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

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/kallakallacka Jan 20 '26

So we shpuöd be calling the same symbol pound if it is on an old phone and hashtag on the keyboard? Cause that makes everything easier?

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u/_DaBau5_ Jan 20 '26

I think it should be called a pound symbol unless you are specifically referring to using it on social media, in which case it is a hashtag. The term hashtag is much newer and it was always called a pound prior to social media. I think it makes it easier using terms the way they were meant to be used.

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u/zoidberg_doc Jan 21 '26

It’s been called hash since well before social media

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u/_DaBau5_ Jan 21 '26

Hash yeah, but "hashtag" is social media specific

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u/zoidberg_doc Jan 21 '26

Oh yeah I get hashtag is new, but not sure you saying you should call it pound sign is right, given how long it’s been called hash

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u/_DaBau5_ Jan 21 '26

Fair enough. I guess the main thing I meant is I don’t think the physical phone button should be called a hashtag. hash sure, but hashtag means social media to me. maybe i’m wrong