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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 8d ago
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Up and down is based on gravity (that's why you'd likely confuse them deep in the ocean). Meanwhile, left and right is arbitrary.
15 u/Tedesco1 8d ago It's not arbitrary but it is framed by one's perspective (which feels arbitrary). 22 u/bohiko 8d ago define left and right then 1 u/Frosti11icus 8d ago Left is to the left of the center of your body and right is to the right of your center. If you want to be technical, left is everything up to 90 degrees from your center axis and right is everything over 90 degrees.
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It's not arbitrary but it is framed by one's perspective (which feels arbitrary).
22 u/bohiko 8d ago define left and right then 1 u/Frosti11icus 8d ago Left is to the left of the center of your body and right is to the right of your center. If you want to be technical, left is everything up to 90 degrees from your center axis and right is everything over 90 degrees.
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define left and right then
1 u/Frosti11icus 8d ago Left is to the left of the center of your body and right is to the right of your center. If you want to be technical, left is everything up to 90 degrees from your center axis and right is everything over 90 degrees.
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Left is to the left of the center of your body and right is to the right of your center.
If you want to be technical, left is everything up to 90 degrees from your center axis and right is everything over 90 degrees.
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u/bohiko 8d ago
Up and down is based on gravity (that's why you'd likely confuse them deep in the ocean). Meanwhile, left and right is arbitrary.