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[AnotherQCaddict]

Since the robots just gawked at Hanners instead of answering her question, I'm going to look for answers here.

What do YOU think "qwerty" means?

[Switchblade]

A concept without organic parallel. Only a robot can truly understand what it means and why it's so revolting.

Either that, or it means the same thing as "Belgium".

[Jeff7]

There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this treachery.
QWERTY!!!

[Vendetagainst]

@Jeff
But there's probably one in orcish, which would make robotic orcs the foulest creatures on earth.

[Blackcat Moebius]

Either that, or it means the same thing as "Belgium".

That would mean I'm from qwerty, and that my parents still live in qwerty.  Doesn't work.

(I live in the U.S., but scoured used bookstores for a British version of LtUaE.)

[ThisIsOriginal]

qwerty to me isn't a cuss word, it means too querky for the word querky.

[Is it cold in here?]

I can't answer that question because I do not let myself have thoughts like those that would be required to ponder the meaning of "qwerty".

[sterlingdragon]

The better question is, what does jkl; mean?

[Cartilage Head]

Qwerty probably means something really bad to the robots, like "baby rape".

[MissZahrah]

It's probably the geekiest, most outdated term ever used by robots... I bet it's looked on as slang that only 286ers would deign to use.  It's probably older than 'groovy'.  The first anthro-pc was probably deactivated by going around saying "qwerty, baby" in a deep, gravely voice

[oldbushie]

Is it just me or is Hannelore ultra cute in that second-to-last panel?

[Shoppingbaglady]

I'm pleased to have found a spot on the internet that isn't (yet) inhabited by polluted minds and sexual deviants.
I have been following the comic for a few years now, but this is my first forum post.

Sorry to break it to you, sweet people of the clean internet zone, but qwerty means the same as r@ygold: it's a search term for kiddy porn.
(You know it had to be something like that if even Pintsize looks shocked)

[lessthanfirst]

you seem to know a lot about child porn.

[Cartilage Head]

YOU SEEM TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO KNOW A LOT ABOUT CHILD PORRRRN

[Shoppingbaglady]

I'm unemployed.
Therefore, I know a lot about shady internet stuff and the associated slang.

[bicostp]

Why would robotkind choose 'qwerty' as an extremely offensive word? It's on the overwhelming majority of keyboards made in the last 100+ years!

Maybe it means "I'm hooking you up to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. No more freedom for you!".

[Man-Eating Eggplant]

Perhaps it is an acronym.

Quails Want Equal Response Treatment
Quartered Wedged Etheral Retro Trains

And so on.

Robots can be programmed to look shocked at anything. Perhaps Pinsize is programmed to look shocked at the usage of the colours yellow and light blue together.

[TheSilentWolf]

Maybe it's not something offensive, but only shocking. Maybe it's the robot equivilant of some one saying "I want to have hot, steamy, kinky sex with you all night long". I think Hanners saying that would be enough to shock Pintsize.

[Shoppingbaglady]

I repeat, it's not just a robot thing, 'qwerty' is a cover-up search term for child pornography. So that's why it's shocking.

[ertyseidel]

I found this one particularly funny, as my name is "Erty".

So that's why my roomba keeps snickering at me....

--Erty
www.ertyseidel.com

[Cartilage Head]

 Shoppingbaglady why would you just repeat the same joke that you told just a couple of posts ago?

[britMonster]

I don't think Shoppingbaglady was joking. . . Just saying.

[Shoppingbaglady]

Shoppingbaglady why would you just repeat the same joke that you told just a couple of posts ago?

Obviously because it's not a joke. I already told people here what it meant but there's still speculation. I would tell you to google it, but perhaps that's not such a good idea in this case. 

[Eris]

According to urbandictionary.com:

"Qwerty    
   
1) First 6 lettters on a keyboard/typewriter

2) A word simular[sic] to "r@ygold" which is used on P2P networks, it is unlike r@ygold ,which is the code for child porn, qwerty means incest or simular[sic]"

but then again, urban dictionary can also be full of crap.

[Shoppingbaglady]

According to urbandictionary.com:

"Qwerty    
   
1) First 6 lettters on a keyboard/typewriter

2) A word simular[sic] to "r@ygold" which is used on P2P networks, it is unlike r@ygold ,which is the code for child porn, qwerty means incest or simular[sic]"

but then again, urban dictionary can also be full of crap.

Use it in Limewire and you will find out. Or don't.
Beautiful avatar, by the way. Did you paint it yourself?   

[himynameisjulien]

A concept without organic parallel. Only a robot can truly understand what it means and why it's so revolting.

Either that, or it means the same thing as "Belgium".

That happens to be one of the funniest books ever. Kudos for the reference.

[Shoppingbaglady]

A concept without organic parallel. Only a robot can truly understand what it means and why it's so revolting.

Either that, or it means the same thing as "Belgium".

That happens to be one of the funniest books ever. Kudos for the reference.

Wait, it that from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

[himynameisjulien]

A concept without organic parallel. Only a robot can truly understand what it means and why it's so revolting.

Either that, or it means the same thing as "Belgium".

That happens to be one of the funniest books ever. Kudos for the reference.

Wait, it that from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

I forget which book (of the 5-part-trilogy), but yes.
I mean, 42.

[pwhodges]

In the books, the "Belgium" reference is only in the American printings - the UK text has "Fuck" at that point.  Actually, "Belgium" is better!

[himynameisjulien]

In the books, the "Belgium" reference is only in the American printings - the UK text has "Fuck" at that point.  Actually, "Belgium" is better!

Belgium has that signature style of jokes in the books. Much like 42.

[est]

Ah, thanks for that Paul.  That would probably why I never get the bloody reference despite having read and re-read all five of the books.

[Adlan]

In the books, the "Belgium" reference is only in the American printings - the UK text has "Fuck" at that point.  Actually, "Belgium" is better!

However, in the Original Version (the Radio Series) Belgium is Used, by Zaphod Beeblebrox as he is hanging out of a giant icy cave 10 miles above ground level.

The Radio Series is much better. Much Much Better, and Douglas Adams was much Happier as a Radio Writer than as a Novellist.



Qwerty to me just brings to mind a dilbert cartoon, where wally has been sleeping on his keyboard, and explains away the marks to the PHB with 'Qwertyitus'

[Mad Cat]

You're all wrong. Qwerty is a robot adjective that describes a person who's willing to take an electro-static discharge device, such as a stungun, to a machine's power intake port, thus blowing out its power supply and rendering it incapable of recharging its batteries if it has a battery pack, or quite firmly dead if it doesn't, and its power supply is not redundant.

Essentially, Hanners just informed the digital duo that she's entirely willing to murder them in their sleep cycle and she doesn't even know it.

Common usage is as in, "Guard your power port around Hanners. She's one qwerty chick."

[Zingoleb]

I'm shocked that all of you would use the word 'Belgium' so...loosely!

And I typed in qwerty on limewire.  lolita we have found you.