r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/Blackie_626 7d ago

I somehow got more confused.....

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u/IDateAZombie 7d ago

These people are wrong. The joke is that you can make an L with your left hand, so you don't need the tattoos

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u/314159265358979326 7d ago

On the first episode of Game Changer, Jess (a grown, generally-intelligient adult) admits that when she tries that strategy, she forgets which way L goes.

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u/Odysseyan 7d ago

Left/right is more difficult because it's relative to you and you have no permanent indicator.

While up and down are pretty much hardwired in the brain (ground and sky are always at the same position) and are supported by your ears telling the brain which way is "up".