Fujisan 535 Posted September 20 I am sure I have asked this before but recently I have been disappointed by just how few left handed people I know. I started asking my customers and out of 20 so far just one is a !efty..... I am a proud lefty please tell me I am not the. only one..... I would love to know who you are especially if you play the games.. Stand up and be counted lefties... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xiongmao 24 Posted September 21 5 hours ago, Fujisan said: I am sure I have asked this before but recently I have been disappointed by just how few left handed people I know. I started asking my customers and out of 20 so far just one is a !efty..... I am a proud lefty please tell me I am not the. only one..... I would love to know who you are especially if you play the games.. Stand up and be counted lefties... What a sinister thing to say! (PS I'm right-handed) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wakawakawaka 217 Posted September 21 Ahoy, Kale of GTB here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athenayama 1,195 Posted September 21 It's scientifically proven that left handers are the smartest, that's why we are fewer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 4,077 Posted September 21 Well, I guess no one else is left! (Thank you very much. Please don't tip your waitress -- this is Japan). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 535 Posted September 21 17 hours ago, Jakusotsu said: 11 hours ago, Wakawakawaka said: Ahoy, Kale of GTB here. 9 hours ago, Athenayama said: It's scientifically proven that left handers are the smartest, that's why we are fewer. Welcome fellow lefties to my honour society for left handed people and our batt!e cry of "LEFTIES HAVE RIGHTS TOO" Any more! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 535 Posted September 21 12 hours ago, Xiongmao said: What a sinister thing to say! (PS I'm right-handed) Who asked you Righty? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sakura 1,524 Posted September 21 My cat is left-pawed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 535 Posted September 23 On 21/09/2025 at 20:15, Sakura said: My cat is left-pawed. Your cat can join then but he leaves his owner behind..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gospodin 268 Posted September 23 Right-hander here. I am from a country where left-handers of my generation (X), particular in backward country regions were still forced to learn to write with their right hand ("use the nice hand"), hold cutlery like a right-hander, etc. Thankfully that had died out by the mid-eighties. Did some of you have had such experience ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athenayama 1,195 Posted September 23 53 minutes ago, Gospodin said: I am from a country where left-handers of my generation (X), particular in backward country regions were still forced to learn to write with their right hand ("use the nice hand"), hold cutlery like a right-hander, etc. They tried with me when I was a kid. They should have known better..... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 6,392 Posted September 23 54 minutes ago, Gospodin said: Did some of you have had such experience ? Not by myself, I was lucky growing up in the 70s when there were already left-hand fountain pens available. But my 20 years older sister suffered immensely and allegedly still does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganzohnesushi 547 Posted September 23 Using left hand for table tennis, left foot for football, left hand for javelin throwing, but...... writing with the right hand or throwing a discus always with the right hand. Gladly I was never told that left is wrong. Alright. Ganzohnesushi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gospodin 268 Posted September 23 (edited) Little of a mixture here as well. Always used my left foot for football. Though (extreme) right-hander, I learned to use my left hand for bow-shooting, because for whatever reason, my left eye is dominant. Oddly in other sports like table tennis or baseball that was an advantage. But when it came to calmly aim at something - no chance using my right as leading hand. But apologies if I veered off-topic here. Edited September 23 by Gospodin addition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 6,392 Posted September 24 By the way, I'm still using the very same pair of scissors my parents bought me 50 years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athenayama 1,195 Posted September 24 9 hours ago, Gospodin said: But apologies if I veered off-topic here. Behing off topic in an off topic thread ? Nonsense ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 535 Posted September 24 19 hours ago, Gospodin said: Right-hander here. I am from a country where left-handers of my generation (X), particular in backward country regions were still forced to learn to write with their right hand ("use the nice hand"), hold cutlery like a right-hander, etc. Thankfully that had died out by the mid-eighties. Did some of you have had such experience ? I never had that problem but my mam always said I was cack(Spelling?) handed and I notice lefties often are not tidy writers...(I'm not and neither Is my friend Wayne( left handed) is aswell... Maybe the other lefties can say if I am right on that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 6,392 Posted September 24 I used to write very neat when I still did Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 4,077 Posted September 24 20 hours ago, Jakusotsu said: Not by myself, I was lucky growing up in the 70s when there were already left-hand fountain pens available. But my 20 years older sister suffered immensely and allegedly still does. And later there was the additional disadvantage of being your sister. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gospodin 268 Posted September 25 (edited) On 24/09/2025 at 06:47, Jakusotsu said: By the way, I'm still using the very same pair of scissors my parents bought me 50 years ago. One of those cute plastic ones with thin sheet metal strips glued on as blades ? Edited September 25 by Gospodin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 535 Posted September 25 On 23/09/2025 at 19:51, Ganzohnesushi said: Using left hand for table tennis, left foot for football, left hand for javelin throwing, but...... writing with the right hand or throwing a discus always with the right hand. Gladly I was never told that left is wrong. Alright. Ganzohnesushi I do everything left handed but my friend Wayne plays Pool/Snooker right handed for some reason... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hankegami 598 Posted September 25 (edited) A bit late to the party but I guess showing up late is better than not showing up at all. Lifetime left-handed. Millennial generation (so a bit younger than some here), so I was never pressured to be 'corrected'. However, the stigma was not 100% gone in 1990s Italy. My mom did actually consider to 'correct' me - not because of her personal beliefs but for social stigma, really -, but my kindergarten teachers convinced her it was outright stupid. Lots of help also came from my grandfather (her dad), an old-fashioned Catholic but who completely welcomed me with my left hand and all. He really taught me to tell religiosity and superstition apart. I was never exposed much to left-handed tailored items, though. More than anything else, I learned to work out with standard right-handed devices. For example, I use the front office's main computer mouse at my work - set for the right-handed - with my left hand. I just click the main button with my ring finger instead than with my index, and vice versa. Edited September 25 by Hankegami 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benihana 1,972 Posted September 25 Good, good...more people for "the list"...*MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA* (and imagine some thunder in the background ^^) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wakawakawaka 217 Posted September 26 On 24/09/2025 at 09:08, Fujisan said: I never had that problem but my mam always said I was cack(Spelling?) handed and I notice lefties often are not tidy writers...(I'm not and neither Is my friend Wayne( left handed) is aswell... Maybe the other lefties can say if I am right on that Part of that might be to due with smudging issues writing left to right as a left hander, the hand goes immediately over the letters just written. On that issue I'm sensing multiple potential layers of irony involving Arabic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
