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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?

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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?

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The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.

So does each language have a fun mnemonic?

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    The Right Hand Rule (RHR). Point the thumb of your right hand in the direction you want something to go. Curl your fingers. That is the direction of rotation. Translate to any language which has hands.

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      I guess I’m an idiot because I don’t understand lmao

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        Your thumb is an arrow pointing at where you want the screw to go. After you curl your fingers, your fingers are arrows showing the direction to turn the screw

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          Got it!

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      I know how to turn a wrench. Knowing the direction is the difficult part. Especially on toilets.

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      The only thing I don’t like about this is the implication of a left hand rule for left hand threads, which makes my E&M physics brain sad

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        Multliply bu -1. Same as with negative charge

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          Right, for a paper physics problem. Try telling someone to multiply their hand by -1.

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            Flip your hand over

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              pysic

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