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[-] als 84 points 3 days ago
[-] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 days ago

The number of left-handed people increased due to the trauma of WW1 and WW2. No more increase since wars have stopped in the world. Amazing.

[-] als 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Is there evidence that trauma causes left-handedness? I'd always heard that this was due to people no longer being punished for being left-handed, making it a good comparison for people fearmongering about rising rates of recorded transness or autism.

That would also imply that the trauma of ww1+2 are continuing to make people born in the 90s and 2000s left handed

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, its a quantum epigenetic resonance effect. I can sell you some crystals to treat it, if you like.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago

I would like 4 epigenetic resonator crystals to go, please. Please make sure they are chock full of orgone.

So much orgonne.

[-] ugo@feddit.it 5 points 3 days ago

Orgone! We don’t need no stinking or when we got !(!a and !b)!

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

But that’s what ‘orgone’ means, ‘or gone’. Which I support, because fsck Boolean operators.

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It’s a joke that the rise in left handedness correlated to the time period of the war. It’s just pointing out a spurious correlation, and falsely equating the two.

Either you just whooshed really hard, or I am by posting this. I genuinely can’t tell if this is sarcasm.

[-] als 2 points 3 days ago

Oh I couldn't tell that the comment I was replying to was being sarcastic, I'm a tad autistic.

[-] princessnorah 5 points 3 days ago

I think that poster is wrong by attributing it all to the war, but what they're implying with trauma is physical trauma causing the non-functioning, or requiring the amputation, of a right-handed person's right hand. Probably a lot more acceptable to be left-handed when your right one has been blown off and all.

[-] Cavemanfreak@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago

I'm pretty sure it was just a joke about correlation and causation.

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago

Yeah butvwe cant bully them now and that makes me sad.

[-] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago

Yep, my older friend tells me often that he used to be left handed, but his parents forced him to become right handed by either beating him whenever he used his left hand or by tying up his left hand to his side for long periods of time, just to force him to use his right hand.

Still does certain stuff with his left hand, but he can no longer write with it, since it is too shaky now.

isn't shakyness a typical symptom of PTSD?

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That’s a great analogy.

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