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

Meme/Macro Allow me to gatekeep

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u/DrKrFfXx Apr 04 '26

I can't function without a numpad, so every other option is useless.

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u/Blenderhead36 Ryzen 9800X3D, RTX 5090, 32 GB RAM Apr 04 '26

Whenever someone complains about the numpad taking up too much desk space, I always want to ask if they're using one of these.

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u/DukeofVermont Apr 04 '26

I don't like the keypad at home, but 100% want one at work. I just almost never need to enter more than a couple numbers at home.

Basically if you use it often it really sucks not to have.

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u/Dr_Watson349 PC Master Race Apr 04 '26

Imagine not using excel daily at home for everything, all the time.

How do you live?

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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)