Well, the part sensitive to damage would be behind the earplugs. Headphones can usually take quite a beating.
Yes, but what I meant was that the headphones are open, and I can still hear the clicking through them, and my earplugs only attenuate a bit of noise, and even this is attenuated in such a way that it sounds as if you'd turned down the volume on life. (Musician's earplugs) Thus, I'd have to turn the volume up really high to not hear anything, I think. I'll try it now.... results will come in another post or edit.
EDIT: Alright, earplugs in, headphones blasting Toto Cutugno, speakers blasting some bassoon music, I feel totally deaf, awesome.
And typing while not looking reveals I mostly use the bottom to tell where I am, sometimes I miss to actuate even the spacebar. It seems buckling springs are too heavy, and the tactility doesn't really help me that much. :/
Not sure I like that. In any case, I don't feel like I'm bottoming out hard, so I don't think that's really a problem? I'm totally getting red switches, screw browns.