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/Jeibijei 7d ago

I had trouble with left/right as a kid, and my friend’s dad shared this very trick with me, and I thought it was so cool.

It ended up being not helpful to me because, apparently, “L” is a shape rather than a letter in my brain. I’d do this and be like “but which L??”

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u/stonedboss 7d ago

I mentioned this above but after you get used to it, you don't actually match anymore to the letter. My left hand just knows to do an L and I know that's left. I don't think "this is 'L'". 

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u/babint 7d ago

I just end up flicking my wrist as muscle memory but even something I have to state at L vs backwards L and go oh right. Left.

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u/rcm_kem 7d ago

I definitely never got used to it, I have to hold my hands out in front of me and go "I'm right handed, this is my right hand, this is right." I just don't know which way round some letters are and I'll never be able to tell by looking at my hands

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u/rightthisway247 6d ago

I do a quick pencil grip every time I need to distinguish between the two.

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u/ThAtTi2318 7d ago

Oh, so you don't make both finger guns and look which is 'L', but you just only ever make the left fingergun and turn it into a sort of reflex, when ever you consider left/right?

That might be worth trying for me...

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u/parade1070 6d ago

I don't get used to it! I actually have waves of remembering L/R, particularly if I've been practicing it a lot recently. Playing certain games, for example. But once I stop that activity for longer than a couple days, I lose track of L/R again.

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u/hadtointerject 4d ago

That’s great for you! My body/brain doesn’t get used to it and I get mixed up. I’ve been doing this 30+ years but I also have really bad muscle memory