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[-] Reyali@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

At one point in my childhood, my dad made the comment, “Women don’t know compass directions.” I took offense to that and made a point to learn them to prove him wrong.

I felt vindicated in high school when he was coming to pick me up from a friend’s house and said, “I’m at the gas station. Do I go left or right?” I told him there were several gas stations on the way, and asked which direction he was facing to figure out which one he was by. He couldn’t tell me and finally hung up on me in a huff.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When you're lost, walk downhill, or downstream, until you reach the sea, or a McDonalds.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you reach an Arby's, you've gone the wrong way, crawl back into the wilderness, it's safer there.

[-] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's that way right where I'm pointing

[-] Nexy 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] WereCat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's easy. When you imagine south as a north being on the top then west is on the east side from it.

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[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Opposite to the east.

[-] fixerdude2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have problems telling right from left. At least I'm the moment, if I take my time I can tell.

But I almost always know my cardinal directions

[-] brey1013@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you extend your thumb and first finger, the L shape that is the correct way around is on your left hand.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I know when I have time to think about it.

It's just when people say: 'go left here' or me throng to indicate direction in a split second that my change of getting it right reduced to 50%. My brain doesn't grok that left right isn't absolute but related to orientation.

[-] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Just remember that port is a 4 letter word and so is left. So left is port and right is starboard.

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[-] lugal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

What helped me as a kid is imagine to write. That's my left hand and than I know which is which without thinking too consciously (in case you're right handed, it's the other way around obviously).

But interesting that you know absolute directions easily. That's a cultural thing actually. I think Australian Aborigines will say things like "my western foot hurts" because it's more intuitive for them that way.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

If I think for it for s second I know, I'll think about my dominant hand too (although my dominant feet is on the opposite side so I don't have a clear dominant side).

Yeah the aboriginal method seems way more intuitive to me, yet it probably won't replace the left right system anytime soon :p

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[-] Odd_so_Star_so_Odd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

All roads lead to East New Westersouth.

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
  • N - front
  • S - back
  • E - right
  • W - left
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