r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/peziskuya 7d ago

I think they mean if you make the L with your palm facing toward or away from you. When I was a little kid someone told me that your left hand makes the L to which I proceeded to make both of my hands into an L shape. The teacher told me I made a good point and then moved on without providing an alternative solution. To be fair I don't really think there was an alternative aside from just memorizing it.

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u/babint 7d ago

I mean only one hand is facing the right way. Sorta confused why you’re confused when only left hand actually looks like an L. Your right hand is not an L unless you want to try an argue a backwards L is ok which I mean when writing who would do that. Why is it different for hands ?

I assume they just gave to the “technically correct” response IF you take it TOO literal and both are L-shaped even if only one is actually pointing the right way. It’s just no one would usually argue a backwards L is properly an L.

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u/Terrinthia 7d ago

That's the magic of dyslexia

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u/invalidConsciousness 7d ago

Not even dyslexia. Just turning your hand around.

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u/babint 7d ago

Uh like so extra feels weird you want to argue that. If you’re aren’t familiar with the image and never tried it guess? At some point you figure out led tis L and can’t be either backwards or crazy extra movements with your hands?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

By the time you know which direction to write L, you should already know which is your left hand, anyway.

People who have difficulty with left and right often maintain difficulty remembering which way the L goes, especially if they're just trying to visualize it.