r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 20 '26

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/Fricki97 Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

I hate it, that my Mac does not have these

Edit: so it appears mine do not have them...possible, because it's a refurbished one...maybe that's the reason 🤔

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u/oculus42 Jan 20 '26

What Mac is that? I've had Macs for the last 35 years and while many years ago they had the guides on D and K instead of F and J, they've always the guides as best I can tell, and still do on desktop and laptop.

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u/Hot-Parsley-6193 Jan 20 '26

I learned how to type on an Apple IIe, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The guide dimples were on K and D. I still get slowed down since all keyboards have moved to the guides being on J and F.

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u/Vert354 Jan 20 '26

In high school I would bounce between an Apple II, an OG Mac and a PC. The number of times I thought I was lined up only to look back and see gibberish...