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The problem with cheap keycaps.

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Time for some double shots rather than printed on nonsense!

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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.

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

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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.)

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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

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

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3 points

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

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9 points

Dorito dust is very abrasive, as well.

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Doritos taste like shit bro

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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

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38 points

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

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That D is still virgin, nothing wrong with that.

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But that A got used a lot.

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I also try not to rub my D too much.

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

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25 points

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

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9 points

NASCAR gamer.

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17 points

This doesn’t seem right…

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4 points

They are just a true man of the left

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16 points

Nobody wanted his d.

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Take your upvote, damn it

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