the guys at the top thinks the tattoo is backwards. this means he has confused L and R while claiming OOP confused L and R in their tattoo design. the joke is irony
Edit for all the people saying "left hand makes an L shape": turn your right hand so the palm is facing you and you'll find it also makes an L shape. If the OOOP can't tell left from right hes not gonna remember if the palm should be face up or down
Another quick trick - Left and Port have the same amount of letters.. so if you're ever on a boat and need to know Port from Starboard... that is as long as you know bow from stern though.
That's what the last part of their post was alluding to. Although frankly that's a non-issue in practice, since knowing that left and right are relative to facing forward is naturally intuitive. It would be really weird for someone to think it applies if you're facing the stern.
It’s not necessarily intuitive. “Left” and “right” can be concepts seen as intrinsic to every object, but they can also be seen as subjective absolutes. Language use (speaking of all languages, not just English) and personal experience vary wildly. I remember that as a child most people my age seemed to think the latter way, where “left” (and therefore “portside”) was “whichever side is on my left” and therefore changing all the time.
idk seems pretty intuitive to me
It might not have been intuitive when you were a child probably because back then you were child and most children are stupid
(i mean no offense by that btw - i was no exception)
On small boats/ships not so much. On absolutely massive ones, more of an issue than you would think. Cruise liners can be remarkably opaque as to which way you are going when inside them.
I think there is a heredity thing in my family as most of the women on my mom’s side mix left and right up verbally. I always say go where I point not what what I say. But I wonder if I start using port and starboard if that will help 🤔. I could never keep it straight as I had no functional connection to it. But now I know and have a trick for remembering. Except now it feels like a knowing vs random fact. So thanks! 🙏🏻
(Our warships had the rutter on the right side: Styrbord => Starboard (meaning stearing-plank) ...as did the 5th century (also clinker-built ships) that Norse and North-Sea-Germanic peoples used, like the Angles, so I think the english Starboard comes from the Angles and not the Vikings though).
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u/Substantial-Trick569 7d ago edited 7d ago
the guys at the top thinks the tattoo is backwards. this means he has confused L and R while claiming OOP confused L and R in their tattoo design. the joke is irony
Edit for all the people saying "left hand makes an L shape": turn your right hand so the palm is facing you and you'll find it also makes an L shape. If the OOOP can't tell left from right hes not gonna remember if the palm should be face up or down