Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
Bringing back balance: It is a nice space bar. I think. It is black, it is plastic, it is shiny, it is press-able. I found the references to space a little humorous. Thank you. I kind of like the space bar and I want to want one.
This may help: You may be selling beauty instead of function? I can respect that. If this is art then please spend more effort on describing your motivation, your process, and the tiny details that make this space bar a work of love, beauty, or sacrifice, so your labor can be appreciated.
That pretty much sums up why it's being sold, not that I agree with the price, but people will buy what people will buy.