stoicmaverick comments on Newsom is trolling Trump with his own tweets

Okay, not only do I have very specific memories of learning it the way I said, I also remember a joke from the TV show Smash that only works like that. They had a new girl to theatre and she didn't understand the stage directions and went to the wrong side. But if stage left is left from the actor's perspective, why would she have been confused? Unless they used the term house left, but I'd never heard that before now.

Is this a common misconception or something? This is seriously throwing me for a loop lol.

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[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ya. I'm with you actually. I didn't even click that link because I was 100% sure it was the other way. I did stage crew a lot in highschool, and I specifically remember that it was explained that the audience is the most important party, so their left and right take precedent.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll never make fun of people for believing Mandela effect ever (mostly joking).

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[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

You shouldn't. There's no sin in ignorance, only the willful maintenance of it.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I talked about this with my wife and they have the same recollection. Makes me wonder if it's somewhat of a regional misconception or something. My only other guess is that I remembered there was a flip involved but forgot which side it was from.

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[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Thank you fellow theater kid. I didn't realize an accurate explanation is worth so many down votes, but there you go...

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can't believe my silly tongue in cheek comment got removed, wtf? Why mods? I guess they viewed it as condescending.

They removed it for misinformation. That's really what I thought it meant. No idea how I got it wrong. I guess this is what those Mandela effect believers feel like.