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Just an observation. but I've noticed that most right handed people never take notice towards lefties.
Being a lefty myself, i notice it right away, and I'll say something to the tune of. sweet, you are a lefty too.

So, I'm just wondering are there any other lefty's out there, and have you ever had a problem being a lefty?

TristanNuvo 8 Aug 8
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I write , swing a hammer and a baseball bat with my right hand . BUT ,I use both hands equally for other things such as :texting, tools,eating...everything else!

I wish I could do that. I am all lefty.

I throw things with my right too!

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The stigma of being left handed has a long illustrious history (Not). I don't care if you put your left or right hand out; I'll always shake your hand with the appropriate hand -- no hesitation.

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I am a leftie!

Lefties, are the best. 🙂

@TristanNuvo ☺️ and you know what's even better? Since it's a right-handed world, overtime even Lefties learn how to use their right hand with many different tools. So we become ambidextrous. I'm Amazed! Just about the only thing I can't do with my right hand is deal cards.

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We don't say anything when we spot a sinistral because it's rude to point out disabilities.

I actually tend to notice southpaws because my sister is one and I love teasing her about it. All in good fun, of course. I don't flat out tell her to her face that she's inferior and bound for Hell.

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I grew up in a family of six, left-handed, highly intelligent, hilarious musicians and artists.

My daughter is left-handed, as is her father.

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I’m a weird lefty. I write and use my fork with my left hand. This latter could be due to European silverware training from my German mother. I say that in part because I do everything else right handed: throw, punch, point, count, etc. I’m not ambidextrous. Maybe I’m bi-dextrous?

I'm a little like that too. i do everything lefty except I'm right footed, and I play guitar righty too.

@TristanNuvo I played bass right handed as well.

@ejbman It just made sense to me to play that way. All of my dexterity is in my left hand, so it was really easy picking up how to play.

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I have four sisters, two are left left handed. My father was ambidextrous. I notice lefties right away. The most curious thing to me was that both of my left handed sisters are dyslexic.

I'm the only lefty in my entire family from my grand parents, down to my cousins.
Ironically though, quite a few of my nieces, and nephews are lefties.
Not sure where that came from though.
I'm a bit dyslexic as well.

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I am a lefty, too...never really paid much attention, but I do like to sit so I don't bump others when I eat...I don't write left handed all the time, so maybe that is why I don't get noticed or notice others...people do notice that I wear a watch on my right wrist...

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I am a true oddity, a natural righty who was taught to use my left hand for writing. I had a really overexcitable kindergarten teacher who saw me switching hands while writing and decided I was left handed. She spent to school year making sure I only used my left hand to write and it stuck.

I only noticed in my late teens/early twenties that I do things like catch a ball/use a knife with my right hand. I also found that I draw organic shapes better with my left hand and geometric shapes better with my right.

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I'm left-handed. No real problems to speak of. I do a few odd things that right-handed people don't do - i.e. Spiral bound notebooks - I start from the back so the spiral is on the right (writing on the back of each page).

Like many, I prefer to not sit at a dining table right next to a right-handed person on my left.

Otherwise, I get along in this world, albeit with ink smeared on the outside of my hand (pinky side).

I've adapted in many ways - I use a right side mouse, and for actions that take strength over fine motor skills, I use my right hand/arm.

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I haven't seen a Lefty in a looonngg time, is that lack of awareness or none in the circle of people. Who knows? I consider myself very aware of my surroundings

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I notice people are left handed when they go to write something. As a right handed person, I think it looks awkward! The other time I notice is watching golf on TV, Phil Mickelson for instance, it looks completely wrong to me. I know that is just my perception, and that it is completely natural for lefties.

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I've long paid attention to it as the nerves on the writing side of a person's neck/ear/back are often the most sensitive. Don't expect to get the same reaction out of me on the left side as my right. (I'm right handed)
So I try to take note 🙂

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I really only notice it when I am sitting down for a meal. I know that we will bump elbows, so I ask where they would prefer to sit. Otherwise, I look to see (out of curiosity) whether someone who I see is very intelligent is left-handed.

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I am right handed and definitely notice. Just recently I noticed that a coworker who I was pretty sure is left-handed writing with her right.

I said something, and she just.nonchalantly said, "I do that sometimes, but I usually do write with my left."

JimG Level 8 Aug 9, 2018
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My middle brother is a lefty, and I still remember my dad reaming out an early teacher who tried to force him into writing with his right hand. This bro was good at sports(played softball, football, tennis), and builds exquisite furniture as a hobby.
I usually notice, and comment. I notice it in actors, etc, too.

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Of course it's difficult being left-handed in a right-handed world.

I read that left-handers die seven years before right-handers, on average. I think it's from all the ink we absorb while dragging our hand across the page. Or from being curled up like shrimp in those awful right-handed desks in schools.

Daily struggles:

  1. Banks hate us: attached pens are on the right.

  2. Spiral notebooks.

  3. Kitchen tools from ice cream scoops to can openers.

  4. Medieval torture devices: right-handed desks.

  5. Mugs don't care about us.

  6. Painful right-handed scissors give us blisters.

  7. Video games are unplayable.

  8. Upside-down measuring tapes.

  9. Left-handed pinking shears cannot be sharpened, not even at the factory.

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I am a righty but pay attention to handedness on tv. I swear there are more left-handed actors than people in the general population.

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