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[-] wesker 97 points 7 months ago

The problem with cheap keycaps.

Time for some double shots rather than printed on nonsense!

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 7 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.

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

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

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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.)

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

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

[-] evidences@lemmy.world 1 points 7 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.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

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

[-] wesker 9 points 7 months ago

Dorito dust is very abrasive, as well.

[-] TCGM@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Doritos taste like shit bro

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 9 points 7 months ago

That D is still virgin, nothing wrong with that.

[-] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

But that A got used a lot.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I also try not to rub my D too much.

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 24 points 7 months ago

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

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

NASCAR gamer.

[-] Supervriendje@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

This doesn't seem right...

[-] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

They are just a true man of the left

[-] ChojinDSL@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 7 months ago
[-] TCGM@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Take your upvote, damn it

[-] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] Serdalis@lemmy.world 5 points 7 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.

[-] TCGM@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

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

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

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

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Each key sends a unique code to the operating system.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Mechanical Keyboards let you switch out worn keys easy peasy.

[-] LightningSteve@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

That's just not right

[-] ChaRRdude33@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

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

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