The Tippy Type makes typing with long nails less tedious : technology

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 138 points 4 months ago

As a straight dude, my first internal knee-jerk reaction was "this is such a stupid solution to a stupid problem", but then my mental "Don't be an asshat because not everybody is like you" guard rail kicked in.

Clearly this is a product for a market of people that it works for and I'm happy for them. Enjoy your neat keyboard thing, long nailed peeps.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago

you're absolutely right. this is a stupid solution for a stupid problem. But you're also right that this is a product for a special subset of people that need this and whom this works for.

Both can be true.

That's the nice thing about capitalism (free market economics actually): You don't have a authority that decides what is useful and useless, what gets produced and what doesn't. Because in the End, everything is useless. I have a robotvac because I'm too lazy to vacuum myself. Stupid and Lazy. I have a Vacuum cleaner because I'm too lazy to use a Broom. Stupid and Lazy.

So yes, it's both. Stupid solution to a stupid problem. But it's also a great product that solves a problem that a subset of our population has and therefore useful.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Exactly. There are a ton of stupid products out there, and ecosystems around those stupid products, and I think that's awesome. Variety is the spice of life after all. For example:

self-driving cars - if we had properly designed cities and infrastructure, we wouldn't need cars in the first place
shampoos and conditioners for damaged hair - only needed because we wreck our hair with bleaches and dyes
waist trainers/corsets - only needed because we're lethargic and eat too much

Yet each of those has facilitated variety. Cars are an expression of what we value, hair styles are a huge part of our identities, and plus-sized product lines can build confidence and have created a market all their own. I certainly won't ever understand a ton of the products that exist, but I like that those products exist, because it means that there's a ton of variety in how we live our lives.

So yeah, keep making weird solutions to unnecessary problems. But at the same time, let's try to do it in a way that doesn't destroy our planet.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 4 months ago

tippy taps!

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

Good catch!

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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 124 points 4 months ago

Typing with long nails is the embodiment of “beauty is pain.”

The pain is real, but the beauty is subjective.

[-] Gormadt 85 points 4 months ago

To me long nails are ick

The longer the more ick

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

It' was a status thing. Those with manual labor jobs usually can't have long nails, so long nails means they're above manual labor. So the rich in the past did that, and now everybody wants to do that so and it becomes a beauty thing.

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[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 109 points 4 months ago

Jesus these comments scream basement dweller. You don't have to like what someone does with their own body to accept it. It doesn't hurt you so don't worry about it. God forbid people have some self expression

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

I accept that people sometimes keep their nails long. That acceptance comes with a caveat that I will not be eating anything handled by hands with long nails.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'll snort the blow off their nail, though. I'm not a hater.

[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 21 points 4 months ago

God forbid people have some self expression

They do indeed forbid it.

10 "If you go to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your control, you may take some prisoners captive. 11 If you see among the prisoners a beautiful woman and you desire her, then you may take her as your wife. 12 Bring her to your house, but shave her head and trim her nails

Deuteronomy 21

Oh man, religions are batshit crazy.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

if the LORD your God delivers them into your control

AKA feel free to murder someone then fuck their wife (assuming you're Jewish, of course)

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 months ago

It doesn't hurt you so don't worry about it

Eh, not so sure. Beauty standards propagate, and pressure to conform to those standards is real.
That's just how fashion works. In this case fashion requires disabling a functional part of your body. It's at least a bit icky.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 points 4 months ago

It's not though. It's got advantages, but typing isn't one of them. I can open stuff peel based way better etc.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I really only need like 2 or 3 mm of extra nail on one thumb to open oranges and grapefruits perfectly fine. Anything longer than that and it becomes unwieldy and unhygienic.

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[-] Bosht@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Great job insulting people for having a differing opinion.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 4 months ago

❤️

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

I sometimes have medium length nails (3-5 mm past the fingertip), though I tend to just grow my own out, and I do it entirely for myself. I have a bunch of different kinds of nail polish and stencils for making cool patterns and it satisfies my inner elementary school librarian urge to dress up for even very minor holidays.

People have come up to me and told me that my nails are too long for them to find attractive, which is a bizarre non sequitur imo. I don’t know why the assumption is that any self-decoration is intended as a sexual signal: my ideal nail-based interaction is that a little kid asks about them and I get to tell them about Arbor Day or national soup day or something.

Sometimes they make life more difficult, and then I either find workarounds (opening pull tabs with a spoon, for example) or cut them, depending on how much time I have and how much I like my current nails.

I get that they’re not for everyone, but I like them, so I wear them. It’s okay if others don’t like them, they don’t have to wear them.

[-] i_dont_want_to 19 points 4 months ago

It blows my mind when people do that.

"Hey, the way that you styled yourself makes me not want to have sex with you."

"Uhhh... Cool?"

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

And there's a lot of people in the world that effectively get told this all their life.

Some for things that aren't even their choice.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 4 months ago

❤️

[-] dragonlobster@programming.dev 24 points 4 months ago

Kinda cool but shit $45 for a piece of silicone those margins are insane.

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 21 points 4 months ago

Yeah but it's for Macs so what do you expect

[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 months ago

Honestly-I always wondered how in the hell women with nails even just a little bit long typed comfortably on a keyboard. I figured it was either a) not a big deal or b) a super pain in the arse and another example of the world (for whatever reason) not making a simple product to solve a simple issue (like bandaids that match people’s skin color for example).

Now I know! :)

Phones must be a bitch as well…. The solution to that might be a bit harder to pull off…

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

I've always wondered about wiping one's ass. Seems like you'd want a nail brush handy to wash up every time.

[-] Sirence@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

Which part of the world are you from? Here we use toilet paper to wipe (but we still wash our hands afterwards). I haven't really heard of someone using their nails before, that sounds kinda weird.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Must be the part where we don't use armor plated TP.

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[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 4 months ago

It's about the angle, you cannot orient it towards your pads as much on a laptop.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

My SIL has long nails, and watching her use her phone and laptop is just fascinating. So many problems I just never even considered...

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

There actually is an easier solution for this kind of problem: Nail clippers.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago

Someone didn't read the article. She addresses exactly this.

I can already hear the trolls making jokes about women being concerned about breaking a nail. If it’s so inconvenient, why not just have short nails? Well, I’m not out here wearing long nails for fun. Being a reviewer often means acting as a part-time hand model for whatever gadget I’m testing. The Internet Nail Police has repeatedly shown up in my comments over the years if my polish is chipped or, god forbid, there’s a smudge of dirt under my natural nail.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Someone didn’t read the article. She addresses exactly this.

I read the article. It still is the better solution.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

You can't have a solution if you ignore half of the problem statement. It's completely unhelpful.

Problem: I want to be able to type better while having long nails.

Your solution: Don't have long nails.

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[-] Corgana@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago

exactly. the only kind of self expression anyone needs is going on lemmy and making smug comments.

[-] kuneho@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

as someone, who could have been a professional classical guitar player, I am insulted.

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[-] srasmus@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

This is awesome. Not really any notes, I'm just glad this exists.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 4 months ago

Long nails can look pretty, and while I'm sure this would help people with long nails, I think it would just give me an RSI or just be differently frustrating.

No thanks. I'll paint my short nails so I can—you know—use my hands. And that's free.

[-] simonced@lemmy.one 6 points 4 months ago

I guess a mechanical keyboard with round ketcaps would do the trick as well. Not the same budget though...

[-] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 5 points 4 months ago

The thing that I can't understand about this product is why they didn't cover the function keys. They are literally functional.

[-] Cpo@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Although using the top row of keys does not cause you to accidentally hit keys above it.

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[-] Ruthalas@infosec.pub 5 points 4 months ago

This article has the same approach to word count as a high schooler writing a paper.

[+] mayo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

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[-] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 5 points 4 months ago

Why Are Long Nails Attractive

Interesting starting point.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

As someone who is turned off by long nails (indicates they may be high maintenance), I enjoy reading about what others see in them.

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[+] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

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[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

it's all in the article, with a paragraph dedicated to you. and it's free to read!

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