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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
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thenextguy sh.itjust.works thenextguy@sh.itjust.works
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What if I'm semi ambidextrous?

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bricklove midwest.social bricklove@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-06-14
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What if I'm semi ambidextrous?

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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What if I'm semi ambidextrous?

Then you only half understand!

(As a fellow semi-sinister, I'm right there with you).

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PNW_Doug lemmy.world PNW_Doug@lemmy.world
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Many use the right hand, but we use the proper hand

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AnarchoEngineer lemmy.dbzer0.com AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-04
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

Alright fine guess I’m going to try being fully left handed today.

Funnily enough, it looks like I’m making less mistakes typing this out on my phone with my left hand than I typically do with my right. I wonder if it’s because I’m typing slightly slower, or if the way I hold my phone in my left gives me a better angle for typing.

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AnarchoEngineer lemmy.dbzer0.com AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Many use the right hand, but we use the proper hand

Too bad it’s not the proper hand for scissors :(

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ViaGetty (fae/faer/faers) lemmy.dbzer0.com ViaGetty@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Today is OUR day!

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thenextguy sh.itjust.works thenextguy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-07-01
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Too bad it’s not the proper hand for scissors :(

You know you can get left handed scissors, right? Also hand neutral ones.

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AnarchoEngineer lemmy.dbzer0.com AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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You know you can get left handed scissors, right? Also hand neutral ones.

Do you think left handed people are only complaining about the handle shapes?

It is physically impossible to make “hand-neutral” scissors. One blade will always come before the other, obscuring your view of the cutting line from one side. That’s the problem.

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thenextguy sh.itjust.works thenextguy@sh.itjust.works
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Do you think left handed people are only complaining about the handle shapes? It is physically impossible to make “hand-neutral” scissors. One blade will always come before the other, obscuring your view of the cutting line from one side. That’s the problem.

It's all I've ever complained about. Never noticed the blade thing, but I understand what you mean.

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
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You know you can get left handed scissors, right? Also hand neutral ones.

Hand neutral scissors are just right-handed scissors.

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
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Too bad it’s not the proper hand for scissors :(

These are my favorite lefty scissors. https://westcottbrand.com/products/westcott-16935-lefty-heavy-duty-carbotitanium-8-straight-scissors-16935-parent

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
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#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

What if I'm semi ambidextrous?

Only 9 hours of today are for you.

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MachineFab812 discuss.tchncs.de MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-22
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Do you think left handed people are only complaining about the handle shapes? It is physically impossible to make “hand-neutral” scissors. One blade will always come before the other, obscuring your view of the cutting line from one side. That’s the problem.

You're not wrong, and the ways around it are awkward, but they exist. Personally, I'll often flip the point towards the wrist of the hand holding it and cut from the opposite side of my body, but I'm basically ambi-dextrous anyways.

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higgsboson piefed.social higgsboson@piefed.social
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What if I'm semi ambidextrous?

My eldest is a lefty and her brother writes left-handed, having learned by watching her. He does everything else righty instinctively, but if asked he thinks he is lefty.

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MedievalPresent discuss.tchncs.de MedievalPresent@discuss.tchncs.de
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These are my favorite lefty scissors. https://westcottbrand.com/products/westcott-16935-lefty-heavy-duty-carbotitanium-8-straight-scissors-16935-parent

Ironically the preview image are right handed scissors for me

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nilloc discuss.tchncs.de nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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Do you think left handed people are only complaining about the handle shapes? It is physically impossible to make “hand-neutral” scissors. One blade will always come before the other, obscuring your view of the cutting line from one side. That’s the problem.

It’s not the view obscuring that’s really the problem, though it is a side effect. It’s the pressure exerted while squeezing that only works for the correct hand in scissors.

If you can figure out how to contort your fingers to squeeze the blades together enough, you can use the wrong scissors, but I just learned how to cut righty because I could never find good lefty scissors as a kid. Same reason I used the mouse righty.

By the way: The view of the line is going to be obscured cutting curves in the direction of the cutting hand no matter the side.

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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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Once again Ned Flanders gets completely ignored and he started the whole movement! /s

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dkppunk piefed.social dkppunk@piefed.social
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#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

It’s not the view obscuring that’s really the problem, though it is a side effect. It’s the pressure exerted while squeezing that only works for the correct hand in scissors. If you can figure out how to contort your fingers to squeeze the blades together enough, you can use the wrong scissors, but I just learned how to cut righty because I could never find good lefty scissors as a kid. Same re...

I also learned how to cut with right handed scissors in my left hand, just have to squeeze the blades differently. I would end up with pain in my fingers doing that until I recently purchased a pair of proper lefty scissors. Now I can cut things pain free. Total game changer!

My left handed partner is like you, he just learned to cut righty. He won’t use my lefty scissors lol

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nilloc discuss.tchncs.de nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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I also learned how to cut with right handed scissors in my left hand, just have to squeeze the blades differently. I would end up with pain in my fingers doing that until I recently purchased a pair of proper lefty scissors. Now I can cut things pain free. Total game changer! My left handed partner is like you, he just learned to cut righty. He won’t use my lefty scissors lol

My wife got me some lefty hair scissors for cutting my son’s hair. Took a few tries but I started to get the hang of it right before he got old enough to not like me cutting his hair.

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UpperBroccoli lemmy.blahaj.zone UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#22 · (edited) Quote Reply

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TargaryenTKE lemmy.world TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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Check again?

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UpperBroccoli lemmy.blahaj.zone UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#24 · Quote Reply

Check again?

Nevermind, I am stupid.

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
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Once again Ned Flanders gets completely ignored and he started the whole movement! /s

Observe the community icon.

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nocturne slrpnk.net nocturne@slrpnk.net
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Ironically the preview image are right handed scissors for me

I grabbed an image from Pinterest so I did not have to upload one. Here is from Wescott's site:

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MedievalPresent discuss.tchncs.de MedievalPresent@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-25
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I grabbed an image from Pinterest so I did not have to upload one. Here is from Wescott's site:

Hahaha ahhh much better

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dkppunk piefed.social dkppunk@piefed.social
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#28 · Quote Reply

My wife got me some lefty hair scissors for cutting my son’s hair. Took a few tries but I started to get the hang of it right before he got old enough to not like me cutting his hair.

lol sounds about right for a kid!

It took me a while to retrain myself into using the scissors correctly, but now that’s all I use

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elevenbones sh.itjust.works elevenbones@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-11-19
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How sinister!

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