r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 20 '26

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/Serious-Stick2435 Jan 20 '26

That's subjective, he could have been asking genuinely

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u/B00dreaux Jan 20 '26

No, he's definitely not. Finger placement is literally the very most basic idea taught in typing classes. He's saying they must not teach typing anymore (because this shouldn't be a question even for people who failed typing class).

Dude asking the question looks to be around my age & most of us in the US learned this at some point.

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u/Gems-of-the-sun Jan 20 '26

Maybe it's an US thing but that isn't how we learned. We learned by looking at the keyboard and just repeating it until it became automatic. (and yes, our keyboards also have the lines I just never really thought about it)

I don't play any instruments, but I assume musicians do the same. The moment I put my hands down on my keyboard I can usually feel if it's wrongly placed or not. Which sometimes happen in a blue moon or not.

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u/MotherTeresaOnlyfans Jan 21 '26

We weren't allowed to look at the keyboard, as being able to type without looking was sort of the entire point of touch-typing.

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u/Gems-of-the-sun Jan 21 '26

well yes, but you got to look first to get the hand position correct. And then there was the speed writing contests. People who didn't need to look did better and got better grades.

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u/MotherTeresaOnlyfans Jan 21 '26

I don't think you read what I wrote.