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[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 55 points 8 months ago

Once upon a time I read a statistic that said left-handed people were more successful than righties so I taught myself to write and do all sorts of things left-handed. I'm still a fuckin loser but at least now I'm ambidextrous, so take whatever lesson you want from that

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The struggle for left-handed people like me is that you always meet tools made for right-handed people. So you have to use the right hand more like right-handed the left. This makes left-handed people more ambidextrous. Scissors are always in my right hand. As a kid I tried to learn writing with both hands at the same time, worst idea ever but it works a little bit.

Btw. Mental arithmetic is the endboss for left-handed. So don't say left-handed are more successful.

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Okay, I suppose in the future I'll do better to check my privilege. But what does mental arithmetic have to do with handedness?

[-] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Idk, but I am left handed and very bad at mental arithmetic, so based on that anecdotal evidence it checks out I think

[-] Sekoia 4 points 8 months ago

I'm left-handed and really good at it

[-] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Well that comtradicts my worldview so I am going to block you I think

[-] Sekoia 2 points 8 months ago
[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Did you visit a school in the eastside of the world?

[-] Sekoia 2 points 8 months ago

Nope, western Europe.

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Handedness has some "connections" to the use of the brain sides. One side is better for doing math and I suppose its not the one mostly used by left-handed people.

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