Mister Pink Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Scientific Left Handed Facts Make up between 5% and 10% of the population (depending on who you ask) More likely to have allergies More prone to migraines More likely to be insomniacs Use the right side of the brain the most Three times more likely to become alcoholics – the right side of the brain has a lower tolerance to alcohol! More likely to be on extreme poles of the intelligence scale Tend to reach puberty 4 to 5 months later than right handers More likely to suffer stuttering and dyslexia Twice as likely to be a man Better at 3D perception and thinking Better at multi-tasking Live on average 9 years less than right handed people 39% more likely to be homosexual Interesting Left Handed Trivia Make especially good baseball players, tennis players, swimmers, boxers and fencers (almost 40% of the top tennis players are lefties) Celebrate left handed day once a year – August 13th – International Left Handers Day Draw figures facing to the right Recover from strokes faster More likely to pursue creative careers Of the seven most recent U.S Presidents, 4 have been left handed Left handed college graduates go on to become 26% richer than right handed graduates On a QWERTY keyboard there are 1447 English words typed solely with the left hand, whilst only 187 are typed with the right hand. Bizarre Left Handed Statistics Adjust to seeing underwater quicker Less able to roll their tongue than a righty Nails grow faster on the left hand than the right (fingerpicking advantage anyone?) taken from here..http://leftyfretz.com/25-facts-about-left-handed-people http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/acatalog/index.html Any left handers here? Tell your stories.. Also... interesting read on bias against left-handers throughout the ages in language etc.... for example: "The Latin adjective sinister/sinistra/sinistrum originally meant "left" but took on meanings of "evil" or "unlucky"...... - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_against_left-handed_people Edited August 13, 2014 by Mister Pink Ciaran, Zondar, Tacymist and 13 others 16 ＲＵＢＢΣＲ░Ｊ♢ＨＮＮＹ （スオッ） Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 You're all freaks. Happy lefty day, though. Mister Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 #Lefthandmasterrace. GunWrath, Mister Pink, Tacymist and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunWrath Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Lefty here! Cool topic man.. totally didn't know all of them facts. I can dig the multi-tasking, creative deal. I've always had an act for it.. so guess that's true. One bad thing about being a lefty though, some things are hard to come by, left-handed guitars (normally have to order them), I've yet to go into a guitar shop or music store and see a lefty on the wall or in a case. Same for baseball gloves.. sucks. Judicious 7, Killzone3265, GTA_stu and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewas Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Happy Lefty Day! Not a lefty though. Edited August 13, 2014 by Rewas514 Mister Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg00 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Lefty pride! Very interesting post mister pink GTA_stu and Mister Pink 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Pink Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Lefty here! Cool topic man.. totally didn't know all of them facts. I can dig the multi-tasking, creative deal. I've always had an act for it.. so guess that's true. One bad thing about being a lefty though, some things are hard to come by, left-handed guitars (normally have to order them), I've yet to go into a guitar shop or music store and see a lefty on the wall or in a case. Same for baseball gloves.. sucks. I once met a guy who played right-handed upside down and he never reversed the strings like Hendrix did. He just learned all the chords upside down and he was decent. I find myself using both hands ambidextrously although I'd really only write with my left. The mirror effect and perception thing is probably how I was able to learn cycling backwards really easily. I pretty much got it first time. Edited August 13, 2014 by Mister Pink GunWrath 1 ＲＵＢＢΣＲ░Ｊ♢ＨＮＮＹ （スオッ） Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraizer Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Well, I will honor left handed day. Although masterbating is gonna take a little longer today... Mister Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiffster Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I'm right handed (in other words normal), but my brother is a lefty and I didn't even know this day existed until now (I'm sure he doesn't know about this either). Gonna call him right now to wish him a happy lefty day just for sh*ts and giggles. Mister Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunWrath Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Yeah, when I first started playing guitar, I bought my brother's right-handed one, he ended up giving up on guitar period and I learned to play a bit of chords upside down.. then eventually moved on to a left-handed one once my parents finally bought for me ages ago.. it was pretty neat. I was able to visit friends houses and they'd have a right-handed guitar and I was able to play some things and they were like HOLY HELL! Cool to amaze some people like that. As far as the ambidextrous thing, I could never do that much.. I can throw pretty decent right handed but everything else, I just suck. I was able to forge my dad's signature though, nailed that sh*t right-handed.. but after getting caught doing it once, never did it again. I'm the only lefty in my entire family though, how about that man.. though my 3yr old may be a lefty too, he plays with left hand all the time, with his toys.. he uses his left primarily on his touch pad game thingy.. so I'm hoping! Edited August 13, 2014 by GunWrath Mister Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killzone3265 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 i never knew there was a lefty day aw yeah how do we celebrate? Affalterbach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) All my life I used to think that I was left-handed, until I learned about cross-dominance. I write with my left hand, I draw figures facing right like a leftie would, I play the guitar like a leftie would, but I only do those things because I tend to hold things with my left hand. When it comes to throwing things, I use my right hand exclusively. I couldn't throw a rock with my left hand accurately if my life depended on it. Darts too. And I hold the bow with my left hand which is how right-handed people use the bow and arrow. So, I guess I'm truly cross-dominant. I used to be clumsy too as a kid. Another cross-dominant handicap. I swear, there are no benefits to being cross-dominant. Edited August 13, 2014 by The Yokel Mister Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Node Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) I don't even know what I am. I do everything entirely right-sided; kick a ball with my right foot, bat with my right hand but I write with my left hand. What even am I? Edited August 13, 2014 by ChopTheDog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzknuckles Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 MUTANTS OUT. Mister Pink 1 Signatures are dumb anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner71 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 YOU SERVANTS OF THE DEVIL WILL BURN IN hELL Affalterbach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zondar Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Happy southpaw day! I'm not purely left handed, but an other cross dominant. Why don't we get a day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korpi Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Not a lefty myself, but I use the mouse on my laptop with my left hand when browsing the webs 'n' stuff - and have pretty much grown into it. edit: also use my left hand as much as possible for daily chores, such as cooking. Edited August 13, 2014 by markwey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braindawg Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I'm left handed and most of the stuff mentioned in the opening post isn't even true in my case anyway.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraizer Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Saw KnobCheez's post and made me wonder, Does anyone here that is left handed use the southpaw option in games??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg00 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Same guitar problem here. I'll go to guitar center. They'll have 800 right handed guitars, maybe one ugly used lefty. I pretty much have only bought guitars online. When I was a kid that wasn't an option so I had to go to a bunch of stores and had to take whatever they had. I also throw righty, kick righty, punch with right hand mainly, masturbate righty... But writing and guitar are the important things in life. So lefty pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Target13 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 You all will die earlier than us Right Handers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzknuckles Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 My brother is a southpaw/lefthander/mutantfreak and he learned to play guitar right-handed. Instead of pulling a Hendrix and turning it upside down. Playing lefty freaks him out. Signatures are dumb anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA_stu Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) My mum and dad are both right handed, but my sister and I are both left-handed. Weird that. Also the idea that left-handed people on average live 9 years less than right-handed people is a common misconception. I can't be arsed to explain it, so here's a handy link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23988352 Edited August 13, 2014 by stu Zondar and Adriaan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunWrath Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Saw KnobCheez's post and made me wonder, Does anyone here that is left handed use the southpaw option in games??? Never, too confusing and difficult for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacymist Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 RandallFlagg00, GunWrath, Zondar and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsty Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Hope none of you have outie belly buttons as well.. Devilspawn! Happy ... birthday? My mums a leftie but I'm a rightie. Flachbau 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunWrath Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) @tacy. nice point out.. in school it was pencil.. now it's ink, I almost have to write or sketch as if I'm an doing Chinese calligraphy.. Edited August 13, 2014 by GunWrath Tacymist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Who's your favorite left handed celebrity? Mine's Bruce theadmiral, GunWrath and Flachbau 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I'm right-handed but I masturbate with my left hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA_stu Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Hey guysss, which hand do you use to wipe your ass with? I use toilet paper. el oh el. Adriaan and Tacymist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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