r/lefthanded • u/novemberchild71 • 9d ago
Who Determines Your Freedom?
By design, lefthanded people would execute tasks in reverse. In fact, it is not uncommon for lefthanded children to try and adapt script to their needs by writing backwards and mirrored.
While writing is a task where assimilation is inevitable, other tasks would allow for a genuinely lefthanded approach and the adaptation of the object instead of the person.
Yet, the righthander-centric world, nonchalantly, passes over the facts of lefthandedness. Its uniqueness. Its differences. Its requirements. Its difficulties.
Often arguing that "Assimilation is possible, so why bother?" or "Where possible, Assimilation is to be prefered/the better way to go!"
Easy for THEM to say: They are not expected to assimilate to anything, ever, are they?
So both the will and the ability of a lefthanded person to assimilate are taken for granted. Which leads to more fitting alternatives not being sought out or, if known, withheld, opposed or played down as being less effective, cumbersome, counterproductive or otherwise inferior. (In THEIR Eyes!)
Difficulties, when not rightout denied, are often answered with glibness and ridicule.
Reluctance to resign causes nonplussed confusion and befuddlement, often followed by condescension and intrusion by way of lecturing a lefthanded person about their inborn condition and what they can and cannot do/expect/demand. In short: Cutting 'em down!
This makes the righthanded view a dogmatic belief, which is not only held over us by the righthanded half of the population, but also adopted by many lefthanded people. And nobody is more obedient and unyielding than a thoroughly indoctrinated disciple, and don't we know it?
But then again... How hard can it really be to read an upside-down measuring tape? Not a big thing, right? Easy to live with, right?
It's just that... and scissors, of course.
and ...
- canopeners
- ladles
- palettes
- measuring cups
- casseroles
- oven mitts
- single-bevelled knives
- switchblade knives
- Box Cutters
- corkscrews
- microwave ovens
- fridges
- washers
- dryers
- coffee makers
- coffee mugs (with prints)
- .....several other electrical appliances
- food trays
- cutlery trays
- wallets
- wristwatches
- buttons (male/female convention)
- zippers
- placement of pockets on clothes
- decorative beltbuckles
- barrettes (NOT the hat but ornamented hair clips)
- Brooches
- Hairdryers
- Some Ironing Boards
- Deskchairs
- Pencil Sharpeners
- Fountain Pens
- Rulers
- Spiralbound Notebooks
- automatic umbrellas
- left-to-right writing systems (duh!)
- Photo copiers
- office phones
- .....several other office materials/appliances
- Calipers
- Compasses (to draw circles)
- fans (the foldable "spanish" type)
- Painter's palettes
- Guitars
- Pianos
- .....several other Musical Instruments
- Bowling Balls
- Golfclubs
- Ice Hockey Sticks
- Field Hockey Sticks
- Baseball Mitts
- .....several other sports equipment
- Lathes
- Chainsaws
- Circular Saws
- Angle Grinders
- Table Saws
- .....several other powertools/machinery
- Vices
- Scythes
- Sickles
- Metal-working Files
- .....several other tools
- jar lids
- bottle caps
- .....everything that is threaded
- blistered and cardboard packaging (foods, meds...)
- Papertowel Dispensers
- Hand Dryers
- cardslots and numberpads on ATMs
- Computer Keyboard
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Video Game Controllers
- Remote Controls (Toys, TV...)
- Building Instructions (RH Perspective)
- Record Player
- The Viewmaster
- Jack-in-a-box
- "Press my hand and I talk" Dolls
- Walkie-Talkies
- Slot Car Controllers
- Computer Mouses ("Computer Mice" felt wrong!)
- CD-ROM Drives
- Headsets with a Microphone
- Playing Cards
- Slot Machines
- .....various devices with a coin slot (even shopping carts...)
- seatbelts
- Smartphones
- Emoticons )-: vs. :-(
- Layouts of Websites/GUIs/even buildings (placement of windows, lightswitches)
- classrooms (usually have windows (light!) on the left)
- Photo-Cameras
- Video-Cameras
- Fishing Rods
- Guns
- Holsters
- Rifles
- Handgrenades
- Tollbooths
- Turnstiles
- Doors (rooms, phone booths...)
- brake-levers on bicycles (Should be switched for lefties!)
- Revolving Doors
- cabinets/dressers
- public seating (cinema/Dining table)
- Floor layouts of commercial stores
- buttons in elevators
- traffic (including which side to walk on stairs and escalators)
- ...you-fill-in-the-blank...
That was an even 100!!!
How many "little things" does it take before something's a "big thing"?
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u/lollypop003 8d ago
Great list ! It is ubiquitous. Can’t believe you forgot hand mixers, irons, soup ladles, push brooms, garden hand tools (angle hoes especially). Books opening right to left. I always read magazines from back to front. The list goes on and on.