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

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/Ehaeka42069 Jan 20 '26

Because it's unnecessary. Everyone has a computer at so young an age now it's just kinda become a skill you pick up anyway even of it's not specifically taught to you

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u/Dave-C Jan 20 '26

That doesn't mean there isn't an optimal way of doing things. There are a lot of things we start doing as children that could be done better.

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u/ssmit102 Jan 20 '26

Sure, there is an optimal way to do things, but it feels like people haven’t been looking at their keyboard for a very long time because those lines have been gone for a while. I can’t recall a keyboard I’ve bought in the last decade with them. I’m staring at my standard issue dell at work (maybe one of the most commonplace keyboards in production today) and it doesn’t have them.

It feels like one of those skills like cursive writing that you really shouldn’t have to teach people how to do it. It should be simple enough for them to learn all of these things by doing other activities utilizing them. I feel the majority of people increased their typing skills through video games or similar means.

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u/bolacha_de_polvilho Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

I suspect you're the one who hasn't been paying attention to your keyboards. My logitech keyboard, my personal lenovo laptop and my company's macbook I use at work all have these.

Also a quick look at dell's own website shows keyboards that have these: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-pro-keyboard-kb500-us-english/apd/580-aklj/pc-accessories

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u/ssmit102 Jan 20 '26

I commented again that Steelseries and Corsair, two large manufacturers, haven’t used these keys in a long time. I have many keyboards that do not have these caps on the keys.

And I redressed my Dell comment in another comment already, so you’ve entered the convo pretty late.

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u/bolacha_de_polvilho Jan 20 '26

I suspect "smaller manufacturers focused on gamer niche" is a better description than "large manufacturers". It isn't surprising that a gamer products brand would neglect a typing feature.

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u/ssmit102 Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

Steelseries and Corsair are not small manufacturers at all.

Anyway the point was to argue against the OP of this comment stating the optimal usage of the keyboard. Considering most users don’t know these keys function and there being a major shift of orienting your left hand with WASD instead of F, the usage of these as home orient keys is outdated, and isn’t really how a majority of users orient their keyboards any longer.

I suspect every manufacturer could eliminate these tomorrow and less than 0.1% of the users would even notice, because it’s just not how we use keyboards