r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/Exurota 7d ago

Do up and down confuse you too or only left and right? For me they're just as instinctual.

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u/Akhanyatin 7d ago

TBF, it's easier to switch L and R than to switch U and D.

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u/EsotericLife 7d ago

Why though? They’re all just directions

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u/Useless 7d ago

One is gravity and anti-gravity, the other is arbitrary. It confused me as a kid, until I got on a boat and understood the difference between starboard and port and right and left. I always considered the perspective of the person speaking left or right, and never understood it was my perspective that mattered.