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my brain hurts (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by beforan@lemm.ee to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] thedoginthewok@lemmy.world 127 points 2 years ago

It's easy to understand, when you turn the brackets into readable characters.
o for opening bracket (
c for closing bracket )

So ()() would be ococ, which is coco backwards and clearly not a palindrome.

())( would be occo, which is a palindrome.

[–] nightdice@feddit.de 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The brackets example is the one I use to drill into people's heads that it has nothing to do with visual symmetry

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I guess to make it more relatable it could be better as

db db // db bd

My brain defaulted to assuming it was a programming reference

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Meanwhile in my brain:

))<>((

[–] mich_iel@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago

back and forth.... forever

[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

In my brain, "first one looks like boobs 👍"

[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Unintentional Goatse?

[–] kenoh@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

thanks, satan.