• KuroiKaze@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 hours ago

    So as a left-hander you get a small bonus to your brain from being forced to use your right hand a lot and a right-hand design world. When you buy especially left-handed made things, you actually rob yourself of that advantage of gaining that ambidexterity. So I don’t have a good hand and a bad hand. I have a fine dexterity hand in my left and a raw power hand in my right since that’s traditionally what I’ve opened doors and other things with my whole life.

    Whether or not I play a sport, with a certain hand varies by the activity

    So in baseball I throw and catch left-handed

    In ping pong and badminton and other racket sports, I can play either hand but generally I favor my right

    When boxing or doing MMA I typically take a right-handed stance because I want my precision parrying hand out front and I want my raw power hand in back

    For that reason I also shoot pool right-handed (left hand in front)

    In volleyball, I hit left-handed

    So yeah, generally I discourage my fellow Lefty brothers from doing a bunch of things to specifically accommodate themselves and instead embrace dual use that the righties will never have.

    • KuroiKaze@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Thanks to everyone who responded to this comment when it had all that poor formatting, I have subsequently gone back and fixed it

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
      41·
      6 hours ago

      Left-Handedness is a spectrum, from people who can only use their left hand.for everything, to people who only do a few things left-handed, but are naturally right handed for everything else. Then there are people like you, who can do some things lefty, some right, and some ambidextrous.

      I am fully right-handed, except that I write with my left hand. I can’t do anything else left-handed. I throw, swing a bat, play musical instruments, etc. all right handed. Yet, people see me writing, and say I’m left-handed. Even my mother, who should understand that I’m not really left-handed, tells people I’m a Lefty.

      I’m right-handed. I just write left-handed, for some unfathomable reason. That does not make me left-handed.

    • matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Same here, ambidexterity power! Though I’m regularly told “You’re not so much left-handed, it’s more like you have 2 left hands…”

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    2 days ago

    This is what it felt like to finally get an ADHD diagnosis in my 30s after raw dogging life on hard mode, and assuming I just sucked at life compared to everyone else

    “Is this what things have been like for you this whole time?”

    • Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
      14·
      2 days ago

      I got diagnosed with severe complex sleep apnea (central and obstructive). I spent a few weeks with a CPAP but not dialed into the correct pressure but after my first night of sleeping with a CPAP in the lab to get the pressure correct I woke up and went to work.

      I was confused because I felt odd, it took me 10-15 minutes standing on a forklift trying to figure out what the fuck was happening. I finally realized that I was experiencing what being awake was for the first time in my life at 32. I reintroduced myself to coworkers I had worked with for a few years because I had been in a haze for most of my life.

      • BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 day ago

        Was also in my 30s when I got diagnosed. Identical experience, I was shocked I’ve gone this long as a zombie.

    • DrivebyHaiku@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Gods this was basically what trying gender neutral pronouns was like. Figured I would give them a try, how much difference can they make?

      Wow, why does every friendship suddenly feel closer and more real? Huh, I actually can spend time with people and not feel drained? Why is my long-term skin and inflammation problems suddenly and inexplicably clear up?

      Oh wait… These health problems can be caused by stress! What else can be caused by stress (reads list)

      Oh shit. Yeah that also stopped being a problem… And this one… Wait, I don’t have joint problems as much either…

      oh shiiiiiiiit

        • DrivebyHaiku@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          wait, we don’t want to tell people to refer to us by plural pronouns, we’re weird enough.

          Get that you’re just being silly and irreverent and all and I see you… But not exactly great to imply that plural pronouns are a problem that makes you implicitly odd to other people? Just… Sayin.

          • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
            1·
            19 hours ago

            But not exactly great to imply that plural pronouns are a problem that makes you implicitly odd to other people? Just… Sayin.

            why shouldn’t we imply that we would get the exact response that we get for hinting at our identity were we to legitimately assume it instead of dance around it and let people assume we’re joking?

            • DrivebyHaiku@lemmy.caEnglish
              1·
              7 hours ago

              Because the people who respond to us that way are being assholes. Like it doesn’t matter who it comes from. Cis folk are gunna look at that and think it’s fine thing to say and keep doing it.

              We’re allowed to dream of a better world dude.

    • BeBopALouie@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      I am almost 70 and my GP says I have undiagnosed ADHD and autism. Now I cannot afford to pay for the actual testing to prove it and document it. Ironic, back when it would have been free or cheap I was the “weird kid” and later “uncle nutsy” and there were no diagnoses.

  • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
    81·
    2 days ago

    Things that also give you this sort of motivation:

    • Labelling machines;
    • New drill;
    • Air fryers;
    • Pressure washers;;
    • Chainsaws
  • Klanky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    47·
    2 days ago

    I didn’t realize scissors were ‘handed’. My right-handed privilege is showing.

    • markstos@lemmy.world
      39·
      2 days ago

      Yes, and when write with a pen or pencil on paper it’s easier to smear your work as the writing hand is trailing, not leading.

      Coffee mugs with logos have in mind which hand you hold them with.

      Insulated bottles with handles and sip lids assume righthandedness.

      One improvement has been smart watches since the screen can flip over if you switch wrists.

      • YTG123@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        1 day ago

        Yes, and when write with a pen or pencil on paper it’s easier to smear your work as the writing hand is trailing, not leading.

        Right-handed people writing right-to-left languages (there are a lot of them) can sympathize, I guess

      • nocturne@slrpnk.net
        13·
        2 days ago

        When I got my smart watch the first thing I wanted to do was add a watch face like the old Goofy lefty watches that went anti-clockwise. Thus far I have not found one.

    • Deacon@lemmy.world
      27·
      2 days ago

      I’m a lefty who made it almost half a century on this earth without realizing I could just go out and buy left handed scissors, so don’t feel too bad.

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 day ago

        i have a few pair of “good” scissors. the duck scissors. the curved creepy looking scissors. those ones are mine. the righties can use the other ones. those two pair are mine, since i can actually cut with them.

    • tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
      151·
      2 days ago

      I don’t want to try and take away your privilege but You can buy scissors that are “hand neutral.”

      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
        15·
        2 days ago

        No you cannot, though some manufacturers like to say so.

        The grips are neutral, but the blades are righty.

        Pick up some scissors and open them like you’re cutting something. You’ll see the top blade on the right and the bottom on the left. Because you’re holding them in your right hand the bottom/left blade is closer to you. This gives you a clear view of the cutting line of whatever you’re cutting. Even if you flip them it’s still true.

        For a lefty this line is blocked by the top blade.

        Lefty scissors have the blades reversed. Try a pair sometime. It’s doable but not pleasant.

      • nocturne@slrpnk.net
        13·
        2 days ago

        "Hand neutral " scissors are still right handed scissors that do not have molded finger holes for righties. They still are built backwards for a lefty. All in all they work in a pinch, but generally are garbage.

          • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
            11·
            2 days ago

            Hold your scissors like you’re cutting something. The top blade should be on the right side and the bottom edge that whatever you’re cutting rests on will be on the left facing you. This is true even if flipped.

            It would be reversed on left handed scissors. This is the important difference. It’s more common nowadays for the grips to be ambidextrous, but the blade is still an issue. Of course lefties CAN cut things with righty scissors. But try out a lefty pair sometime. You’ll find the blade blocks your view of what you’re doing. You can’t easily see the line that you’re cutting.

            • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
              5·
              2 days ago

              Interesting, hadn’t thought of anything but the grip affecting ambidextricity. I guess part of it is I don’t do precise cutting that requires me to pay attention to the blade.

              • nocturne@slrpnk.net
                14·
                2 days ago

                Even when you do not need to see exactly what you are cutting, physics of the blade orientation, and your hand movements, pull the blades apart when you use right-handed scissors in your left hand.

                As you can see, the blades on my left-handed scissors are mirrored to yours, so when I cut my hand movements push the blades together.

        • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
          8·
          2 days ago

          It’s not possible. The really important part is which blade is on which side. The grips can work for both hands but the blades are righty.

      • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        We should all work towards ending the horrors of handedness and the implied moral violence inherent in the system.

      • Echolynx@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Yeah I got a pair of these. Even as a righty, it’s nice to not have to figure out which orientation is correct before you pick it up.

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
        9·
        2 days ago

        A couple weeks ago, after more than three decades on this earth, I discovered for the first time that if I slice the butter from the other end of the stick, I can get a nice clean, straight, vertical cut. Because the butter knife is only beveled on one side.

        All my life, I’ve been slicing butter from the wrong end, and the knife has slipped off a third of the way down every time…

  • TomMasz@piefed.socialEnglish
    30·
    2 days ago

    We’ve come a long way from the days of teachers hitting left-handed kids with rulers when they tried to write with the dominant hand.

  • fodor@lemmy.zip
    13·
    2 days ago

    For me it was the opposite. Elementary school had old and dull left hand scissors. I never understood how the manufacturers could screw them up so badly, lol.

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
      1·
      2 days ago

      Growing up I always had the green left handed ones for elementary, not even sure I’ve noticed in 30+ years besides when the Xmas wrapping paper was on awkward side that I’m now just used to using right handed ones. Some issues with wrapping this recent season …

      I always played some sports different handed though was never good at either side so didn’t seem to make much of a difference but say golf clubs feel way better right handed, baseball I can never remember which one I want to throw with.

    • paks@feddit.uk
      20·
      2 days ago

      That might help for the grip, but the blades would still be right handed

      • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
        1·
        2 days ago

        I think that was their intention. The lefty is unhappy as the scissors are still almost unusable and the right handed guy has scissors that work but are uncomfortable.

        • AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          The blades are setup differently for right handed vs left handed scissors. On a right handed blade setup cutting slightly pulls the blades together thus increasing the effectiveness where as when a lefty uses them the blades will be pushed apart slightly. On top of that the blade will obscure what you are cutting if you are using the wrong handedness scissor.

  • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    Left handed rulers are also a thing, and surprisingly helpful even if you’re right handed. The scale runs from the right to the left, so if you hold it with your left hand the zero is on the stick out to the right.

  • Linktank@lemmy.today
    101·
    2 days ago

    A lefty that doesn’t know how to clench the blades is no lefty I want to associate with.

    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 days ago

      They’re life changing for us lefties. Blades are meant to be squeezed together with the force from your thumb but right handed blades are backwards for lefties, meaning will pull the blades apart when we squeeze. Not saying you don’t know this but someone might learn it!