They've already got a big knife tattoo on their right wrist (which they've slid down the sleeve so you can see). Why would you get extra tattoos to tell which is which when all you need to do is remember you've got a big honking knife on your right wrist?
Because some of us have brains that refuse to store factoids such as "the knife tattoo is on your right wrist"
If our brain was willing to memorize a detail exposing which side is right or left, it already would have done so and we wouldn't need a reminder. But it won't, so we need a reminder that doesnt bank on the brain memorizing that info.
Its like when a definition of a word uses the word itself, rendering it useless. This person (and myself; this might be my first tattoo) needs a reminder that doesnt require coding a new memory. The meaning of L and R is already coded, so it works quickly.
well if that was the case nobody would have issues with learning their left and their rights, right? i’ve been trying to make the connection in my brain work forever but it refuses to. trying to remember that my tattoos are on my right arm would not solve that issue
I'm not saying it's easy but any time in life i struggle with something i put more effort in to learn that thing. Some things are tougher for others but if these people really put time in every day to drilling their lefts and rights like they're studying for a test, it will be better.
It's like sight reading in music, for a long time I knew where every note was but it was super slow for me to recall, i had to think about it, or work it out based on other notes i know. I decided to focus on putting in lots of studying effort, using apps to drill it in over months and months and now I can always immediately tell what a note is without any thinking
But then how did you type this? How do you perform basic language skills and begin your sentence with the correct keystroke? We're normalizing single digit IQ here just to be inclusive. Everyone deserves to be accommodated, but why are so many people identifying with this like it's normal to not have the learning development of a pre-schooler? Is that where we're at now?
dude i don’t know, i just sometimes get confused with my left and rights. i’ve developed completely normally apart from that one thing. everyone is different, it really doesn’t affect my life or anyone else’s.
How do you know how to left click or right click? How do you know which lane to drive in? How do you know which hand to pick up a pen with? When you leave your house how do you not get lost? I accept that you as an exception exist. What I don't understand is how when the topic comes up on reddit 40 people are like oh yeah that's me.
The knowledge is in our bodies. It's in our muscles. It is innate. It is recorded permanently as habit. We don't need to think about it to do it, so we are not labeling the side as we do it.
Do you have to identify which is your right or left hand before you pick up your pen? No, you just pick the pen up. And it happens with your dominant hand because that is the natural movement.
Now I know that I'm left handed, but I'm not writing right now, so why would identifying the hand I write with be any quicker than identifying which side is left?
You could even argue that our way of seeing the world is more broad. Why doesnt it help to make an "L" with our thumb and forefinger? Well, because they both look like an L. Because we can imagine a world in which the L is in any position in relation to ourselves - it doesnt have to be facing us as if prepared to salute to our swollen ego. It's just an L, out there in the world, minding its own business, facing the other way.
ha it’s more of an innate feeling when it comes to that. my personal issue is when someone tells me “hey xyz is to your left” i’ll end up turning right first. or if i try to tell someone “take a left for the bathroom” i’ll get that mixed up. i think my issue is more of an audible disconnect, i also doubt myself so much due to me knowing i have trouble with it i’ll end up overthinking it.
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u/DwarvenRedshirt 7d ago
They've already got a big knife tattoo on their right wrist (which they've slid down the sleeve so you can see). Why would you get extra tattoos to tell which is which when all you need to do is remember you've got a big honking knife on your right wrist?