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[–] [email protected] 96 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The problem with cheap keycaps.

[–] UndefinedIsNotAFunction 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Time for some double shots rather than printed on nonsense!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Saying this as someone deep into certain keyboard related rabbit holes, simply using a mechanical keyboard gets you like 40% of the actual improved typing and gaming experience, picking your preference from one of the handful of readily available switch types goes another 30%, and picking some non-horrific $20-$30 keycaps goes another 20%. The rest is diminishing returns and enjoying it as its own hobby. If you all you want is to move on from your nasty worn out pack-in keyboard, you could get a distinctive improvement for less than the cost of one new AAA game.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Def. I've had my daily keyboard 5 years with use of gaming and work. Key caps still look very decent and no fade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

INB4 somebody brags about their Model M.

(Letting my parents talk me into getting rid of my first computer and my similar Tandy buckling-spring keyboard still haunts me to this day.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The $20 white pudding pbt keycap set I got years ago still looks perfect today. Keycaps have to be made insanely cheap to fade nowadays

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Same here. I bought a set of PBT double shots nearly 9 years ago paid 32 bucks for them and they're still perfect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yup, I've had the same keyboard for 12 years and have probably close to 30-35k hours work/gaming on it. Keycaps are still absolutely fine

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm wondering if different skin oil composition between different people plays a role as well

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dorito dust is very abrasive, as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Doritos taste like shit bro

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You seem to be playing too many woke SJW left leaning games. That D looks almost pristine compared to the A.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That D is still virgin, nothing wrong with that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

But that A got used a lot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I also try not to rub my D too much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

You but you like it in the A as much as op?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The anti-Zoolander problem. He does great with everything else but he can’t turn right.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

NASCAR gamer.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't seem right...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

They are just a true man of the left

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Take your upvote, damn it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Get a good mechanical keyboard and you don't have this problem. I use my keyboard 10 hours a day for work and games. And every several months I pull out every key and wash them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Some multi hundred dollar keyboards (SteelSeries tkl pre 2023, hyperx core origins, etc.) still have the shitty keycaps, so more like get pbt double shot keycaps and you won't have this problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Got a mechanical keyboard with keys that are at least a full inch wide?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised the computer can even tell what keys you're pressing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Each key sends a unique code to the operating system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Mechanical Keyboards let you switch out worn keys easy peasy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The fact that, much like a cheap RC car from the 80s, you only go forward, and backward-left?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's just not right

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Are you saying there is a lack of D on today's games?