Another thread I mentioned the slight bit of pre-travel before a tactile bump on Zilents compared to a few other switches - and now, all I can feel is the pre-travel. Compared to some U4Ts, and had to immediately purchase a new set, and awaiting their arrival to rebuild this board - rough life, I know.
“Saudade” is probably the word you want, though it’s borrowed from Portuguese:
“Saudade is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for something or someone that one cares for and/or loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never be had again. It is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, and well-being, which now trigger the senses and make one experience the pain of separation from those joyous sensations. Saudade describes a feeling both happy and sad, and could be approximated by the English expression ‘bitter sweet’.”
That’s a great title for an album of retro 8-bit video game beats. Had not heard of the artist but I like the sound the of this album and the next one he did (“Bias”).
My keyboard thing is convincing myself that the switches I have in hand don’t need to be lubed and there’s no spring ping… only to hear a touch of scratchiness and spring ping once I have them on a board and the keycaps are in place. Every. Time.
- rough life, I know.
