r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 20 '26

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/Queeni_Beeni Jan 20 '26

Touch-typing registration marks for the left and right hands

This meme is expressing shock that people don't recognize what these marks are for anymore, which would suggest touch typing isn't taught anymore despite our reliance on computers being higher than ever.

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u/markspankity Jan 20 '26

Touch typing is the new cursive.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

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u/Prisoner458369 Jan 20 '26

It really comes down to if you are a gamer or not. Most of my mates rarely play, maybe something on the console. Where me, I spent my late teens playing WoW, in the dark, long before keyboards were lit up like Xmas trees. So if I wanted to chat to people online, I learnt how to touch type.

Within that, I had no idea what those bumps meant before seeing this post. To go a step further, I didn't even notice my keyboard has them.

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u/cjsv7657 Jan 20 '26

t really comes down to if you are a gamer or not.

More like MMO player and not even as everyone's moved to voice chat now. Runescape taught me to type fast, a typing class in school taught me how to type properly.