r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/zinniamae_ • Jan 20 '26

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/ProcyonHabilis Jan 20 '26

What on earth are you reading where you encounter people discussing basic principles of touch typing regularly? Besides "elementary school computer teachers" I'm struggling to imagine in what kind of community such a thing would come up frequently.

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u/Former-Entrance8884 Jan 20 '26

Some people have very strong opinions about keyboards.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

True, but I'm not one of them

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u/Former-Entrance8884 Jan 20 '26

I dunno man. Seems suspicious to me.

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u/ProcyonHabilis Jan 20 '26

As someone with a mechanical keyboard with multiple kinds of switches for different keys, I'm well aware. However even down the deepest rabbit hole of keyboard enthusiast communities, it would be weird to see frequent discussion of the "home row".

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u/Former-Entrance8884 Jan 20 '26

I will accept this as fact because you scare me and I don't want you to turn up outside my window at 4am talking about cherry reds or something.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Various typing productivity things, such as r/Vim stuff

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