"S" Key broken

edited November 2011 in General Chat
My "S" key iS broken. I had to copy and paSte it in order to write thiS out. WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!?!

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  • edited November 2011
    This thread is brought to you by the letter S.
  • edited November 2011
    How is it broken? Like...is the button itself broken or is the key just not hitting the button properly?

    Because if the problem is the key, you could probably buy a new key. Otherwise, you'll probably have to take it somewhere to be repaired.
  • edited November 2011
    Alternatively, just buy a new keyboard. They're not exactly expensive, y'know.
  • edited November 2011
    Depends on the keyboard and if it happens to be attached to a laptop.
  • edited November 2011
    Well, I'd call that quite the tricky ituation.
  • edited November 2011
    unless it's on a laptop. Oh man, you want to hear problems, my "E" broke once. Sure was interesting. Well, pop the key off, make sure it's clean and dry underneath and nothing is blocking it. Otherwise, it looks like a new keyboard or repair is your solution.
  • edited November 2011
    Depends on the keyboard and if it happens to be attached to a laptop.
    ...touché.
  • edited November 2011
    My "S" key iS broken. I had to copy and paSte it in order to write thiS out. WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!?!

    Do you have a Mac or a PC?
  • edited November 2011
    Sorry supmandude, it was saddening simply to sit back and scan this situation. I hope you salvage a suitable substitute so you may swiftly return to spawning the sterling statements we all have a soft spot for.

    Ps. Sorry!!
  • edited November 2011
    JedExodus wrote: »
    Sorry supmandude, it was saddening simply to sit back and scan this situation. I hope you salvage a suitable substitute so you may swiftly return to spawning the sterling statements we all have a soft spot for.

    Ps. Sorry!!

    Sadist.
  • edited November 2011
    That' not good . :V
  • edited November 2011
    Sufferin' succotash!
  • edited November 2011
    You should be able to pry the "S" key off the keyboard and then just use a pen or something whenever you need to to press "S".
    Or, alternatively you could go the rest of your life without ever using the letter "S" again.
  • edited November 2011
    You could always just use 't' and 'h' instead, and type with a lisp.
  • edited November 2011
    Hayden wrote: »
    You could always just use 't' and 'h' instead, and type with a lisp.

    Okay, that one wath pretty good.
  • edited November 2011
    Hayden wrote: »
    You could always just use 't' and 'h' instead, and type with a lisp.

    "Hi, my name ith thupmandude, I have a lithp and diabeteth."
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited November 2011
    Buy a new keyboard if you don't want to write entirely without the letter you are having a problem with, like I am doing right now! Come to think of it, language might not need that letter, actually. We're pretty well off without it. However, you might run into trouble playing a PC game. You could experience that your character can not walk backward. What a pity.

    But I concede that if a letter broke on my keyboard, I'd immediately begin thinking about buying a new one. Ten dollar are enough if you don't want anything fancy.

    /edit: I hope we don't have to make this a forum game.
  • edited November 2011
    Not bad, except for English.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited November 2011
    Better now? ;)
  • edited November 2011
    Buy a new keyboard if you don't want to write entirely without the letter you are having a problem with, like I am doing right now! Come to think of it, language might not need that letter, actually. We're pretty well off without it. However, you might run into trouble playing a PC game. You could experience that your character can not walk backward. What a pity.

    But I concede that if a letter broke on my keyboard, I'd immediately begin thinking about buying a new one. Ten dollar are enough if you don't want anything fancy.

    ...well the use of plurals sure comes in handy...Unless you want to refer to everything as "more than one" or "fewer than every" .... "when fewer than every key function normally, life can become more difficult"

    edit: you owe me a cheeseburger.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited November 2011
    Damn, you made my failure eternal. Couldn't you quote the edited variant? ;)

    /edit: That burger had the bad letter. But I might have found another way to circumvent it in your final paragraph: "Expect a hefty life complication to occur if any key on your keyboard won't work any more". I hope to make up for the lack of a burger with that. Thank you for the edit. With the power that I've been granted, I could have done it without you, but that would be one heck of moderator malpractice. ;)
  • edited November 2011
    Press The Letter S To Continue.

    Actually, I think there are ways to map keys to other keys, so pick some other key you don't like, and change it so it produces an "S".

    Or switch to a Dvorak keyboard map, and then you'll be without the letter "O".
  • edited November 2011
    Damn, you made my failure eternal. Couldn't you quote the edited variant? ;)

    /edit: That burger had the bad letter. But I might have found another way to circumvent it in your final paragraph: "Expect a hefty life complication to occur if any key on your keyboard won't work any more". I hope to make up for the lack of a burger with that. Thank you for the edit. With the power that I've been granted, I could have done it without you, but that would be one heck of moderator malpractice. ;)

    I will accept a bacon mozza burger in lieu of the aforementioned product. Your ethical exhibit hath(cheater I know) proven to be unconquerable. I congratulate you.
  • edited November 2011
    WarpSpeed wrote: »
    Or switch to a Dvorak keyboard map, and then you'll be without the letter "O".

    I approve. The Dvorak keyboard is much much better than QWERTY and should theoretically allow you to type faster.

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    Did you know that it took 12 years to design that layout, and it was designed specifically based on the physiology of the human hand, to maximize productivity and comfort? Ergonomically it's more efficient and actually easier to learn from scratch.
    Also it would allow you to use "S" in your sentences if you switched. It's a win-win situation.
  • edited November 2011
    but you lose the "O". I think it's much harder to type without the "O"
  • edited November 2011
    Only because you have two of them in your handle. :)

    He could type Q instead of O and say there are some extra pixels tagging along.
  • edited November 2011
    0r "0" (zero) instead 0f "O".
  • edited November 2011
    You could always use the dollar sign ($) instead of an S.

    You know what would be really funny... if you used it when writing a company's name, like say, LucasArts or Microsoft. That way, when you write them as Luca$art$ or Micro-$oft, you make fun of them for being the greedy companies that they are!
  • edited November 2011
    lattsam wrote: »
    You know what would be really funny... if you used it when writing a company's name, like say, LucasArts or Microsoft. That way, when you write them as Luca$art$ or Micro-$oft, you make fun of them for being the greedy companies that they are!

    So THAT's the reason for the presence of the dollar sign in Ke$ha's name!
  • edited November 2011
    You could alfo ufe f'f inftead of f'f and people will think you're writing old-timey ftyle. Ufe an old-timey font for bonuf pointf.
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