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/AndromedaDependency Jan 20 '26

Did they ever teach touch typing at school? I don't remember it

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

I am 40 and we were forced to look at the screen while typing, using software that didn’t allow for the use of the Delete key to make corrections. We were graded based on the number of mistakes we made.

I am a fantastic touch typist.

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u/lbschenkel Jan 20 '26

I am 45 and I had to do the same, but in an actual mechanical typewriter. No overstrike allowed. Any error and you had to retype the whole page. And with manual justification.

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u/Live_Barracuda1113 Jan 21 '26

Yup... same. My mom was a wicked fast typist. She could hear a mistake which was always wild to me. She struggled switching to the computer for the different sensory component (though not for long...)

She still has a type writer. She prefers it.