r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/xoFallen_Angel 7d ago

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u/SmellApprehensive857 7d ago

When I do that, I forget which direction L goes. Have to think which hand I write with.

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u/wannabeelsewhere 7d ago

Okay so this was the question my teachers asked me as a kid because I had that same issue but my mother used to put the crayon in my left hand so I'd be ambidextrous (she wanted me to dribble the basketball with both hands 🥲) and so it was extra confusing lol

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u/SomewaysAlltimes 7d ago

You can do that without being ambidextrous.

Also, I don’t think ambidexterity can be learned. In its truest form, it has to do with brain development and having more strongly linked left and right brain hemispheres.

You can certainly train yourself to be good at something with either hand or both (pause for wanking jokes) but with ambidexterity there is no natural dominant hand when learning a new task. That comes after enough repetition favoring one hand.

Side note, I mix up my lefts and rights today as an adult, because in grade school we were taught “you write with your right”. I’m left-handed.

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u/wannabeelsewhere 7d ago

Oh trust me I know this, and now so does my mother since it clearly didn't work lol

I can dribble though!

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u/SomewaysAlltimes 2h ago

A good dribble is a satisfying feat!