deskthority

ukerekais wrote: ↑

27 Jan 2022, 13:25

Hello redditors […]

Based on prima facie evidence I put it to you this is SPAM, dear brand new DT member!

kbdfr wrote: ↑

27 Jan 2022, 13:41

Based on prima facie evidence I put it to you this is SPAM, dear brand new DT member!

Dear Discord Admin,
why judge people so quickly based on a small typo in their sincere contribution to this wonderful subreddit?

Spam efficiency: 0

Humour: 100

Wodan wrote: ↑

27 Jan 2022, 13:44

Dear Discord Admin,
why judge people so quickly based on a small typo in their sincere contribution to this wonderful subreddit?

Spammers are welcome in the DT Discord- just not shuckers/scalpers.

Since this is spam anyway, I'll just hijack the thread to ask - what is meant by a mechanical mouse? I am confused about the mechanical part in the designation. If it uses optical switches, does it still count as a mechanical?

[Edit] To answer my own question:

1. Apparently, other regulars on here are confused by the 'mechanical' part as well:

Muirium wrote: ↑

25 Jan 2022, 13:50

Why are so many numpties asking for "mechanical mice" on Reddit, anyway? Are theirs too "mushy?" Dread to think quite how they got that way…

2. According to another spammer in this sub-forum, apparently mechanical mice is meant as in mice who use a ball for moving:

sirikonta wrote: ↑

22 Jan 2022, 08:19

I know mechanical mice(the ones with the rubber ball inside) are ancient history.

The vile idea has gotten its hooks into you! (Or should I say spike proteins?) The spammer has a nose for clickbait, which is fuelled by impalpable FOMO the like of this.

There is no such thing as a non-mechanical mouse. Certainly not in the sense that people are missing out on a golden age of “good” mice which came before. There is no 80s IBM Model F of mice compared to the domes over membrane of (not even) today. There is no scourge of chiclet mice. They’re honestly better now than any time last century.

Clickbait. This is just that.

(Anticipating someone posting a history lesson re: the cost of Douglas Engelbart’s bespoke prototypes, but don’t pretend you don’t get what I mean!)

raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑

27 Jan 2022, 15:47

Spammers are welcome in the DT Discord- just not shuckers/scalpers.

Oh no! You might as well excommunicate the person who makes the Keymacs keyboards from the community too, since they offer prebuilts with loose SKCM switches that have been "shucked" from boards, and then upcharges them for more than they got them for like a "scalper" would.

Example:

Cost of Prebuilt Keymacs + 88 Matias switches: 1388 euros



Cost Prebuilt Keymacs + 88 SKCM Brown switches: 1888 euros



Cost of 88 SKCM Brown switches: 500 euros

Get your pitchforks out everyone! Time to ban everyone who has ever "shucked" a keyboard for its switches or has "scalped" Alps switches for more than they paid for them. /s

You and these other folks that peddle this nonsense about "shucking" and "scalping" are so cringeworthy its unreal. Get real and get over yourself.

Muirium wrote: ↑

27 Jan 2022, 21:58

There is no such thing as a non-mechanical mouse. Certainly not in the sense that people are missing out on a golden age of “good” mice which came before. There is no 80s IBM Model F of mice compared to the domes over membrane of (not even) today. There is no scourge of chiclet mice. They’re honestly better now than any time last century.

For conventional mice I agree. Older trackballs have a certain special something though.

Andj coming in with a supremely based take here. I'm impressed. I may have misjudged you.

Andj can you hand make me some double shot keycaps pls? I'll unban you from the discord

Muirium wrote: ↑

27 Jan 2022, 21:58

They’re honestly better now than any time last century.

I completely agree!
A friend of mine really likes old IBM mice though (he's actually a member here as well) and I must say, they do look good (those with the two sticking out gray buttons).

Rayndalf wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 01:33

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did your cat take a bite out of your keyboard lol

zrrion wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 01:45

Andj can you hand make me some double shot keycaps pls? I'll unban you from the discord

Those doubleshots are great. Maybe if you can make me some I'll unban you from my discord.

Would give me a chance to earn the ban properly

zrrion wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 03:05

Would give me a chance to earn the ban properly

same. ironic, isn't it?

I can't believe this name wasn't taken.

andj00 wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 04:09

I can't believe this name wasn't taken.

ill give you about tree fiddy

KeebMeUp wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 00:40

You and these other folks that peddle this nonsense about "shucking" and "scalping" are so cringeworthy its unreal. Get real and get over yourself.

I'd actually like to read a full exposition of your viewpoint. No snark, no sarcasm. Just an explanation of how you view this basic controversy and your own place in the keyboard community.

Bjerrk wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 07:28

I'd actually like to read a full exposition of your viewpoint. No snark, no sarcasm. Just an explanation of how you view this basic controversy and your own place in the keyboard community.

simple: i provide a service. its up to you if you want to pay for that service.

what is that service you might ask?



it's not rocket science...

“Wooof those are pricey” is some quality consumer feedback, too! Many companies hire market research to work that out, but yours isn’t rocket science is it?

FWIW: I’m not fussed by your prices myself. Not my kind of product. Just calling it as I see it.

Muirium wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 09:17

“Wooof those are pricey” is some quality consumer feedback, too! Many companies hire market research to work that out, but yours isn’t rocket science is it?

FWIW: I’m not fussed by your prices myself. Not my kind of product. Just calling it as I see it.

damn you really showed me.

KeebMeUp wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 09:28

damn you really showed me.

You seem very defensive about it all. Not just in this thread, but overall. How come? What's the criticism usually directed against your business that's put you in this defensive mode?

(Some people in the retro computing community think of it as 'scalping' when one separates the original keyboard from the computer and sells it off separately. I wonder if there's a parallel there? [replace computer->keyboard and keyboard->switches])

Yup. Just kick back and take pride in your work, if you’re proud of it. Rolling around on the floor with your detractors ain’t a reassuring look!

Ask the people who so desperately wish to mark me as some kind of a villain in this community every opportunity they get.

Maybe you'll get your answer. It's getting old.

Muirium wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2022, 09:42

Yup. Just kick back and take pride in your work, if you’re proud of it. Rolling around on the floor with your detractors ain’t a reassuring look!

damn got me again.

"i provide a service"
I'm going to start a service where I open people's mail so that they don't have to and when people get mad at me I'll simply tell them that I'm providing a service for people too lazy to open their own mail and therefore I'm immune to any criticism at all.

You're rent-seeking about keyboards and getting mad when people point out how shitty that is.

cool story bro. I'll keep doing what I do. keep doing what you do.

Then do it, will ya? What’s the need to talk shit with us? Defensive much? You know what that tells everyone.

If I don't religiously search for people I don't like discussing me and start shit about it I'll literally die

EDIT:

Main mouse: www.KeebMeUp.com

That's not my main mouse? what gives

yeah I'm the one talking shit.

get a life.