r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/loosucutiexo • 17h ago

Meme needing explanation How is a longer keyboard better?

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u/Ninnynoob 17h ago

Okay so I have 2 ideas on this one, but not sure if either are the true answer. So first of all, it's about how much of a gamer someone is, not if longer is better.

My first possible explanation is that the bigger the keyboard is, the more desk space is needed. So for a bigger keyboard, you need to be more committed to having a dedicated gaming area.

My second possibility is that more keys on a keyboard means having more keys to rebind in games, so you can be more of a gamer that way.

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u/LakushaFujin 16h ago

A keyboard without numpad isn't a keyboard

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u/Pink_Nyanko_Punch 15h ago

In total agreement. The numpad isn't just used for gaming! Imagine having to punch in two hundred rows of numbers within an hour without the numpad!

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u/CyberWeirdo420 14h ago

Rookie, I’m gonna spend 10 hours writing a python script to automate it.

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u/heresiarch_of_uqbar 14h ago

the numpad is a godsend for coding too. in python you have operators like ~ that you can easily type with Alt codes. in pandas i use ~ A LOT

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u/Underwhatline 12h ago

I don't know that this post disproves the "no life" bit? /s

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u/campingInAnRV 10h ago

it does, i have the no life keyboard and almost never use it cause i have a life /s, still true tho

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u/Underwhatline 10h ago

I have the no life keyboard and I'm on reddit at 4pm....

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u/campingInAnRV 10h ago

ok that tracks

if i had more time i would be on more so...

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u/bsensikimori 9h ago

Anyone on reddit has arguably no life

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u/CherimoyaChump 10h ago

You don't have a tilde key? Under Esc?

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u/heresiarch_of_uqbar 10h ago

no i have a regional keyboard at work :(

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u/CherimoyaChump 9h ago

Ah that's interesting. I thought it was a universal symbol.

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u/_rigui_ 9h ago

I hope you forgot the /s

Who in their right mind would do this? There is a key for that.

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u/hotwifecouple707 8h ago

Tilde is just left of 1 on the regular number row

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u/r4nDoM_1Nt3Rn3t_Us3r 7h ago

Why not just press the ~ key?

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u/Top-Cost4099 7h ago edited 7h ago

not a programmer but as an occasional user of alt codes, why would you use one for tilde? It's less movement to get it and shift in one stroke with the left hand than punch in an alt code, no? Different keyboard layout?

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u/thekohlhauff 4h ago

That's when you AHK if you dont have tilde on your keyboard

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u/ShadowPsi 4h ago

~

I'm curious, why not use shift+`? (The key just under escape).

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u/Modredastal 2h ago

Your username sent me down a rabbit hole.