@leadore CW/CCW has one perspective issue (looking...

@leadore CW/CCW has one perspective issue (looking from the cap end, or the tip end/hole), whereas left/right has *two*: that one, plus whether you're looking at the lateral movement at the top or the bottom of the circle of motion.

I often get confused about the latter, but never the former, since I am almost always manipulating the screw from cap end, even if I'm looking at it from another angle.

Like 19 Apr 2023 at 14:02 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.art

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Lea

@eishiya I think of it as CW/CCW myself.

19 Apr 2023 at 14:06 | Open on toot.cafe

DoryTheFish 🫂∞🌈🧡

@eishiya
I also thought left and right was the direction my hand was supposed to rotate. 🫣
@leadore

20 Apr 2023 at 8:52 | Open on mentalhealth.social

eishiya

@Dorythefish When the thumb moves towards the right, the pinky moves towards the left and vice versa - one has to know which part of the circle is being described by "left"/"right" - it's usually the top.

Thinking about rotation relative to a point *outside* the axis is not intuitive for everyone, hence the preference of some for CW/CCW, or the need for a mnemonic that specifies which part is left/right.

20 Apr 2023 at 13:17 | Open on mastodon.art

DoryTheFish 🫂∞🌈🧡

@eishiya
Thank you for explaining. I have trouble remembering never considered what movement my *fingers* were doing. Never realized there were so many different perspectives to it! Again: thanks for explaining, I learned something 🙂

20 Apr 2023 at 14:56 | Open on mentalhealth.social

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