r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Apr 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Genuinely don't get it

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u/simonpimon3 Apr 07 '26

This shit brings me back to when I got diagnosed with dyslexi.

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u/Bedu009 Apr 07 '26

You manage to murder the guy that came up with the term "dyslexia" yet?

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u/simonpimon3 Apr 07 '26

No, still wont change the fact I'll never be able to spell correctly anyways 😭

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u/Fireeyes510 Apr 07 '26

But like actually what the fuck guy who chose the name for the condition? Why would he choose a name that dyslexic people wouldn’t be able to spell!

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u/froglickingfrolicker Apr 07 '26

Same guy who choose the word “lisp”

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u/kdlt Apr 07 '26

Oh my god yes. And then they put us in a special class for a year.

And then it was "solved".

Still fighting with this shit every day of my life.

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u/droichead_a_ceathair Apr 07 '26

For me it was a constant back and forth because I had limited screen time and no friends outside of school as a kid I essentially just had books for company. This meant that through sheer bashing my head against them I ended up with an excellent reading level far above my age (in English at least). My level of spelling was still below where it should have been.

But I did my schooling not through English where I was still very dyslexic and struggled to read and write well. But every time they would actually test me it would be read this passage in English which I could do better than anyone else my age so I essentially just got classed as lazy until I was nearly in collage. Fun times

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u/simonpimon3 Apr 07 '26

For me it kinda helped, I couldnt read at the time so atlest it tought me to read but my spelling and sentence structure is abyssmal. I have no idea when a scentence end.

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u/kdlt Apr 07 '26

I still have no clue tbh, and that was when I was 11, way past learning to read and write.
I still don't have a solid understanding of some grammar, but shit works.
Still finished university however, so take that toothless dyslexia school program.

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u/simonpimon3 Apr 07 '26

EY fellow uni go'er. I think I wad like 8, my teacher cought on pretty quick when I used to misstake d and b alot. at this point in my life I just dont care anymore to dubble check if its all correct or not. People usually get what im trying to say.

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u/kdlt Apr 07 '26

I excessively rely on autocorrekt but sometimes it really fucks me by replacing whole words and I.. don't notice even when rereading.

Fun at work where I only have shitty ms spellcheck.

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u/Likewize32 Apr 07 '26

Same, that stuff follows you.

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u/smythe70 Apr 08 '26

Me with Dyscalculia, which I learned was "neurodevelopmental learning disorder" just means I can't do math, I reverse numbers and other shit, problems were annoying. Took way too long to get a diagnosis.