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.
I still feel like it's kind of mean for the Sun to post this?
What if a future potential employer goes and Google's her full name and finds it in the article saying "this person literally cannot tell the difference between left and right"
Why did they do that?
i literally don't know, I just saw her name while looking for the photo, I can't be arsed to read all that because I'm higher than midair kangaroo backflip pussy
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.
I had real trouble for a long time, but I can always glance down at my hand and see the L made by my left index finger and thumb. Eventually I could see it in my head. I memorize things with visual cues somehow IDK.
I wrote so much as a child that my middle finger on my dominant hand is actually slightly deformed. Sometimes I still catch myself touching that messed up bone to remind myself which direction is which. :/
This is so bizzare to me. I can easily memorize people's phone numbers, I can remember what I did a month ago, I can learn fucking JavaScript, but remembering which is my left hand? Hardest job ever
Are you me? My scar is from breaking it in 2 places, but all the rest lines up exactly. Left handed, good sense of actual direction, and even useless advice that only makes it more confusing.
If I need to write certain single capital letters for labeling purposes there's like a 30% chance I need to look up which way the letter faces because both ways feel correct to me.
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.)
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.
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.
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)
Surprisingly, there isn't one in Korean but there is a gamma for the k/g consonance: ㄱ Wow, that's not a gamma at all. Apparently I need a tattoo of my own. Instead, Japanese once again comes to rescue with left quotation as gamma: 「
Mandarin doesn't have anything remotely like this.
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.
I'm not even dyslexic but remembering which direction a letter goes in just on its own is lowkey so hard. I'd never mess it up in normal writing but ask me what direction the letter L or R goes in, and I'll have to think for an embarrassing amount of time. Or even worse, lower case D and lower case B. I do actually mess those up if I think too hard about them. Oh and I get N confused sometimes too, but that's just because technically Russian is my native language and the Cyrillic alphabet is all kinds of fucked up.
My daughter is learning to write and gets about half her numbers backwards. After I've corrected her on a 2, a 3, and a 7, I'll look at a six and genuinely not know which way it's supposed to face.
Playstation controller prompts with L/R solved this issue for me in English, but on my main language the directions are called "Sağ/Sol" which I still sometimes get wrong
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.
I've made my own words for left and right using the image of the sun and shadows.
In Gaja 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.
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.
102 Comments
unitedwithme@lemmy.today · 128 pts · 98d
No way some tattooer wouldn't have caught this unless they're somehow just as dyslexic... Seems fake
gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 153 pts · 98d
It is edited:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2270027/left-right-tattoo-hands-student-canberra/
nialv7@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 98d
slow news day huh
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 58 pts · 98d
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.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 98d
Didn't open it huh. They show L and R correctly. Some memer is the one that swapped them.
tourist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d
I still feel like it's kind of mean for the Sun to post this?
What if a future potential employer goes and Google's her full name and finds it in the article saying "this person literally cannot tell the difference between left and right"
Why did they do that?
i literally don't know, I just saw her name while looking for the photo, I can't be arsed to read all that because I'm higher than midair kangaroo backflip pussy
Archer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
They straight up lose defamation suits, “mean” is table stakes
someguy3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 98d
News is News.
restingOface@quokk.au · 43 pts · 98d
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 pts · 96d
But why is it in Russian?
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 98d
Ah, good to know :)
daggermoon@piefed.world · 29 pts · 98d
Fuck is this shit?
stray@pawb.social · 6 pts · 98d
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 · 9 pts · 98d
They can kiss my ass.
Edce@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 97d
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 pts · 97d
ERROR! Please drink verification can.
gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 98d
Uhhh I have no idea
lyrial@anarchist.nexus · 8 pts · 98d
Holy shit what a scummy kind of pay wall. "Pay to reject personalized advertisements." No, fuck off The Sun.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 98d
Who do you think switched them as a joke?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 98d
It’s been mirrored.
unitedwithme@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 98d
Wouldn't the letters be backwards then? Or the watch on the other wrist? I feel more like "photoshopped" to be swapped
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 35 pts · 98d
It’s mirrored twice so the letters are facing the correct way.
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 98d
JoShmoe@ani.social · 1 pts · 98d
Next time just explain that.
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 98d
No it's from The Sun.
village604@adultswim.fan · -4 pts · 98d
I see you haven't met very many shitty tattoo artists. Many of them don't give a shit and will just give the client exactly what they asked for.
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 98d
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.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe · 9 pts · 98d
Right/Left Confusion is very common. I have it, too.
People like us tend to say "No, your other left."
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 98d
I had real trouble for a long time, but I can always glance down at my hand and see the L made by my left index finger and thumb. Eventually I could see it in my head. I memorize things with visual cues somehow IDK.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 98d
I try that method but then have to sit there and think about what direction L should be pointing.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 4 pts · 98d
think of it like their alphabetical order (assuming reading left to right, of course). L is left of R, R is right of L.
Townlately@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 98d
I wrote so much as a child that my middle finger on my dominant hand is actually slightly deformed. Sometimes I still catch myself touching that messed up bone to remind myself which direction is which. :/
REDACTED@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 98d
This is so bizzare to me. I can easily memorize people's phone numbers, I can remember what I did a month ago, I can learn fucking JavaScript, but remembering which is my left hand? Hardest job ever
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 98d
Have you considered getting a R tattoo on your left hand and a L tattoo on your right hand?
REDACTED@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 98d
That would unironically work since in my language L means right
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 98d
Are you me? My scar is from breaking it in 2 places, but all the rest lines up exactly. Left handed, good sense of actual direction, and even useless advice that only makes it more confusing.
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
It's entirely possible. Are you a six foot one Native American dude?
If so, like, hate to break it to you, but we might have dissociative identity disorder.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 98d
What if it's the opposite of DiD? Like it's two bodies that believe they're the same person?
coolie4@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 98d
parzival@lemmy.hkserv.space · 5 pts · 98d
That's actually why I learned to just tell
stray@pawb.social · 1 pts · 98d
If I need to write certain single capital letters for labeling purposes there's like a 30% chance I need to look up which way the letter faces because both ways feel correct to me.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 98d
Ariselas@piefed.ca · 33 pts · 98d
just make em a little thicker and it can be port and starboard
capt_wolf@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 97d
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!
rumba@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 96d
but which side??!??!?
Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 97d
Why do we need a different word for left and right when we ready have the words left and right?
Darkblue@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 97d
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 · -1 pts · 96d
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 pts · 96d
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 pts · 96d
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 pts · 96d
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 · 2 pts · 97d
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 · 32 pts · 98d
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 98d
Your left hand makes an L with your thumb and forefinger
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 98d
I'm afraid the people who struggle to tell left from right apart will also have a problem remembering which way the letter L bends
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 98d
Is the backwards L used in any languages?
atomicorange@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 98d
J
okmko@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
In Japanese, the right quotation symbol is one: 」
Surprisingly, there isn't one in Korean but there is a gamma for the k/g consonance: ㄱWow, that's not a gamma at all. Apparently I need a tattoo of my own. Instead, Japanese once again comes to rescue with left quotation as gamma: 「Mandarin doesn't have anything remotely like this.
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 98d
not that I'm aware of. Γ (gamma) is sort of like an upside down L
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 98d
Your left hand is where your thumb is on the right.
generic_computers@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 98d
...Well, the years start comin’ and they don’t stop comin’
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 98d
🎵 I was LOOKIN' kinda dumb with my FINGER and my thumb in the SHAPE of an L on my forehead 🎵
snooggums@piefed.world · 3 pts · 98d
Looks at palm of hand to check
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 98d
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.
lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d
I still hold my fingers in the L shape like I was taught as a kid to figure it out a lot of the time!
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 98d
python@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
I'm not even dyslexic but remembering which direction a letter goes in just on its own is lowkey so hard. I'd never mess it up in normal writing but ask me what direction the letter L or R goes in, and I'll have to think for an embarrassing amount of time. Or even worse, lower case D and lower case B. I do actually mess those up if I think too hard about them. Oh and I get N confused sometimes too, but that's just because technically Russian is my native language and the Cyrillic alphabet is all kinds of fucked up.
moakley@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
My daughter is learning to write and gets about half her numbers backwards. After I've corrected her on a 2, a 3, and a 7, I'll look at a six and genuinely not know which way it's supposed to face.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 96d
mirshafie@europe.pub · 1 pts · 98d
I know two people who have done the same thing. Both are blonde and named Matilda.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 98d
Righties loosies lefties tighties
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 98d
Until you get confused with reverse thread bolts.
Mangoholic@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 98d
Or Lefty losie righty tighty
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 97d
No because I remember when I learned it i said not to remember it the easy way
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 98d
Playstation controller prompts with L/R solved this issue for me in English, but on my main language the directions are called "Sağ/Sol" which I still sometimes get wrong
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 97d
To me it worked with mouse clicks. Right click does X left click does Y. The mouses right is the same as my right.
gnawmon@ttrpg.network · 5 pts · 98d
i think you got it wrong there again :p
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 98d
Which language is that? I want to check the etymology.
d00ery@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 97d
Turkish apparently
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 97d
Turkish
jbellows@piefed.social · 16 pts · 97d
I mean, if it works, it works.
looks at pic
shrugs
Right?
myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 97d
Do you mean Left?
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 97d
No, your other left
belunos@lemmus.org · 13 pts · 97d
I hate that I'm saying this, but this would be handy for my wife. Except like, correct, ya know?
nuko147@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 96d
Picture is edited. She did it right, I mean her tattoo maker wanted to get paid ofc.
belunos@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 95d
Yea, I didn't take it seriously, but my wife.. really bad at left vs right
hansolo@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 98d
Holy shit, the comments on this post have me worried for you all.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 97d
I hear that all the time.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 98d
She's a keeper
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 98d
Is she a lefty?
I had this problem for a long time because teachers saying your right hand is the one you write with.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 98d
y her thumb mad
Griffus@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 98d
Its owner has left it.
Sergio@piefed.social · 7 pts · 98d
!shittytattoos@lemmy.ca
No Ragrets
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 98d
Pobody’s Nerfect
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 97d
Cosmo and Wanda hanging out on the thumbs, you can't fool me this time
Dicska@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d
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.
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 98d
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.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 98d
Does her left thumb have a frowney face on the thumbnail?
azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 96d
It’s reft and light
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 98d
I've made my own words for left and right using the image of the sun and shadows.
In Gaja 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 · 0 pts · 97d
What about at or beyond the equator from the language's native region?
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 98d
I taught my daughter with this song and said b is left, d is right.
The Difference Between b and d | Jack Hartmann Telling b from d
gera@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 96d
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.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 98d
Nice smile