Confused by slashes

Anon: "I always get confused over slashes, you know back slashes and forward slashes"

Me: "Oh?"

Anon: "Well, you'd think a forward slash would be on the right of a keyboard and a back slash on the left of a keyboard"

Me: "They are"

Anon: "..."

Anon: "..."

Anon: "..."


Additional:
Anon is a web developer.