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FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago

'To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the Cult of Razer' says the PR nonsense behind this $90 coil of snakes

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'To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the Cult of Razer' says the PR nonsense behind this $90 coil of snakes

www.pcgamer.com

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago
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Indiana Jones would not approve of Razer's first artisan keycap, as it's a neon green coil of slippery s-s-snakes
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He hates snakes. Of this, I am pretty sure.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50669045

Well this is beyond absurd.

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  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
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    But why? It looks ugly af.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      also uncomfortable as fuck.

      I’m just surprised they didn’t slap some LEDs in the eyes…

      • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
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        Way to ruin this for me. Now I’m not buying it until they give me LED eyes.

      • jumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.works
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        that would almost justify half the price

    • ghen@sh.itjust.works
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      I dunno, I kinda like the audacity of it not fitting anything else on my desk. If it were $10 and still as well shaded it could be my print screen key or something

      • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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        You could probably get someone to print one for not much money.

      • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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        There are a lot of cheap third party manufacturers out there. Lots of small producers to support as well.

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    It costs $90 to recoup the R&D expenses incurred from developing a way to make a plastic keycap with no moving parts or electronic components mysteriously stop working three months after purchase, so we can deny your warranty claim on it. That was a very difficult feature to add, we’ll have you know.

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    With 3D printers in play, how is stuff like this still a thing?

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      Because the quality is garbage unless you’re fucking with resin.

    • Bohne93@feddit.org
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      Because we just aren’t a serious species

    • iegod@lemmy.zip
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      Can you get the kind of detail shown in the pic? At that granularity? How much post print sanding is needed?

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    Even games workshop would be impressed at that level of overpriced plastic

  • tea_n_typewriters@lemmy.world
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    “The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment…” vibes.

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    PR nonsense? It sounds like complete honesty to me. It’s difficult to imagine a way to pay $90 for a single keycap without allegiance to a cult.

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    Guys, peeps, dudes…there’s a lot of negative speak in these comments. It’s like you don’t want to wildly overpay for a bit of plastic that cost almost nothing to design and make? It’s even like you don’t want to be in a cult!!
    Come on, join the cult. Buy the overpriced piece of shit and only then you’ll be able to look down on the paupers!!

    Repeat after me:
    Buy the tat, join the cult.
    Buy the tat, join the cult.
    Buy the tat, join the cult!!!
    Nanananana Razer
    NANANANANA RAZER!!

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      that cost almost nothing to design and make?

      It says they’re hand-painted. So it probably cost 10 bucks to make, actually.

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    Good luck selling 5 of those.

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    It should launch the Python IDE whenever pressed. Similar keycap for Rust developers comes with a tetanus vaccine at a whooping $299 a piece.

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    Brand allegiance might be stupid on its face, but dig a little deeper, and brand allegiance to Razer specifically is even dumber.

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    When I was young a stupid, I bought razer stuff and most of it has broke by now. Within 2-3 years the battery bloated and it was a known common issue in the community. I replaced the battery and the new one also bloated. For the mouse, the outer construction was trash so the grips and paint peeled off, the keyboard just refused to work reliably iirc.

    Terrible terrible company

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    I’m amazed Razer is still around.

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    Artisan key caps can be cool, fuck Razer and their shitty overpriced peripherals though.

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    Removed by mod

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      Stfu nerd

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        Removed by mod

        • DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world
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          removed by god herself

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    JFC that site is cancer.

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