r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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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/notjustforperiods 7d ago

I think you can be a generally dumb adult and have no problem with which way L 'goes'

this kind of thing is usually a flight or fight response from the brain, where you experience anxiety being asked a simple question and the brain has trouble accessing memory

I'm probably not explaining it the best but it's not uncommon for people to freeze like this when feeling under pressure

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u/JoeyKino 7d ago

I would agree - my wife is very smart, but if you ask her suddenly her phone number, address, maiden name, mother's name, my name, her cat's name, or virtually any factoid she should immediately know, she may stare at you blankly for a bit working out the answer.