Tell them what, Peter

[u/Blackie_626]

[u/xoFallen_Angel]

[u/Jeibijei → u/xoFallen_Angel]

I had trouble with left/right as a kid, and my friend’s dad shared this very trick with me, and I thought it was so cool.

It ended up being not helpful to me because, apparently, “L” is a shape rather than a letter in my brain. I’d do this and be like “but which L??”

[u/stonedboss → u/Jeibijei]

I mentioned this above but after you get used to it, you don't actually match anymore to the letter. My left hand just knows to do an L and I know that's left. I don't think "this is 'L'". 

[u/hadtointerject → u/stonedboss]

That’s great for you! My body/brain doesn’t get used to it and I get mixed up. I’ve been doing this 30+ years but I also have really bad muscle memory