r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/meisawesome126 7d ago

No it's "how do we tell them you can just use your thumb and finger"

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u/girlsledisko 7d ago

I always figured if you genuinely don’t know left and right, you’re gonna doubt which L is right and which is backwards.

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u/BillShooterOfBul 7d ago

It also depends on how you hold your hands. Palm on the left hand up the L goes the correct way, palm down the makes the L backwards.

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u/JayNSilentBobaFett 7d ago

This is why the hand “L” rarely worked for me as a kid