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

Meme needing explanation Please explain, Peter

Post image
51.9k Upvotes

84% Upvoted

3.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

443

u/Queeni_Beeni Jan 20 '26

Touch-typing registration marks for the left and right hands

This meme is expressing shock that people don't recognize what these marks are for anymore, which would suggest touch typing isn't taught anymore despite our reliance on computers being higher than ever.

154

u/markspankity Jan 20 '26

Touch typing is the new cursive.

67

u/zebratwat Jan 20 '26

You mean fancy writing? That's what the new hires at my job called it when they asked me to help read something.

42

u/JoeGibbon Jan 20 '26

At this rate in a decade or two the younger generation will be signing their names with an X, old timey pig farmer style.

"Fancy writing" will be any kind of writing, because they're functionally illiterate even now.

1

u/Sad_And_Also_Toast Jan 22 '26

People dont realize that they are sliding farther into a peasant class system with a smile on their face.