Lefty or Righty?

[evo-lution ßÄЯ]

So give me your answers i am wondering!

[A. Cannon 1st MRB]

Can't help to think this is kinda dirty to ask a bunch of dudes on the internet.

[Gearhart 1st MRB]

i chose both

[Viktor]

Im right handed.

[Cribari]

I use my right hand 95% of the time the other 5% is my left hand when i get bored with my right and want something new.

Edited August 13, 2013 by Cribari 1st MRB

[Willow 1st MRB]

i'm a south paw XD

[Parker 1st MRB]

I use my right hand 95% of the time the other 5% is my left hand when i get bored with my right and want something new.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Cribari ruined the thread. I'm out.

[Bradley 1st MRB]

Do everything with my left, the right is just for show.

[Kabasares]

Righty, then broke a bone in my right hand, and became semi-ambidextrous.

[A. Cannon 1st MRB]

This is my left hand. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

It depends on what I'm doing, but I'm mainly a righty.

[Kirkendall 1st MRB]

Augustus Caesar was left-handed, and so am I.

[evo-lution ßÄЯ]

Can't help to think this is kinda dirty to ask a bunch of dudes on the internet.

I was going to ask what hand you use to masturbate but there are ladies present!

[Cribari]

my mouse is ambidextrous

[Parker 1st MRB]

5 Reasons Being Left-Handed Screws You for Life

1. They're More Likely to Go Insane. Left-handed people make up only 10 percent of the population as a whole, they compose a full 20 percent of schizophrenics. If you like those odds, you should know that left-handedness is also associated with dyslexia, ADD and some mood disorders.

2. They'll Die Sooner. Studies have shown that the number of left-handers who make it to old age is drastically lower than the number of their right-handed peers. In short, lefties tend to check out earlier. Why? Well, for one, lefties just have more accidents. Lots more accidents. One study surveying nearly 2,000 college students found that lefties report far more accidents than righties, especially car accidents. And another study of around 1,000 people living in Southern California showed that the risk of getting into a fatal accident was nearly six times higher if you were left-handed, and the risk of getting into a deadly car crash was four times higher. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was also found that right-handed people usually make it through nine more birthdays than left-handers.

3. They're Screwed at School. If you think about it, it's kind of surprising that left-handers are as emotionally balanced as they are. Right out of the box, left-handed kids realize the world wasn't quite made for them. At school, they do worse on timed exams and suffer awful back and neck cramps in the process. Why? Freaking right-handed desks. And scissors. And everything else.

4. They're More Easily Scared. They did a study to test left- and right-handers on their tolerance for terrifying shit (because torturing people weaker than themselves seems to be all scientists do these days) and forced a test group to watch a gruesome eight minutes of The Silence of the Lambs. They then measured the emotional response. What they found was that reactions differed depending on which hand the subjects used to cover their eyes during the gory bits. Right-handers were usually able to recount details of the entire scene they just watched, while lefties were more likely to give fragmented accounts. More surprising, left-handers actually tended to exhibit subtle symptoms of PTSD. It gets even worse: Studies agree that the opposite-side dominance in lefties tends to make them more inhibited, spending hours making basic decisions and then worrying that they've made the wrong call.

5. Hating Them Is Ingrained in Our Culture. Left-handers in the Western World are kind of lucky that they only need to worry about annoyingly awkward tools. In certain parts of Africa, Europe and much of the Far East, it's actually offensive to do anything with your left hand besides wipe your ass. For this and other reasons, the left hand is considered unclean and carries a cultural stigma. This makes being left-handed especially perilous in social situations, since waving hello or (God forbid) trying to shake another's hand with your left is akin to dick-slapping them in the face.Even in countries without strict social codes for wiping, the language of the left has always had negative connotations. A backhanded compliment, when you deliver an insult disguised as flattery, is also known as a "left-handed compliment." Even the dictionary defines being left-handed as something that implies being "clumsy and awkward." And this goes back a long way. The word "left" derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "lyft," which meant "weak." And "sinistra," the Latin for "left," is also where we get the word "sinister." "Gauche," which we use to refer to a social faux pas, is actually French for "left." And in the Akan language of Ghana, to say that someone has "slept on his left side" is a euphemism for death. Why do you think your partner in crime is your "right-hand man?" It's because the guy on your left can't be trusted.

[A. Cannon 1st MRB]

I love this haha. Can we have the official sources? Edited August 13, 2013 by Cannon 1st MRB

[Cribari]

5 Reasons Being Left-Handed Screws You for Life

1. They're More Likely to Go Insane. Left-handed people make up only 10 percent of the population as a whole, they compose a full 20 percent of schizophrenics. If you like those odds, you should know that left-handedness is also associated with dyslexia, ADD and some mood disorders.

2. They'll Die Sooner. Studies have shown that the number of left-handers who make it to old age is drastically lower than the number of their right-handed peers. In short, lefties tend to check out earlier. Why? Well, for one, lefties just have more accidents. Lots more accidents. One study surveying nearly 2,000 college students found that lefties report far more accidents than righties, especially car accidents. And another study of around 1,000 people living in Southern California showed that the risk of getting into a fatal accident was nearly six times higher if you were left-handed, and the risk of getting into a deadly car crash was four times higher. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was also found that right-handed people usually make it through nine more birthdays than left-handers.

3. They're Screwed at School. If you think about it, it's kind of surprising that left-handers are as emotionally balanced as they are. Right out of the box, left-handed kids realize the world wasn't quite made for them. At school, they do worse on timed exams and suffer awful back and neck cramps in the process. Why? Freaking right-handed desks. And scissors. And everything else.

4. They're More Easily Scared. They did a study to test left- and right-handers on their tolerance for terrifying shit (because torturing people weaker than themselves seems to be all scientists do these days) and forced a test group to watch a gruesome eight minutes of The Silence of the Lambs. They then measured the emotional response. What they found was that reactions differed depending on which hand the subjects used to cover their eyes during the gory bits. Right-handers were usually able to recount details of the entire scene they just watched, while lefties were more likely to give fragmented accounts. More surprising, left-handers actually tended to exhibit subtle symptoms of PTSD. It gets even worse: Studies agree that the opposite-side dominance in lefties tends to make them more inhibited, spending hours making basic decisions and then worrying that they've made the wrong call.

5. Hating Them Is Ingrained in Our Culture. Left-handers in the Western World are kind of lucky that they only need to worry about annoyingly awkward tools. In certain parts of Africa, Europe and much of the Far East, it's actually offensive to do anything with your left hand besides wipe your ass. For this and other reasons, the left hand is considered unclean and carries a cultural stigma. This makes being left-handed especially perilous in social situations, since waving hello or (God forbid) trying to shake another's hand with your left is akin to dick-slapping them in the face.Even in countries without strict social codes for wiping, the language of the left has always had negative connotations. A backhanded compliment, when you deliver an insult disguised as flattery, is also known as a "left-handed compliment." Even the dictionary defines being left-handed as something that implies being "clumsy and awkward." And this goes back a long way. The word "left" derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "lyft," which meant "weak." And "sinistra," the Latin for "left," is also where we get the word "sinister." "Gauche," which we use to refer to a social faux pas, is actually French for "left." And in the Akan language of Ghana, to say that someone has "slept on his left side" is a euphemism for death. Why do you think your partner in crime is your "right-hand man?" It's because the guy on your left can't be trusted.

what about people who are ambidextrous?

[Dawson 1st MRB]

I usually use my left, my right hand is for my butthole.

[Goodwin 1st MRB]

I put both.

Largely left-handed here, however I've broken that hand to the point of needing surgery twice (once MX related, once stupidity related); during college I needed to write, so I quickly taught myself to write with my right hand.

Interestingly enough, I also golf and bat right handed, but throw left handed, bowl left handed and do most other things leftie.

In baseball when I bat leftie I tend to be far more powerful, but I'm far more consistent batting right.

[Kabasares]

Interestingly enough, I also golf and bat right handed, but throw left handed, bowl left handed and do most other things leftie.

In baseball when I bat leftie I tend to be far more powerful, but I'm far more consistent batting right.

I threw right-handed but I was the opposite when it came to hitting. Lefty = Contact. Righty = Power. Guess that just comes with being right handed for the most part of your life.

Edited August 14, 2013 by Kabasares 1st MRB

[A. Cannon 1st MRB]

Thank you

[Kirkendall 1st MRB]

We are having this discussion on International Southpaw Day. Is there a righty day?

[Morton]

I was born a right handed man, until I broke my hand and arm and had to learn how to be a lefty. I still use my left for the majority of things, except to write. I hate writing with my left, it feels so unnatural. Plus you run you hand through the still wet ink unless you write really slow. And nobody's got time for that. Other than writing I usually play with PC games with my right, for simplicity.

Edited August 14, 2013 by Morton 1st MRB

[Lafy BAR]

We are having this discussion on International Southpaw Day. Is there a righty day?

There are 364 of them.

[Stevenson]

right all the way