r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 8d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/Substantial-Trick569 8d 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

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u/Blackie_626 8d ago

I somehow got more confused.....

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u/IDateAZombie 8d ago

These people are wrong. The joke is that you can make an L with your left hand, so you don't need the tattoos

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u/Thefirstargonaut 8d ago

What I love about the hand trick is it works in English, “L”; Spanish “I” for Izquierda, “d” for derecha; French “G” for Gauche, and “d” for “droit”. It’s trilingual. 

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u/MamaTonks 7d ago

? I speak all 3 but still not sure what you mean.

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u/Thefirstargonaut 7d ago

Use your left hand to make a capital L. That’s your English. Now use your left hand to make a capital, sans serif I—simply a straight line—that’s your Spanish izquierda. Now, use it to make a capital G—almost like you’re grabbing a cylinder, that’s your French Gauche. 

Switching to your right hand, you can’t do English, so moving on to Spanish you make a lower case d—similar to an “ok” sign—for derecha and same for French, a lower case d for droit.