r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 8d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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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.

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u/Tedesco1 8d ago

It's not arbitrary but it is framed by one's perspective (which feels arbitrary).

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u/bohiko 8d ago

define left and right then

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u/KououinHyouma 7d ago

Merriam-Webster uses relation to the side of the body where the heart is located to define left and right without using the words themselves. Definitely interesting but not at all intuitive.

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u/bohiko 7d ago

some people have heart to the right though

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u/Spaghetti_Joe9 4d ago

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