Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
I know the history, I'm aware of it, I recognize it. It's simply not relevant to a collection of plastic pieces that you press into your keyboard. Does this not seem asinine to anyone else?
The Rising Sun is part of American culture, too--a rather large part of it. The USA has no fewer than 9 cities or towns named "Rising Sun", and countless communities, businesses, and even a summer camp for children suffering from autism--all bearing the name "Rising Sun". This is only a fraction of how deeply ingrained it is for us. To put it simply; the complaints I'm reading here are based on lived experiences that are NOT shared among the majority. We respect and empathize, but this does not mean we must BE you. The decision to remove the Rising Sun mods was based on the extremely angry, vocal complaints of the few, while the majority of people here do not see the Japanese flag OR the Rising Sun as a symbol of war anymore--despite having family members who fought one in which every piece of destroyed armament on that front bore the Red Sun insignia.
Never forget the atrocities that occurred--I'd never suggest otherwise, but that's the best any of us can do. To treat the rest of the world as if they are stupid and ignorant of history simply for disagreeing with you is belligerent and condescending; many of us know our history, have made peace with it as best we can, and will bear the burden until we die.
So let us have our fucking keyboard modifications that we think look neat so we can all continue to live in the first world, where freedom was traded, stolen, and earned by the blood-stained hands of our fathers. If you're even privileged enough to be reading this, you should be answering for what you've done rather than openly protesting on a "group buy" website about keyboards for christ's sake.
tl;dr: How you aren't disgusted with yourselves is beyond me. Massdrop: Bring back the Rising Sun mod or accept that you're willing to cater to the insipid complaints of hypocrites. If you think it ends here, you're wrong; if this decision stands, it's just the beginning.