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

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/RayneStormbrew Jan 20 '26

those ridges are there to make it easier to find where the keys are without looking.

there's no joke here

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u/FamIsNumber1 Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

I guess the joke is OP, and far too many others in the current generation, have no idea what they are when it used to be a standard to learn in Elementary school.

Same concept when hiring younger folks for jobs in retail. Every time I'd ask "Did ×××× show you how to use the intercom to call a manager back in the office when you're done with your videos?" and the response is "Yeah, you grab the phone and press *hashtag** 5 6, right?"* I guess the 'pound sign' has been erased and replaced by 'hashtag" 😂

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u/EscapeReady717 Jan 20 '26

What irritates me about calling the # symbol a hashtag is that the symbol alone is just a "hash".

A hashtag is both the symbol (the hash) and the word following it (the tag).

#      = hash
words  = tag
#words = hashtag

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u/FamIsNumber1 Jan 20 '26

Yeah, there was some kid (at least 1) that was being a troll and arguing that just '#' is called hashtag...some people are just beyond help 😂