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Offline rawrjau

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Hi, I'm Jau and I have a problem.
« on: Sun, 21 August 2016, 10:31:04 »
Yeah, so I started browsing /r/mechanicalkeyboards in June after using a K70 for 3 years. Since then, I have spent too much on keyboards, (Artisans [Damn you Jelly Keys], a Pok3r, PBT keycaps, custom cable) and especially with the Canadian dollar being crap and shipping, I wish I didn't love these boards. Regardless, I'm currently waiting on Zeal's GB for his switches, pcb, stabs and silencers for a first build, about to purchase springs and lube from sprit.  My wallet is becoming emptier as I enter my final semester for university, with my student loan in the near future. I consider this hobby a bit weird, but hell I don't spend much money so why not on something I can use everyday (Expecting to get an office job so a keyboard is a tool I'll be interacting with, I also play too many video games).

Anywho, hi geekhack. I am here for the groupbuy's on keycaps, just waiting for a nice colourway on a set I like. Spending money like it ain't a thing =(
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Re: Hi, I'm Jau and I have a problem.
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 21 August 2016, 16:30:20 »
Tell me about it. I'm just after buying a royal glam case and looking to throw money at some sky dolchs.

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Re: Hi, I'm Jau and I have a problem.
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 22 August 2016, 16:55:05 »
Howdy. 1upkeyboards.com will sometimes keep them Zeal switches in stock if you find yourself a bit restless for them purple switches ;)
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Re: Hi, I'm Jau and I have a problem.
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 25 August 2016, 06:04:12 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

It's a path most of us have trodden, before we fell down the rabbit hole.  And it is a very deep hole indeed.

This thread might help put some perspective on it.

Basically just enjoy yourself with what you can afford, don't over-extend yourself, and have fun :)
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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