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re: Is left-handed in a left-to-right language objectively better than being right-handed?
Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:45 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:45 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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Is left-handed in a left-to-right language objectively better
No. In grade school, I was always dragging my hand through whatever I wrote and getting pencil all over it.
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Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:46 pm to the4thgen
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I am left handed. From a writing for spective its terrible because yes, you push the pen across the page which means you are pushing your hand behind the pen through the fresh ink/pencil lead and it smudges everything you write.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t you only be dragging your hand through the fresh ink/lead if you’re doing that stupid hooked-hand grip that some lefties do?
If you gripped the pencil/pen in the way righties do, your hand should be clear of any fresh ink/lead while you’re writing.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:47 pm to SammyTiger
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I mean Push something with a point call dragging it and you tell
Me
Also go write with a. Pencil with your left hand.
You alright, baw?
Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:48 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Left handed people exist for one reason only. That reason is baseball.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:49 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t you only be dragging your hand through the fresh ink/lead if you’re doing that stupid hooked-hand grip that some lefties do?
You're wrong. I write normally, like this, and it still happens.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:49 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I always wondered how lefties dont smear ink everywhere while writing.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 1:52 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Idk but I know TD hates left handed QBs
Posted on 12/20/21 at 2:08 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I’m a lefty. All my family are righties. Nobody told me that in 1st Grade my hand would get dark from having to drag it over what I had just written due to those big pencils.
As an adult, I will only use ballpoint pens. Rollerballs don’t always dry fast enough and can smear.
As an adult, I will only use ballpoint pens. Rollerballs don’t always dry fast enough and can smear.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 2:11 pm to Scoob
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no, that doesn't work.
I use pens all the time, and I beg to differ. I use Zebra pens (ok, so they aren't super nice pens
), and never have an issue with ink stains on my hand.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 2:15 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 12/20/21 at 2:15 pm to UndercoverBryologist
In a left-to-right language, left-handers don't easily see handwriting errors as their hand covers them up. Same with right-handers in a right-to-left language.
Then again, we type nearly everything on a computer keyboard so...
Then again, we type nearly everything on a computer keyboard so...
Posted on 12/20/21 at 2:28 pm to Splackavellie
Edit: wrong quote.
Hand gets dirty and tends to smear the ink.
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I don’t know. I know I always get ink on my hand when writing though.
Hand gets dirty and tends to smear the ink.
This post was edited on 12/20/21 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 12/20/21 at 2:36 pm to UndercoverBryologist
quote:No, they do the "stupid" hooked-hand grip specifically to avoid smudging what they just wrote.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t you only be dragging your hand through the fresh ink/lead if you’re doing that stupid hooked-hand grip that some lefties do?
Posted on 12/20/21 at 2:39 pm to The People
quote:Man, it seems like less hassle to just stop being wrong-handed.
In 4th grade, I invented left handed 3 hole paper. I punched holes on the right side of the paper, as all loose leaf came customarily with holes along the left side of the page.
When I started a new page, I would write on the back of a sheet that was in a binder in traditional placement with holes along the left side of a new page. Once the page was completed, I would remove the page and place it into the binder with the new holes from the right side. This returned the page to appear as though it was a traditional piece of loose leaf paper.
Used this all the way through college. Can’t even count the number of teachers and professors that I had to explain why my paper had holes on both sides.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 3:00 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Growing up, I was taught at home to write with my hand below the pen to avoid the smear factor and ignore the teacher marking off because my letters weren’t slanted properly.
It was a pain to always try to position the paper to get the desired slant so I lost the style points most of the time.
It was a pain to always try to position the paper to get the desired slant so I lost the style points most of the time.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 3:05 pm to upgrade
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Left handed people exist for one reason only. That reason is baseball.
Just my own observation, but there seem to be a lot of left handed dentists.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 3:05 pm to Bullfrog
quote:Yep, this is probably the biggest thing. When I write in cursive, everything leans to the left, because my hand is under the writing. It never looks like that aesthetically-pleasing right-lean you see, that fonts are made to resemble.
Growing up, I was taught at home to write with my hand below the pen to avoid the smear factor and ignore the teacher marking off because my letters weren’t slanted properly.
It was a pain to always try to position the paper to get the desired slant so I lost the style points most of the time.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 3:10 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Right is better do to writing. Computer keyboards do kill this.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 3:19 pm to RaisingCanesOnly
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Natural selection has selected for right handed people. Left handers
MLB would like a word with you.
Posted on 12/20/21 at 3:27 pm to Korkstand
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Man, it seems like less hassle to just stop being wrong-handed.
you say this, but a lot of left handed children end up becoming fairly ambidextrous in a lot a ways. I for one am almost completely a righty now minus writing.
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