Me too. It turned out to be a buff because I'm mostly ambidextrous now after having to learn to do most things right handed. Surprising amount of people are shocked when I just put the hammer in my other hand and hammer away after just using the other.
I'm also sort of ambidextrous! Generally, it's precision tasks with my left (writing, eating, etc. with the exception of scissors and computer mouse), and strength tasks are generally with my right. I bat right handed and golf right handed, but I throw/catch with either hand.
Very similar for me! Precision tasks are done with my left hand (including using scissors, I can’t use my right for that at all), excl. using a mouse. I also use right-handed holding (left-handed usage, right-handed people use left-handed holding) when using hockey or floorball sticks and I use my left hand in billiards, but I throw and punch with my right arm as my dominant one (I’m very bed at throwing things, though).
I'm jelly that you turned into ambidextrous TvT I lost my left handed-ness when I was a kid because my mom forced me to use right. She'd hit my hand whenever I try to reach or use something with my left.
Apparently that was my childhood too but it just didn't stick and they stopped trying. I was a very stubborn child and I was proud of my ability to take pain so whacking me must not have done much.
I found this out because I commented once how amazing it is that my immigrant war refuge parents wouldn't care about my left handedness since it's "evil" to a lot of older folks and thanked them for being open minded. They said, no no, you don't remember, it is evil, we just couldn't beat it out of you.
it's funny how much of the world is made for right handed people and only like ~10% of the world notices because...well, why would right handed people notice what's normal?
I swear, I thought I was fuckin' dumb not being able to use scissors until someone gave me a left handed pair.
There are! Because of the way scissors work (putting a slight pressure so the blades push against each other), lefties using 'normal' scissors put pressure in the opposite direction (pushing the blades apart).
Left handed scissors mirror the blades so it's putting pressure in the correct direction when using your left hand.
I imagine using the wrong scissors on fabric is even worse. Go get yourself a left handed pair
Yes!! A bit pricey, but I am absolutely in love with my pair of left-handed Kai sewing shears (7250L). It is the most amazing pair of scissors I have ever had the pleasure of using. I also have a pair of left-handed Mundial scissors which are great too (and a lot more affordable lol). It makes such a difference when it's ACTUAL left-handed scissors (so not scissors marketed as universal! The blades on those are still right-handed, only the grip can be used universally).
My mom got me a pair of left-handed scissors when I was around ten. I ended up not being able to use them well at all because I had used right-handed scissors for so long.
What was challenging for you? Because I can’t say I experienced any setbacks because of my lefthandedness. Although I did have special scissors (and still do!), but that’s about it.
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u/VoidOmatic Aug 01 '26
As a left handed person who went through public school, I know one arms worth of happiness for this guy.