Post #2984297
2026-05-14 11:23 UTC
Replies (4)
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@StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-14 13:23
I remember my dad would tell me his teachers (mean ass nuns) would make him put his knuckles on the desk and smash that shit with a ruler until he stopped using his left hand
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@notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 2026-05-14 15:02
Ah since some of us are sharing our childhood experiences with being left handed: I am ambidextrous, like many lefties. While learning to write my letters in Kindergarten (age 5 for non-US peeps), my teacher noticed that I’d switch hands when the one writing got tired. She didn’t like this at all and kept telling me that I needed to choose one. She actually made quite a stink about it so I chose my left, idk why the left specifically. I still write with my left, despite trying to retrain back to writing with both at different times in my life. I feel like a mini superpower was taken from me. Interestingly enough, I’ve noticed that my large motor skills are best used with my right side (arm, leg, hand), and my small motor skills with the left. I think it’s a leftover from being truly ambidextrous, or it may be common amongst left handed people. Idk…the very few others I’ve asked seem to be left handed/sided exclusively.
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@Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2026-05-14 18:25
Looks like another victim of leaded gas. /s
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@glibg10b@lemmy.zip 2026-05-14 16:06
Was this survey taken among alive people? If so, it might be subject to survivorship bias. Left-handed people might die earlier on average.