Just realized I've replaced over 1,000 laptop keyboards

I was cleaning out my workbench drawer and found a huge bag of old keycaps. I counted them out of curiosity, and it hit me that I must have swapped at least a thousand of those things over the last eight years. It's wild, because I never set out to keep track. I mean, it's just a normal part of the job, right? Most of them are from those budget laptops where a spilled drink means a whole new board. Has anyone else had a moment where a random pile of old parts made you realize how much repetitive work you've actually done?

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oliver_morgan18d ago

Found a whole drawer of stripped screws last month. It was the same kind of shock. You just don't see the scale until you have a physical pile of the broken stuff.

emma_young18d ago

Wow, that's a whole lot of keyboards. I found a box of old power supplies once and had the same scary thought about my own life. Makes you wonder what we're actually doing with our time, doesn't it?