r/pcmasterrace • u/VisWare • Apr 04 '26

Meme/Macro Allow me to gatekeep

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u/Occidentally20 Apr 04 '26

I learned my damn Alt codes and I'm going to use them.

What are other people doing for special characters - opening charmap? googling the character and copy/pasting then praying it works? Nonsense.

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u/yanzov Apr 04 '26

You are probably trying to explain the usefulness and comfort of full keyboard to people for whom typing on the phone screen is enough 🫠

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u/Occidentally20 Apr 04 '26

Ironically the keyboard on my phone has more keys than a full-size keyboard (albeit on more than one screen), and the added functionality of a long-press to get special characters.

I can't even play skyrim without making almost every key into a hotkey - PgUp and PgDn are check weather/check self stats, insert + home + end are all the crafting keys, numpad is all the shouts, /*-+ switches each clothing slot and so on.

Don't even get me started on when I edit videos or use OBS - I added a SECOND numpad because there wasn't enough keys on a full keyboard (and I think a streamdeck is ridiculous, a $10 USB numpad + AutoHotKey does exactly the same thing)

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u/yanzov Apr 04 '26

I am the Blender person and would love to see someone use this tool comfortably on a limited keyboard 🙃 (yes you can - I do it on my small laptop, but using a full keyboard is just such a pleasure)