EASY WAY TO REMEMBER HOW TO USE YOUR SCREWDRIVER
[a screwdriver is unscrewing a screw by turning counter-clockwise]
The LEFT liberates the screw from its oppression
[a screwdriver is screwing a screw by turning clockwise]
The RIGHT tightens the screw’s place in the social order imposed to it
Luckily that screw on the right is reverse-threaded
Whoops, not anymore 😅
Had someone sneakily mirrored the illustration to save effort?
Now now I would never dare
“left/right” is an innapropriote concept for rotational movement.
a better one is “clock/counterclock wise”
but sure, this is just an un-mirrored meme trying to force a point.
When you are asked to turn left or right, you instinctively know where to turn your body. Now, imagine you are looking at it from above, seeing yourself from the top. When you turn left or right, your head and the rest of your body turn in a specific direction, which should be easy to visualize. That’s the same movement in which you’d turn a valve / turn a steering wheel / rotate a screwdriver when asked to turn it left or right.
And yes, memes are low effort content trying to make a point. Sounds like you expect too much from a meme.
You clearly haven’t interacted enough with screws…
When your arm is doing a J shape down the engine, you are touching the place to “see” where the screw is, and praying to not drop the screwdriver; “turning right” is a fun thought.
Now, about the meme, yessir, let’s turn some screawed-up societies left.
Works perfectly fine for me in my professional life.
There’s a reason english speakers remember it as “lefty loosy, righty tighty”. This meme is a literal translation of the technique spanish people use to remember how to screw/unscrew.
righty-tighty, lefty-libby
