“the shift key is the most useless key on the keyboard. it doesn’t do anything. don’t 2 me”
A couple of friends have sent it to me. What am I missing?
“the shift key is the most useless key on the keyboard. it doesn’t do anything. don’t 2 me”
A couple of friends have sent it to me. What am I missing?
Its…
SHIFT+2 = @
The 2 would be an @ sign if they used shift. @ing someone means you tell them they’re wrong.
“don’t at me” is a twitter thing (and now everything else).
It’s like saying “I already know, you don’t have to tell me”.
I think it’s more like, don’t @ me and tell me why I’m wrong. I only ever see “don’t @ me” when someone writes something controversial.
Yeah, but sometimes it’s said after a sarcastic comment that they know some people will take seriously.
Short answer is “With respect to what I just said, I’m not concerned about your opinion”
Said another way “don’t tag me”.
That’s a good point. I agree.
Ah, OK. Not familiar with @ing someone.
Even so, within the context of the joke, is the author responding to someone who told them to use it? Maybe because they don’t capitalize?
Thanks
Note: not every keyboard has the @ above the 2. Mine has " above it, with the @ above the '. I don’t know why - might be a UK keyboard thing.
@Lucas_Jackson ← That’s @ing.
No, the joke was that you can’t (on most [physical] keyboards) @ someone without the shift key.
It’s totally a U.K. thing. I know this because I once had a computer from Costco which for some unknown reason had U.K keyboard mapping on an American-labeled keyboard. You’d actually type the @ symbol key, but get a quote mark.
Also note the lack of capitalization throughout.
Maybe its just my twitter feed, but saying “don’t @ me” at the end of a tweet (meaning I’m not interested in discussing this online, so don’t tag me about it), seemed to go straight from not being thing, to being used only ironically after a bad joke, without ever being used seriously. I’ve only ever seen it used after a particularly corny joke or surreal parody.
So if I’m understanding it…
The author is stating his opinion - the shift key is worthless - and he isn’t interested in discussing it further. Except the meaning is lost because he doesn’t use the shift key (to denote the @ symbol). Is that about it?
Also, the original Apple ][ keyboard had the " over the 2. /useless knowledge
Yes, the joke is he shows that the shift key is useful (for getting the @ symbol for example) in his post saying there is no use for the shift key.
IMHO, if you have to think this much about a joke it’s not funny. @Lucas_Jackson
I dunno. The Commodore 64 I access the web with has a quote above the 2 as well, and its own, separate @ key.
Huh. Well at any rate, my strange computer had a standard American physical keyboard with the @ above the 2. But that’s not what you got when you pressed that key with the Shift. If I recall, using the quote key (directly to the left of Enter) got you the @ sign.
There were other subtle indications the PC had a British operating system involved, such as some spellings. I drew the conclusion that a British-manufactured keyboard would have matched the mapping, but perhaps mis-labeling the keys is just meant to be part of the fun for people of all nations, who knows.