• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I’m one of the stupid. During the pandemic, it was a shit time and we didn’t know what was killing everybody.

      And if that was the case, I wanted to be a cyber ninja.

      I didn’t buy it though.

    • tal@lemmy.todayOP
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      Prior to seeing this article, I’d have thought that a facemask was something that you couldn’t make a gamer version of, but apparently I was wrong.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      I seem to remember a time when there were no masks of any kind to be had anywhere. A makerspace I was involved in had a few sewing machines, and a few of those who could sew were making masks out of cloth they had lying around for personal use or sale. They were suddenly in demand.

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        I bought masks from a toy company (Playmobil) for my family, because there was literally nothing else available anywhere. They were marketed as alternatives to basic paper masks though, not N95 masks:

        https://i.imgur.com/Sbq4oBq.jpeg

        The innovation was that you could use tissue paper as filters and reuse the silicone mask after cleaning it. They were uncomfortable and stinky, but functional. We used these for about a month or two, long before any vaccines were available. I suspect that social distancing protected us far more than the masks, but either way, none of us got infected.

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      Here’s the thing tho, if it ACTUALLY met the N95 filtering standard, and looked cool as shit… I’d absolutely buy one.

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      6 months ago

      This is the gaming mouse company, right?

      (That notably didn’t even make very good gaming mice)

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        They make mice, keyboards, laptops, components, cell phones, clothing, peripherals like mousepads and deskmats, and some more. Quality is a bit all over the place and used to be good 15 years ago but they went cheap on parts at some point

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          I had the opportunity to use their mice 20 years ago. I came to the conclusion they filled the same niche as monster cables, if you were convinced to buy them, that was on you.

          I’m honestly surprised they’re still in business.

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      If the middle hadn’t been see-through I’d have bought it so I can be a cool cyber-ninja straight out of mortal kombat!