You drag me around but I feel no pain
I am an animal without a tail but the real me has a tail
My left and right eyes are abused
But I really don't care; I'm not really alive!
I'm useful and better than that old pad
For that old pad can really get people mad
I only respond when you give me a material I like
For I hate hard materials
Those are things I don't like!
I come in different ways
I can have a blue tooth
But don't worry, that's no cavity!
It's a healthy tooth; it can help people in many ways!
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You are
a mouse (in the computer sense, not the animal).
You drag me around but I feel no pain
You move the mouse around on your desk, but it doesn't feel pain because it's not alive.
I am an animal without a tail but the real me has a tail
A computer mouse doesn't have a tail (at least not literally - it might have a wire), but real living mice do.
My left and right eyes are abused
By much pressing and clicking on them.
But I really don't care; I'm not really alive!
Yep.
I'm useful and better than that old pad
For that old pad can really get people mad
I hate laptop touchpads!
I only respond when you give me a material I like
For I hate hard materials
Those are things I don't like!
A mouse works best on a soft mat, rather than a hard surface.
I come in different ways
Different kinds of mouse (wireless, optical, ball).
I can have a blue tooth
But don't worry, that's no cavity!
It's a healthy tooth; it can help people in many ways!
A Bluetooth mouse can be useful.
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The riddle would have been more challenging without the "blue tooth" lines, since this is too explicit a link to Bluetooth and the world of computers; once we're looking for something computer-related which has the same name as an animal, the field of possibilities is really very small. The "blue tooth" clue was what I immediately zeroed in on, since it was a strange-looking clue with probably few possible interpretations. At first I was trying to think of something blue and sharp, assuming "tooth" was a metaphor, but then I quickly realised what it really meant.
answered Sep 4, 2016 at 10:49
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$\begingroup$ Hmph! I thought this would be hard! Correct! :D $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:51
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$\begingroup$ Ah, 5 minutes quicker than me. I would leave my answer, though, as the explanations I gave are a tad different. :) $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:56
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$\begingroup$ I hate the old mouses. I much prefer my laptop touchpad. $\endgroup$– MithicalCommented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:56
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$\begingroup$ @AbAppletic Added feedback section to show why it wasn't really that hard. Also, why "animal without a tail"? Real mice do have tails! $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:58
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$\begingroup$ @randal'thor I was talking about the computer mouse $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:59
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Are you:
Wireless mouse
You drag me around but I feel no pain
The mouse is mechanical and does not really feel pain.
I am an animal without a tail but the real me has a tail
A wireless mouse does not have a cable and thus no tail. The real mouse has a tail.
My left and right eyes are abused
The left and right buttons of the mouse are constantly pressed.
But I really don't care; I'm not really alive!
It is mechanical.
I'm useful and better than that old pad
It is much more comfortable to use a mouse than the laptop's touch pad.
For that old pad can really get people mad
The touch pad is not really convenient and can be touched/pressed accidentally, resulting in undesired effects.
I only respond when you give me a material I like
When you put the mouse on some materials, it doesn't respond well - for example, if I put it directly on the bed.
For I hate hard materials
Sometimes hard materials can also make the mouse not responsive enough.
Those are things I don't like!
I come in different ways
There are many different designs.
I can have a blue tooth
The mouse can be a bluetooth mouse or a USB mouse.
But don't worry, that's no cavity!
The bluetooth is not a cavity, it is a connection type.
It's a healthy tooth; it can help people in many ways!
Bluetooth can be really useful.
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$\begingroup$ Correct, but not necessarily a Wireless mouse... I don't know which answer to choose, yours or @rand's $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:56
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$\begingroup$ You have a nice angle of looking into it, but by "No tail" I meant it doesn't have a tail. LITERALLY :P $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 4, 2016 at 10:58
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