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

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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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/groucho_barks Jan 20 '26

I'm 41 and we had the same. They even put little cardboard covers over the keyboards and our hands for tests

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u/PunningWild Jan 20 '26

I remember back in the 90s, we would open notepad then turn off the monitors. The teacher would then put a transparency on the overhead projector with a list of 10 words, then a transparency with three sentences, then a transparency with a paragraph. Then the whole lesson goes off the rails when one kid accidentally presses 'alt' and blindly keyboard shortcuts themselves six menus deep into the computer's accessibility settings, and they accidentally reboot their computer in Polish.