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Collecting keyboards is one of the dumbest “hobbies” in reddit-land. Up there with collecting knives and guns and “EDC”. There is no skill involved, no physical
by xmonkee 3y ago
Collecting keyboards is one of the dumbest “hobbies” in reddit-land. Up there with collecting knives and guns and “EDC”. There is no skill involved, no physical or mental challenges, no cultural or aesthetic enrichment. Just fucking spending money on things that you will never actually use.
- johnwheeler 3y agoUnpopular opinion around here dude
- bil7 3y agoyou're telling me spending $400 to improve the sound of your keypresses isn't worth it?
- addandsubtract 3y agoNot when I can download[1] them. /s but not /s [1] https://mechvibes.com/ https://mechvibes.com/
- pc86 3y ago"I don't like this thing therefore it's stupid." Clearly you've never built a keyboard or shot a gun, there is plenty of physical and mental challenge if you want there to be. I've never gotten into knives but there's absolutely a huge physicality aspect if you go down the self defense rabbit hole there - huge in certain martial arts. But regardless, not everything needs to be a challenge and not everything needs to have "cultural or aesthetic enrichment" (although I'd absolutely disagree on your assertion there's no aesthetic component to keyboards or firearms). Feeling the need to diminish what other people find joy in is the hallmark of a sad person.
- xmonkee 3y agoI didn't say building keyboards
- rokkamokka 3y agoDoesn't this go for all types of collection?
- xmonkee 3y agoIt does. I'm saying collecting things (buying things) is a lame hobby.
- kalupa 3y agolol
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoAssuming I spend half my time at work using a keyboard (probably an underestimate) I've spent in excess of 20,000 hours using a keyboard. There are very few things I've used more, maybe my mattress? Office chair? My shoes? Not my car, not my bike, none of my 'real hobbies' that I get to enjoy for an hour a day or maybe two on a weekend. And I don't want to get too real, but I've probably touched my keyboards more than I've touched my wife, and now I'm sad. There are certainly "collectors" who get a kick out of just spending money to line shelves with a variety of objects on display. I also don't understand that. But keyboard hobbyists are typically also typists, who use their keyboards, and try new styles frequently to find the best tool for the job they spend most of their lives doing.
- xmonkee 3y agoI also spend most of my life with my fingers on keys, and I actually do own a nice mechanical keyboard I bought almost 10 years ago. Isn't the point of these things that they last forever? How come nobody's hobby is collecting mattresses? Check out any "keyboard youtuber". I can promise you they probably own more keyboards than the number of words they type in a day
- pjc50 3y agoI'm not into this myself, but at least a keyboard one might actually use?
- xmonkee 3y agoSure. I own a mechanical keyboard for work, too. I also own a comfortable mattress and a watch and some plates and spoons. They are not hobbies.
- user_7832 3y ago> no (...) aesthetic enrichment I majorly disagree, despite not having a mechanical keyboard. Some keyboards are absolutely beautiful. You get folks putting stones and miniature figures and what not on their keycaps. If you don't consider that art, I wish I could show you how others do.
- rowanG077 3y agoI'm not sure how you interface with your computer but most people use a keyboard for that. I'd wager it's in the top 10 most used objects for a lot of people.
- xmonkee 3y agoI didn't say owning a keyboard is bad.