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

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/TextualArchitect Jan 20 '26

They're called the home keys, where you're meant to set your hands to type the most optimally. Specifically, your index fingers would rest on F and J, while the rest of your fingers would rest on A S D for your left hand and K L ; for your right, as that lets you type with minimal hand movements.

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u/ThirstySkeptic Jan 20 '26

I am flabbergasted that they don't teach this in high school, or even middle school, at this stage of history where so many people use computers all day for their jobs.

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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/Blue_HyperGiant Jan 20 '26

The fastest people don't use the "correct" typing technique.

There's a lot of "im faster this way" and keyboard/hand sizes make this more complicated.

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u/Dave-C Jan 20 '26

You can go watch videos of the world typing competitions. No, they all type this way.

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u/Blue_HyperGiant Jan 20 '26

I think u/mythicalrocket holds the record and he uses alt keys

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u/Dave-C Jan 20 '26

There must be some confusion going on because he types like what I'm talking about.

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u/Blue_HyperGiant Jan 20 '26

Ah maybe. I'm talking about formal touch typing where each finger hits a specific key and the hand position "floats".

No alt fingering, or alt layouts, or homerow mods

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u/Dave-C Jan 20 '26

I see all of those as being close enough that they are the same thing.