• RBWells@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    You know this has always confused the fuck out of me. You are going around a circle, how is there left and right? There is up-and-left, down-and-left, either way is left. If I am starting on the right of the circle (assuming I’m looking at it) which way is right? Up or down?

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      1 month ago

      Imagine it like a car steering wheel.

      You’d say turning the wheel to the right turns the car right.

      Think of it like this. Like your hand is holding on the top of the steering wheel.

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      1 month ago

      This has always annoyed me too. I know why it works, but it’s clockwise and counter-(or anti-)clockwise. If you were turning from the bottom, left and right are mixed up. Maybe it’s just too hard to come up with a phrase using those terms?