Keycap of Mystery

[munch]

Does anyone else think this has become overly dramatic?

yup. the keycap just seems a bit douchy to me now, if this person is the sender.
I'm good with not having one!

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

To whoever made these and left me out: FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!

x2

[DanGWanG]

Yawn.

[WRXChris]

It's nice to know that ak-xs is just some sad troll who was clearly trying to stir things up with their racist bigoted comments.  It's quite funny how they claimed to have such a high IQ yet displayed terrible grammar.

The true mystery giver, guesswho0, who proved themself with a picture of a bag full of mystery caps, has since posted on /r/mechanicalkeyboards denying ak-xs their trolling glory.

[alaricljs]

Interesting that he nabbed Ed's avi.

[The_Ed]

HEEEY... He's using my avatar!

I MADE that avatar myself in GIMP a few years ago!

At least he only has a small compressed version of it. It is really 184x184 if I remember correctly.

[mkawa]

so i thought it was feng earlier today, but it's clearly not. sorry feng

[The_Ed]

Why did reddit auto-pick the_ed's avatar as the link's picture?

Auto-pick? I call bullshït!

I am the only person in the world with this avatar as I made it myself. So if you're going to use it, do you at least want the original source file? It's completely different than the downsized and compressed version you are using.

[inlikeflynn]

Why did reddit auto-pick the_ed's avatar as the link's picture?

Auto-pick? I call bullshït!

I am the only person in the world with this avatar as I made it myself. So if you're going to use it, do you at least want the original source file? It's completely different than the downsized and compressed version you are using.

look at further down and Ripster himself also has your avatar
http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/zpz31/geekhack_ripster_and_r00tw0rm_key_chain_group_buy/

[alaricljs]

You are the new in thing, Ed.

[inlikeflynn]

Ripster = kawa = Ed's father?

[The_Ed]

WHY?! I don't get it...

I still wish I could use the original size and shading of my avatar... It looks so different than the original I made... That's another circle in the center, NOT a solid dot...

I never could fit the infinity symbol that goes below it in an avatar, so I didn't include it in my original source file. The symbol in it's complete form predates harry potter by years - I did NOT copy it! I hate it when people think they look similar... I should amend the source file with the infinity symbol at some point.

[WRXChris]

lol I think I have seen your avatar before randomly before on reddit mech keyboard posts, Ed, maybe reddits crawler randomly  pulled your avatar for posts related to gh?

EDIT: Ed's avatar seems to be what reddit uses for gh links, so it looks like my theory is confirmed.

[The_Ed]

Do I really post that much?... Am I REALLY an accurate representation of the average GeekHacker?...

Everyone - Go forth and find some of those reddit posts so we can figure out the mystery of my avatar on reddit! A new mystery begins!

[demik]

Shut up Ed

[The_Ed]

Why? Don't tase me bro.

[sth]

boys...

[demik]

Why? Don't tase me bro.

id never tase a bro

[The_Ed]

goyls...

[hazeluff]

Theory:

ak-xs is just kawa, trying to take the blame off himself. BAM!

[dorkvader]

for future reference: NO i'm not an alien, God or something of the kind... i'm just like you, only with a higher IQ. i hope i cleared that up at the very least. ^^

No-one else wants to challenge this? I can't speak for other Gh'ers, but I am sure some of us have IQ's in the "so high the actual number is meaningless" range?(Or is it just me)

I demand to know the meaning of this:
http://i.imm.io/E4c8.jpeg

How did you get that through the mail with no postmark or return address? Why was I first?

[The_Ed]

Think with portals.

[rowdy]

for future reference: NO i'm not an alien, God or something of the kind... i'm just like you, only with a higher IQ. i hope i cleared that up at the very least. ^^

No-one else wants to challenge this? I can't speak for other Gh'ers, but I am sure some of us have IQ's in the "so high the actual number is meaningless" range?(Or is it just me)

I demand to know the meaning of this:
http://i.imm.io/E4c8.jpeg

How did you get that through the mail with no postmark or return address? Why was I first?

Is there any chance that the stamps are a dummy, and that it was hand-delivered by an anonymous third party to your letterbox?

[litster]

I think this ak-xs is just a troll.  The other mystery person on reddit already posted a picture of a whole bunch of these mystery keycaps a while back.

[inlikeflynn]

for future reference: NO i'm not an alien, God or something of the kind... i'm just like you, only with a higher IQ. i hope i cleared that up at the very least. ^^

No-one else wants to challenge this? I can't speak for other Gh'ers, but I am sure some of us have IQ's in the "so high the actual number is meaningless" range?(Or is it just me)

I demand to know the meaning of this:
http://i.imm.io/E4c8.jpeg

How did you get that through the mail with no postmark or return address? Why was I first?

I asked someone who works at USPS and they said its easy. A USPS employee has to drop it into the system after the post mark process but before it heads out to the next sorting center, which is against the rules of course, but no one will ever notice...

[demik]

Theory:

ak-xs is just kawa, trying to take the blame off himself. BAM!

trying to take the blame off himself.. to put the blame on himself.

****ing kawa you sneaky bastard.

[TheProfosist]

Well i havnt gotten one but im not surprised i deal alot with person to person trades not groupbuys. The only groupbuy ive ever been in is the Phantom one so I rule out anyone who ran that.

[alaricljs]

The other option on the no-postmark thing is that you went to a rural office and dropped it.  They don't have the machine and no process to postmark before it gets to central redistribution.  They mark it with a pen.

oh yeah... and this discussion already happened.

[dorkvader]

The other option on the no-postmark thing is that you went to a rural office and dropped it.  They don't have the machine and no process to postmark before it gets to central redistribution.  They mark it with a pen.

oh yeah... and this discussion already happened.

I remember mkawa pointing out how it could happen, but it was all about bulk mailings, and the machine skipping an envelope. I don't remember discussing either of the two other ways here (though the USPS employee one was bought up, I don't think they said anything about them dropping it in the mail after postmarking). Also, the picture of my envelope didn't appear online until now.

[alaricljs]

It's definitely mkawa.

so its confirmed then that mkawa is the one sending out the keycaps which are redeemable for anal fellatio? 

I had to go and look that up on urbandictionary. Way to ruin my innocence!
---
Thanks Mkawa for the postal system information. Any idea why mine has a check mark through the postage (in normal pen) instead of no mark or a real postmark (like everyone else's)

Small-time post office?  Like the satellite USPS we have inside the sand/gravel/similar stuff place here?

yep, the canceller is probably some dude with a pen, and the sorter is some dudette with eyes

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Not sure if this has anything to do with the mystery keycap, but I came across this while scanning old photos for my boss's presentation, and I came across these pics:



Looks a lot like the logo on that mystery keycap...

[jdcarpe]

I guess the image link got broken, but I'll repost it here. This is an obvious ripoff of the Athlete Forward logo, for whatever reason. The keycap's "AF" logo probably means "American F***ers" or some such.

[Glissant]

I guess the image link got broken, but I'll repost it here. This is an obvious ripoff of the Athlete Forward logo, for whatever reason. The keycap's "AF" logo probably means "American F***ers" or some such.

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That would be the only interesting part of this keycap now. Especially since I got one (as a European), and you didn't :p.

I just had a thought. Maybe we have got it backwards. Maybe everyone that got one is marked for assassination now :O ...

[danielucf]

I just had a thought. Maybe we have got it backwards. Maybe everyone that got one is marked for assassination now :O ...

Now I'm thinking of Steve Buscemi in Billy Madison

[dorkvader]

I guess the image link got broken, but I'll repost it here. This is an obvious ripoff of the Athlete Forward logo, for whatever reason. The keycap's "AF" logo probably means "American F***ers" or some such.

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That's why they sent some to Korea.

Wow, good logo recognition! I'm awful at that game, but it's a dead ringer.

[demik]

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double meaning?

[munch]

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double meaning?

:D I wouldn't know. all I know for sure is that he hates kittens, it was written on the internet.

anyhow,
the guy obviously wants you all who got one to work out more often.

[sth]

why hasn't acfrazier been implicated yet?!

[litster]

why hasn't acfrazier been implicated yet?!

Wait, where has he been?  Haven't seen him around lately.

[Wildcard]

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double meaning?

:D I wouldn't know. all I know for sure is that he hates kittens, it was written on the internet.

anyhow,
the guy obviously wants you all who got one to work out more often.

Woah! So what's this I heard about mkawa killing kittens? Just how many kittens are we talking about at this point?

[demik]

One a day, twice on Sundays.

[Wildcard]

One a day, twice on Sundays.

Mkawa how could you! They're so cute and fluffy vs your cold and robotic self. I bet there are piles of these poor kittens buried under those raised floor tiles you work on.

Is that stache you wear so proudly really yours? Or is it the tail from one of those defenseless kittens you shamelessly murdered!

I'm going to start calling you Mao for this!

Mao

[demik]

Mao Ming, Yao ming's less talented shorter half brother.

[litster]

maoKaVVa?

[voightkampffme]

How do I get one of these?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

You don't. It just shows up in the mail unexpectedly. I haven't gotten one, but now I really don't want one. Who knows where these keys are coming from...

[longweight]

Why do people want one of these so much?

[jdcarpe]

For all we know, they could be laced with anthrax or something? Remember when you wouldn't open a mysterious package with no return address? Unabomber style!

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Why do people want one of these so much?

They want to feel like they are part of the mystery...

[longweight]

Why do people want one of these so much?

They want to feel like they are part of the mystery...

Ah they want to feel like one of the elite!

Lol.