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Do you still do the "L" thing with your hands to check left and right? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by darthelmet@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I often do it even though I usually already know before doing it. It just feels like a habit/sanity check.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

No I've never had problems with left and right.

Compass directions get me every fucking time though. I have to cycle clockwise N E S W to remember that west is "left". If I'm in a fast-paced action packed video game and they say "head east/West" I'm going the wrong way every time.

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've actually been playing a video game with a translation that confuses east and west a lot, and because I've never had that problem it's been making me feel like I'm losing my mind.

[–] cone_zombie@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Please tell me it's not Morrowind

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Dragon quest 7

[–] Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fucking same. When I first learned compass directions, I mistakenly thought east was left and carried that habit for years and now I can't unlearn it.

But things I know others struggled with learning as children I got right away and didn't need to use any tricks to get. Like using your thumb and forefinger as the less than sign and turning your hand so it's an L for "less than". And I know some people who need to use that trick to remember which one is which as adults still.

Bizarre how the brain works.

[–] kalleboo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I still read "Never Eat Sour Watermelon" in my head to remember the order