OT: Today is International Left-Hander's day
Something about all this just seems... sinister.
August 13th, 2020 at 6:40 AM ^
Aka, the stranger.
August 13th, 2020 at 7:03 AM ^
Johan Santana was a bitch to deal with.
August 13th, 2020 at 7:10 AM ^
So we get one day and you righties get the other 364....that sounds about right. Interesting to note that 1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed, 250% more lefties than the normal level of probability for the group. When I was a pilot in the Navy, I noticed that a disproportionate amount of my fellow pilots were lefties too.
There is a lot for us lefties to overcome in the world. We can't play the infield in baseball. Then there are scissors, notebooks, desks in schools, coffee mugs, can openers, spiral notebooks, binders, all that ink on your pinky when you write, firearms, constantly bumping elbows when you eat or write next to someone, measuring tapes, musical instruments. The whole world is rigged against us yet we still overcome. Happy Lefty Day!
August 13th, 2020 at 8:06 AM ^
Definitely a lot of high-performing southpaws out there - glad to have something to celebrate today!
Go lefties!
August 13th, 2020 at 9:13 AM ^
I can relate to that list. I'll add another one: when I thumb through a book to look for something, I do it backwards. Same for those little flip-book animation things. The little stick man is always running in reverse.
August 13th, 2020 at 11:14 AM ^
I have another. When playing cards I spread my cards in my hand but then I have to flip them over. They are designed to be spread with the right hand and not the left.
August 13th, 2020 at 10:11 AM ^
There is a lot for us lefties to overcome in the world. We can't play the infield in baseball.
You can play first base effectively as a lefty, but I agree that the rest of the infield is a bitch for southpaws.
August 13th, 2020 at 3:06 PM ^
National lefty day, along with the postponement of the fall sports season marks (unfortunately) another 4+ months of OT season.
August 13th, 2020 at 7:16 AM ^
Great-I guess it is my and my three brothers day. I only swing/bat left as does one brother. Another only writes left. The fourth brother bats and kicks left. So, between the 4 of us, we have "left" pretty well covered.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:10 AM ^
Many of the lefties I know are kind of mixed. I do most things left--bat (and golf, hockey, tennis), write, cut, eat, play pool, play guitar, etc. But I throw right and dribble/shoot right. Also kick right. One of my sons is entirely lefty, but kicks right. Just an observation--no idea what to make of it, or even if it is accurate.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:27 AM ^
Did schools used to force children to write right handed? No idea, just seems to be more lefties these days.
August 13th, 2020 at 12:30 PM ^
Yes, they did. I remember seeing it in the late 60s and being thankful I was right-handed.
August 13th, 2020 at 10:16 AM ^
I play sports with my left hand, but I write, use tools, etc with my right. Interestingly, I can use cutlery and eat with either hand, which members of my family always find to be a marvel.
August 13th, 2020 at 12:28 PM ^
I use either hand, but favor the right, for self-release.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:32 AM ^
I am also one of you. Only golf/bat left handed, everything else is right handed.
Ever notice that most golf courses seem to favor right handlers. Most courses play counter clockwise which puts the course boundaries, OB, on the left. The most common swing flaw is the slice, which is OB for us lefties. That is one reason why I worked very hard to eliminate my slice.
August 13th, 2020 at 7:16 AM ^
Those among us who are in fact left-handed need to stick together -
August 13th, 2020 at 7:51 AM ^
Lefties unite!
August 13th, 2020 at 9:52 AM ^
It’s a veritable lefty posbang! Raise your left hand and be counted.
August 13th, 2020 at 2:56 PM ^
When singing "The Victors," I always used my left hand on the "Hails"!
August 13th, 2020 at 1:27 PM ^
"My motto's always been, when it's Right it's right..."
August 13th, 2020 at 2:34 PM ^
I can make beer disappear.
August 13th, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
I’m ambidextrous, so yeah!
Contemplate that!
August 13th, 2020 at 7:38 AM ^
I'm going to write in pencil all day and get lead on my palm like the good old days
August 13th, 2020 at 8:32 AM ^
Me thinking about those days.
August 13th, 2020 at 8:33 AM ^
Lead poisoning would help explain a lot of the behavior on this board. Not us lefties of course.
August 13th, 2020 at 8:31 AM ^
Okily-Dokily
August 13th, 2020 at 9:04 AM ^
Special day for Ned.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:18 AM ^
Hey, I hear you validate parking tickets without purchase.
August 13th, 2020 at 10:28 AM ^
Okily dokily leftorino's
August 13th, 2020 at 8:37 AM ^
My oldest son is a lefty and is a borderline ginger. We arm ourselves when he visits.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:30 AM ^
Orange hair is common in organutans.
August 13th, 2020 at 11:22 AM ^
I never did trust Clyde.
August 13th, 2020 at 11:40 AM ^
I have to plus 1 you here.... those old Eastwood movies don't hold up (except all the Westerns)
August 13th, 2020 at 11:49 AM ^
Kelly's Heroes? Where Eagles Dare? Those are good. Keep in mind I'm a Clint Eastwood fan boy.
August 13th, 2020 at 11:57 AM ^
Well, Escape from Alcatraz also holds up, but I can't watch the Dirty Harry Series or any of his old Cop stuff....
August 13th, 2020 at 12:27 PM ^
Patrick McGoohan was good in that as the warden.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:34 AM ^
Kudos to you for not selling him to the circus at the first chance you had. You might be eligible for Father of the Year awards just for that.
August 13th, 2020 at 11:20 AM ^
We did. They sent him back.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:07 AM ^
10% of the world, but 50% of my family.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:25 AM ^
Lefty here (everything except dominant kicking foot for soccer and using scissors) and I've always loved it. Wife is partially left-handed (writing & tennis, but throws and golfs righty), so I was a little disappointed when my son ended up right-handed. That being said, I still manage to love him.
My father, who grew up during the depression, was convinced he was born lefty but was forced to switch by his teachers.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:30 AM ^
I'm not a lefty, but you can take pride in that the likely overall strongest man to have ever lived up to this point in human history, Hafthor Bjornsson, is in fact a lefty. And yes that's Arnold he's making look puny.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:36 AM ^
We're out here walking among the crowds, just like aliens, but the world refuses to accept our existence.
August 13th, 2020 at 10:51 AM ^
In fairness, Hafthjor is in WSM and Arnold was Mr Olympia. Being shredded is a much different goal than being the worlds strongest. Someone hafthjors size couldn’t compete as a body builder. They eat way too much and take way more roids. The training regiment is way different too. They’re not trying to work every supporting muscle to show off. They need raw strength, which includes a big “power” gut.
August 13th, 2020 at 11:03 AM ^
I wasn't really comparing muscle tone, just the sheer size of the lad. 6'9" and 440lbs as he was at in this picture is going to make 99.9% of humans look small, even most other strongmen.
They don't necessarily take more roids, it really depends on genetics. I compete in strongman and power lifting at an amateur level and know many other athletes and body builders, you'd be surprised how many take very small amounts and yet are stronger/bigger than others who take a ton.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:37 AM ^
My short lived lefty story:
When I was in Kindergarten I wrote with my left hand primarily but the teacher noticed I used scissors with my right. She had me stop writing with my left hand because she said “everything is easier this way.”
To this day I still am left hand dominant, but write with my right all because of that day.
August 13th, 2020 at 9:59 AM ^
My kindergarten story: the teacher noticed me holding crayons with my left hand. She alerted my mother to this behavior. They decided the best course of action was to hand me crayons to my right hand and see if I would switch.
When I got older, my mom told me this story, and also told me how a generation prior to this, the nuns would have taken a ruler to my knuckles to beat the devil out of my hands.
I do everything lefty except for golf and scissors, mostly because lefty versions of those were so hard to find when I was young. Once a habit forms, it’s hard to break.
August 13th, 2020 at 10:23 AM ^
US Presidents who were left-handed:
Harry Truman
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
George HW Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
You lefties are in some pretty good company.
August 13th, 2020 at 12:00 PM ^
How many Presidents were “small” handed?
August 13th, 2020 at 10:37 AM ^
Fun fact: in the book of Judges, Ehud was annointed by God as He gave him the gift of left handedness, which meant he could strap his sword on his right hip and get past the bodyguards before slaying King Eglon.