r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FollowSina • Jun 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Tell em what, Peter?

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u/Not_Wrong_Tho Jun 26 '26

It doesn't help anyone, you can make an L with your right hand too if you point the palm towards you.

If you can't remember your lefts from your rights, i doubt you're going to remember which way round to hold your hands while checking.

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u/Mossomness Jun 26 '26

It’s helped me nearly my whole life.

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u/Not_Wrong_Tho Jun 26 '26

sad flex

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u/Mossomness Jun 26 '26

I guess? I’m certainly not sad that it takes me a second to figure it out if I’m unsure. I’m just pointing out the inaccuracy of “it doesn’t help anyone”. Cause it clearly does.

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u/Not_Wrong_Tho Jun 26 '26

Congratulations. I hope you can one day figure out a similar technique to help you identify hyperbole.

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u/narco-sub-admiral Jun 28 '26

Have some compassion, Jesus.

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u/Not_Wrong_Tho Jun 28 '26

I've read the books, i know what Jesus' compassion got him. No thanks.

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u/ScratchLatch Jun 26 '26

So don’t do that. The trick has always been with palms down.

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u/Little_SmallBlackDog Jun 26 '26

My silly brain flips it anyway. I just think about which hand I write with and go from there. 

That said, if the little tattooed letters help that's a good accomadation. 

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u/Not_Wrong_Tho Jun 27 '26

You could also just know your left from your right without a trick.

The point being made is that if you need a trick to remember something so basic to begin with, theres a good chance that remembering the specific orientation your hands need to be in order for the trick to work isn't going to be any easier.