posted in Asklemmy
Do you still do the "L" thing with your hands to check left and right?
I often do it even though I usually already know before doing it. It just feels like a habit/sanity check.
Replying to @darthelmet@lemmy.world
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.
Replying to @yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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.