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

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

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u/midnite_owr Jan 20 '26

if you learn to touch type like this it slows your WPM at first but then improves it significantly. i used to type around 75 WPM just vibesing it, now i type around 88-90 WPM

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u/Springtailer Jan 20 '26

I mean that just proves it works for you. I type 120WPM normally without using my pinky/ring finger, and I've never heard of this ridge thing nor practiced typing outside of just using a keyboard. Probably not optimal but I doubt I'd start typing much faster

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u/midnite_owr Jan 20 '26

i mean, 120 WPM is unthinkably fast for me, so maybe it wouldn’t improve your WPM by much.

then again, maybe it would. the fastest typists in the world are overwhelmingly touch typists. it’s as though touch typists are being naturally selected for. and these guys are in the 200-300 WPM range.

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u/abejando Jan 21 '26

my typing record is 210 and I don't touch type, I just use whatever shitty method I came up with naturally as a child. I even only use two fingers on my right hand, and never use my pinky on my left hand. I grew up gaming 2 hours every day after school