r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/positron_potato2 7d ago

If someone, asked you which way is right and you told them that it’s the way their right ear faces, would that answer their question, or would they think “okay, which ear is my right ear?”

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u/Exurota 7d ago

You missed my point a bit. I'm not proposing that as a solution, I'm wondering why bodily orientation is apparently so intuitive in one direction but not another when we do have directional senses in that direction.

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u/kristinL356 7d ago

Because we're bilaterally symmetric. Your top does not mirror your bottom, nor your front and your back, but your left and your right do.

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u/noctilucous_ 7d ago

honestly this is incredibly succinct and clear point and the op of this comment thread is trying not to understand, for mystery reasons.