'U,' 'WE,' and 'JK'
Here's Why The Internet Keeps Telling People To Look At Their Keyboards
Social media users are spelling out keyboard messages like "U," "WE," and "JK" in all sorts of different contexts.
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The Lede
If you've been on social media at all recently, chances are you've been opening your keyboard more than usual. That's because of a new trend that is enthralling — and irritating — thousands of users on X and other similar platforms. The trend, which urges users to "look between" certain letters on your keyboard, apparently originated with a post on 4chan in May 2021 according to a submission to Know Your Meme.
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- It's not clear how that post led to the trend exploding years later — but with viral memes like this, stranger things have happened.
- Some on social media have used it as a tongue-in-cheek way of spreading positive or motivational messages.
- That doesn't mean the trend is popular with everyone. In fact, many people seem to have gotten annoyed by it pretty quickly.
