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TentiTiger11 t1_iug5uwe wrote

Reply to comment by Ruffles808 in How dare you! by pedrorq

Ngl a lot of people in this hobby tends to be toxic towards new people so yeah ig people feel like they are "noobs" just because others want to gatekeep instead of welcome.

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16218581290999685877 t1_iuiaeyg wrote

Just go look at r/customkeyboards rules about no plastic

>No Plastic - Expensive plastic (polycarb customs, Korean plastic customs) are acceptable, as is OG plastic, but plastic kits from Taobao/Aliexpress/Amazon/etc. are not.

Lol weirdest elitism, no plastic unless its this specific plastic!

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KevinSanToast t1_iuicagv wrote

Also hate that the sub is called customkeyboards. In relation to the rest of the hobby, the customization is mid. So many people are doing crazy 3d printed and even hand wired builds. Those are custom imo. r/customkeyboards should be r/bougiekeyboards or something.

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helmsmagus t1_iujlhu9 wrote

r/olkb and /r/ErgoMechKeyboards are more custom than /r/CustomKeyboards 99% of the time.

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pcs3rd t1_iuip9gz wrote

I'm working on my first custom right now.
It's made from pla with the cheapest reasonable kbdfans caps I could find with gat browns.
I would go all out with the parts and everything, but I have more time than money at the moment.

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WinterAyars t1_iuj1x1x wrote

So it's not about custom keyboards per se, more about elitists trying to lord their bank accounts over the peasants. Shameful, really.

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T4COG4M3 t1_iuj8lpe wrote

yup, whats funny is that when you consider the parts around it, a build as a whole can end up rather expensive, but if its with a not-so-expensive case/keycap set, then its immediately dismissed, its expensive, but not the type of expensive they're going to value

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TentiTiger11 t1_iuk34i2 wrote

Yeah it’s kinda sad. A hobby which would greatly benefit in terms of product diversity and price with more people that ends up scaring away new people is just terrible.

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