The viral 'look between two letters on your keyboard' challenge is sweeping through social media.
This trend has sparked widespread discussion and confusion among users due to their lack of knowledge about it.
Are you familiar with this viral trend yet?
It's called the 'look between two letters on your keyboard' challenge.
This challenge involves participants making statements or posing questions that others must answer or interpret by identifying the letter or letters that come between two other characters on their keyboard.
For instance, U comes between Y and I, so you might tell someone to look between them to say: 'All I want is U.'
On social media, the challenge to 'look between two letters on your keyboard' left users baffled.
Even the official Guinness World Records account jumped on the trend.
On X's account, they posted a response to an applicant who said they 'want to break the record for the longest time without sleep'.
Their clever response was: 'Look between T and U on your keyboard,' - which brings up the letter Y, often used as shorthand for 'why?' in online conversations.
This trend has left internet users baffled, with many admitting it's quite crazy. However, they still lack knowledge about this challenge.
Don't worry, scroll below, and I'll provide you with the answer.
The trend originated from a meme posted anonymously in May 2021 on 4Chan, an image-based site.
The meme featured a character from K-On and instructed viewers to 'Look between t and o on your keyboard.' The letters between T and O are Y, U, and I, which spell out Yui, the name of the cartoon character in the anime series.
The trend has since spiraled from there, with people using the idea to spell out many other things, some quite creative.
It has popped up on platforms such as TikTok and X, with users from America, the UK, South Africa, and Nigeria posting about it.
One post managed to rack up a whopping 36 million views. It said: 'Cheaters will tell you they love you and then their actions tell you to look between H and L on your keyboard.' The letters spell out 'JK' which means 'just kidding'.
The comments on the post were filled with people praising the poster for making them laugh, but others were confused by the trend and asked others what it meant.
One person asked: How many letters are in the alphabet? Look between q and m on your keyboard, then add two, but don't include the shift or backspace buttons, and remember that this only applies to keyboards with a standard layout...
A second wrote:I looked between two letters on my keyboard before reading the article. I saw cookie crumbs.
While a third commented: This is the "idea" behind the "craze"? I mourn all the truly important ideas that were left to die while this one was being nurtured.
Another added: Maybe they should learn to play chess and learn about strategy, critical thinking, etc.
Someone else said: I just did that. Exactly that. All the letters they said. All of them. What do I see? Dust. This keyboard really needs cleaning.
