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Cooler Master sent this over,

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not because they're expecting me to review it.

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I specifically told them I wasn't going to.

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We don't really do keyboard reviews anymore,

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but because they just really wanted me to try it.

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Well, I mean, it's a cheap keyboard mouse gaming combo set.

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These are kind of a dime a dozen these days.

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What are you really expecting?

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And they were like, no.

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This is a direct quote from Cooler Master's marketing.

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We created a keyboard that mirrors

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the highly popular mechanical Cherry MX Blue switches,

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and we made it affordable while maintaining functionality.

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We successfully pulled this off

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with the satisfying clicky feature

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on our new Mem-chanical switches.

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But could a membrane keyboard really replicate

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the feel of a mechanical one?

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So you're definitely blind.

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Follow the sound of my voice.

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Boop, boop, boop, left, left, left a little bit.

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Boop, boop, boop, boop.

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Watch your head.

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Towards me, towards me, towards me.

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There we go.

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Okay, step, step high.

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I mean, you're stepping over a cord,

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so it's a little overkill, but.

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Now, I'm gonna form my own impression,

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and I've worked a lot with a lot of people

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who've been trying to perfect their work.

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I've been getting submissions here.

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But, I wanted to bring in someone

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who's an even bigger keyboard dork than me

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to evaluate this.

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So, I think I've run you through the premise.

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Someone has created a keyboard that they claim

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at least closely imitates the feel of a Cherry MX Blue.

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Okay.

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Now, as a warmup,

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I'm gonna put something random in front of you.

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There's your home row there, buddy.

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Somewhere.

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Browns?

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Close enough.

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Technically it is a razor orange.

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Oh, okay, yeah, yeah.

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But yes, essentially, yeah.

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Okay, good.

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How do we make this random enough?

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Hold on, I'd like to read you some more

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of the marketing first, if I can.

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Is that okay?

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You good?

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I'm fine.

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Okay, you having fun yet?

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It's just very face sweaty

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because there's nowhere for my breath to go.

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Oh, that sounds very unpleasant.

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I'm glad I'm not experiencing it.

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Satisfying clicky feature, great price,

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full RGB and free mouse.

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So with a mouse, with a full RGB backlight,

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this thing is like 75 US dollars.

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Okay.

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50 million key stroke durability.

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So they claim there is no compromise there.

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Specially designed tactile and clicky switches,

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similar to those found on professional level

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mechanical keyboards.

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It's fine-tuned to help you win all your battles.

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Oh, okay.

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You can win all your battles.

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I would like to see, like they should have to prove that.

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That you can win.

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Like increases your win rate.

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So I'll tell you how they do it later,

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but let's get you to try one of them.

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So don't take your fingers off the home row.

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I will consider that to be cheating.

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Oh, okay.

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Okay.

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Why?

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I don't know any of these things.

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What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna have Brandon pick

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which keyboard I am going to put in front of him.

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Okay.

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Okay, don't touch it yet.

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Don't touch it yet.

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Okay, hold on.

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Don't touch it yet.

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I didn't.

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Here's your right hand is going straight to the J.

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All right.

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Can I find it myself?

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Is that okay?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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You can do the other hand yourself.

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I think you should probably start by typing.

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Oh, but I can't go off home row.

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Oh yeah, you can go off home row.

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So don't take your fingers off the home row.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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You can do whatever you want.

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I don't think I need.

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I wonder if he's gonna get this.

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I don't think I need to try the other one.

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I'm pretty sure this is the imitation one.

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All right, well, hold on a second.

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Let's get you to try the other one

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because I want you to have a chance to retract

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that statement in case it comes to that.

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Okay.

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If that was Cherry MX Blue,

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the feel has changed a lot over the past few years.

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My keyboard is relatively old,

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but it doesn't feel like that.

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I can tell you that much.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Here you go.

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There you go.

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Go for it.

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Yeah.

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This is a joke.

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Okay, you can take off the mask now.

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Okay.

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I pressed it once.

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Okay, shut up.

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Hold on.

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I haven't tried it yet.

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Is it the other way around?

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Did I get it wrong?

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Hold on, hold on.

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I would like to have an opportunity

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to evaluate this for myself.

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Can you tell already?

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I mean, I was mashing it,

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so I'm not gonna.

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Oh.

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It's like every single,

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it's relatively okay.

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And then you start to get anywhere close to bottoming out

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and you're like, what is that?

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It's stiff.

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It feels like, it feels like in between a blue and a green

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in terms of the weight.

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In terms of the, yeah, yeah.

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Cause it's like a.

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And it's inconsistent a little bit.

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Yeah. Towards the end.

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It's like, I mean, that wouldn't even be an O-ring.

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That would be like a memory foam ring.

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That's what, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Oh man.

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You can probably even see the difference in pressure.

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I like it's quite a bit heavier towards the end.

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The selling point here is that they've done

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this mechanical feel, but without rubber domes,

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but it's still a membrane keyboard

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would have blown my mind a little while ago.

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But recently we did a video on the history of the Model M

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and I found out that there are actually Model M's

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that do use membranes,

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but with a mechanical key switch.

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Like it feels, it feels like a toy.

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Okay.

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There's some other issues here too.

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Now to be clear,

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this is also a Cooler Master keyboard right here.

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This is just a Cherry MX Blue.

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So you see that key cap wobble.

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There's always going to be a little bit.

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You never get away from that.

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Now have a look at this.

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That's a ton.

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This is among the most I have ever seen.

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Yeah.

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So hold on a second though.

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Hey, free mouse though.

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In fairness to Cooler Master.

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Yeah.

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Those are nice switches.

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I think those are Omrons actually.

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That does feel nice.

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I would want a game on this though.

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No, I don't like it.

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I would rather have a good membrane keyboard than that.

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Like original G15, I would put that way above there.

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Again, I feel like I'm being possibly too inflammatory,

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but that feels like it's trying to be something that it's not.

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And that makes it feel weird.

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Cause the click feels kind of fake.

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The bottom out is weird and squishy the whole time.

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I was really hoping there was going to be

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a lot more suspense.

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I should have probably tried this before I got you to try it.

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I was so worried when I had the mask on,

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when you put it in front of me,

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I was like, I might've lost my touch.

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And then the first one I was like, wow,

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this better not be it.

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Cause if it is, Cherry's quality has gone way down.

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And then you hand him the other keyboard and it's, yeah.

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Short video?

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I think it is.

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All right, go ahead and cut.

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Well, thanks for coming in and helping me go straight savage

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and take this thing apart.

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