A recent trend has been circulated and spreading like wild fire across social media, suggesting people “look between X and Y on your keyboard.” Even though it’s unclear, this trend has captured people’s attention and is sparking interest and frustration.
When you look at your keyboard, there’s nothing unique between the letters X and Y except the letter F. So, what’s the reason for this trend, and why do people keep spreading it?
Origin of trend
This trend didn’t begin in the last few days but it began with a meme posted in May 2021 on 4Chan, a basic site where users can anonymously share pictures and comments.
The meme featured a character from the anime series K-On with the caption, “Look between t and o on your key bored”.
When you look at the keyboard, the letters between ‘t’ and ‘o’ are ‘y,’ ‘u,’ and ‘i,’ which spell out “Yui.” It’s a character from the K-On series about women who form a band through their high school’s music club.
A Twitter user, @KeionDaisuki_01, reposted the meme, describing how this trend was initiated.
This new trend that’s been confusing is known as a “snowclone.” It is a template where people can switch in other words or phrases to form new versions of the same concept. Here’s what it’s all about.
When people follow these ideas, they usually find nothing but a mess of pointless letters. It leads to more chaos and even some irritation.
The trend has become a way to joke around, troll, or fool people into looking for secret messages that don’t make any sense.
The trend has gotten so widespread that even prominent celebrities, news outlets, major X accounts, and big media companies are participating in it.
Many people online are calling it ridiculous and saying it’s just simply mindless. It’s been met with a lot of fuss, with most users seeing it as meaningless and foolish.
Another user, commenting under one such tweet, said, “Where is World Health Organization when you need them? This is becoming a global pandemic!”
