I know the difference between left and right, but sometimes it takes a few seconds for my brain to find the answer.

  • Kuma@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was like that for many many years (maybe 20?) then suddenly I never had problems with it. What I did back then was going in for a hand shake then I knew what was right. And the more I did it the less obvious I had to do the shake. I don’t know if this is why I don’t need to do it anymore but now days I am amazed by it instead every time because of how bad I was at it for so long.

  • Ergifruit [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    index finger and thumb on your left hand looks like an ‘L’. that’s the only way i can tell. someone taught me that in karate class as a kid and it’s saved my ass almost every day since.

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    1 year ago

    I used to. Here is how I resolved it. Left starts with ‘L’. I 'L’ike ‘L’ a lot more than ‘R’. So, I started liking left more. When someone says left, I think, “Oh, the side that I like.” If they say right, then I think, “Oh, the side I like less.”

    • Ash@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I do the same thing. This always got me yelled at in elementary school because my teachers thought I didn’t know the difference.

  • keeb420@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    yeah. as a teen learning to drive my mom asked me what direction i should turn out a parking lot, i pointed left, meant left, and said right. and then felt as smart as a box of rocks.

  • Cmmndrkn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I got L and R tattooed on my (correct) thumbs to use as quick reference. They’re incredibly useful.

    • Ash@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      No way that’s so fucking cool! I would’ve never thought about doing that lol

  • Fardels Bear@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have to think about it for a moment. Port and starboard are easy because because port has the same number of letters as left, so starboard has to be right. But I don’t live on a boat, and even if I did, I’d still have to get the left and right thing straight.

  • UnicornKitty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My grandmother was famous for this, and my family made fun of me for having a lot of her “weird” traits. Guess the jokes on them, since I’m positive I got it from my dad (his mom).