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[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
[–] belunos@lemmus.org 10 points 6 days ago

I hate that I'm saying this, but this would be handy for my wife. Except like, correct, ya know?

[–] jbellows@piefed.social 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, if it works, it works.
looks at pic
shrugs
Right?

[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, your other left

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago

Cosmo and Wanda hanging out on the thumbs, you can't fool me this time

[–] gera@feddit.nu 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The earliest memory of me playing a video game was some kids game where you had to water flowers to the left, right, etc. I remember being confused by it so I wrote left and right (or rather some scribblings) on a piece of paper so I could use it as reference.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

In the time and country I grew up, almost everyone had the same Converse style trainers at school for gym class. I thought I would mark mine to prevent mixing them with the rest, so I put my initials on the front: first initial on the left, second on the right. When I was done, I looked down at my feet and realised I had just written (the equivalent of) L and R on the according sides. Not smort.

[–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

It’s reft and light

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've made my own words for left and right using the image of the sun and shadows.

On Earth we can see that shadows moves in one direction. We can call this direction sunwise. We can call the other other direction counter. So in fern to determine whether what is sunwise and counter, we have to know a little bit about the sun.

In this image, we can say that the hitten, that which is being hit, will always see their shadow move sunwise. The opposite direction would be counter.

[–] rcbrk@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

What about at or beyond the equator from the language's native region?

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

The word right comes from Old English "right hand" meaning the correct hand. Whereas left means weak.

Think of how most people are right handed, or "correct" handed. They usually use their correct hand, not their weak hand.

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 104 points 1 week ago (9 children)

No way some tattooer wouldn't have caught this unless they're somehow just as dyslexic... Seems fake

[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 110 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 51 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The Sun is trash. They will straight up lie to post stories like this and they thrive on people sharing them on social media. Same with Daily Mail and other British rags. It is a very successful tactic. These stories seem to get a lot of mileage online.

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[–] restingOface@quokk.au 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow yeah, I found the original, and you can see the L is on the left and R is on the right:

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

But why is it in Russian?

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Ah, good to know :)

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] stray@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It wants to play a video which has DRM protection, so it wants to know stuff about you in case the DRM should block your access to the video.

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 8 points 6 days ago

They can kiss my ass.

[–] Edce@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I got: "Verifying your device, please wait. Verification failed. Please try again" behind a vpn.

They can go eat a bag of dicks.

[–] Nugscree@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

ERROR! Please drink verification can.

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[–] coolie4@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Them: just make an L with your fingers for left

Me as a kid: shit... Why can't I remember which way L faces!?

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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (10 children)

To this day I have problems telling left from right.

I will go the correct direction when I'm driving, and point the correct direction, but I will often say the wrong direction.

One friend tried to help me by telling me that "Right is the hand that you write with", but I'm left-handed.

Fortunately, I have a massive scar on my arm from where my arm was shattered into three places, and that scar is on my right arm, so every time I'm about to tell someone directions, I end up tapping the scars on my arms until I find the correct scar, and then I know that direction is right so I can point in the right direction.

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[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

just make em a little thicker and it can be port and starboard XymBVbCXkA22HiW.jpg

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah, all need to do for that is remember the port and left are both four letter words.

Front = Bow, fore

Back = Stern, aft

If you don't get it right, I'll throw your ass out the little round window on the side!

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why do we need a different word for left and right when we ready have the words left and right?

[–] Darkblue@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because port/starboard refers to the left/right side of the ship, regardless how the person orientated. If you are facing the front of the ship, then yes, port = left. If you are facing the back of the ship, port = right. So it is very handy to have words that always refer to the same part of the ship.

(All the other terms, like front/bow and stern/rear, who cares? I dunno.)

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If I turn my head around and look backwards the right and left side of my body don't change. It's always in relation to the front of me.

If I referred to something being on the right side or left side of my car, anyone would know which side I meant.

[–] Darkblue@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

In a car, sure, since 99% of the seats face the front. Same for an airplane. Left is left, right is right.

How would you do that with for instance a classic rowboat? Then your left is on the right side, no matter how you turn your head?

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

your car also has a left and right side / driver's right and driver's left, mechanics are often looking at the engine bay from the front looking back so left is their right.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Actually the sides of a car would be referred to as the driver and the passenger sides of the car, but if I said left and right side everyone would know what I was talking about.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I never really understand nautical terms. Wall? No, that's a bulkhead. Port, left, starboard, right. Bow, front, aft, rear. There are so many more, and I truly believe it is just to show who's a sailor and who isn't. (I also enjoy every time Dresden makes fun of this then slowly starts to do it himself)

[–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago
[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Your left hand makes an L with your thumb and forefinger

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

My wife has a freckle on her right hand. It's the only way she can tell left from right. Ask her for directions and watch her eyes check the back of her hands.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Righties loosies lefties tighties

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or Lefty losie righty tighty

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

No because I remember when I learned it i said not to remember it the easy way

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