finger scrolling on a track pad. It feels right. Pull up, push down.

[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The difference is what you're "pushing". Are you pushing the scroll bar on the right of the page? Or are you pushing the page? I grew up with the scroll bar, so mouse wheel down makes page move up.

Nowadays, phones don't even have room to display a scroll bar, so people have gotten the idea to flick upwards. If you're on a laptop trackpad, that's probably gonna carry over.