Or they are really old. I have an old PS2 keyboard that doesn't have them.
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maybe yours were shaped differently compared to the other keys.
They don't teach typing anymore. Which is like. Makes zero sense.
I see college kids typing out essays with two index fingers.
No one learns typing unless forced. It's super boring.
They need to make it mandatory in public schools. Or future generations will be unable to type properly.
I learned it back in like 8th grade or something.
When I was a kid they taught us how to type in school. But they taught everybody how to type wrong: with your hands parallel to each other, instead of wrists straight. I nearly got carpal tunnel syndrome and had to learn how to type a second time!
We were taught the same. With a paper over our hands so we couldn’t cheat. My hands naturally moved off home row because it felt awkward to have my wrists bent. I hate the “natural” keyboards but my hands rest like they’re designed
As a blind computer user I'm shocked at how many people forget touch typing exists. I learned earlier than most, by necessity, and didn't have to take the then-mandatory keyboarding classes in middle school.
you're blind ? using lemmy ? dude please talk more , how ? heck how did you even see the image ?!
I taught myself a personal typing style, because I found touch typing to be awkward, unpleasant and quite frankly shitty to follow.
So yeah, not okay with the implications that not knowing those lines means not knowing how to type.
Whether you touch type per the formal method or not, if you don't know what the lines are for, ot means you weren't taught (or weren't paying attention) typing.
I was taught it in school in typing class, so the meme is accurate, but could be rephrased to something like: What do you mean you don't know that the lines are for? Are they not teaching that in school anymore?