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nocturne
slrpnk.net
nocturne@slrpnk.netJoined: 2025-06-13 |
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thenextguy
sh.itjust.works
thenextguy@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2026-07-01 |
What if I'm semi ambidextrous? |
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bricklove
midwest.social
bricklove@midwest.social Joined: 2023-06-14 |
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 |
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.worldJoined: 2023-06-21 |
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 |
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 Joined: 2025-06-04 |
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 Joined: 2024-04-01 |
Today is OUR day! |
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thenextguy
sh.itjust.works
thenextguy@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2026-07-01 |
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 Joined: 2025-06-04 |
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 Joined: 2026-07-01 |
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.netJoined: 2025-06-13 |
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.netJoined: 2025-06-13 |
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.netJoined: 2025-06-13 |
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 |
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.socialJoined: 2025-07-27 |
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 Joined: 2023-06-25 |
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 Joined: 2023-06-22 |
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 Joined: 2025-03-09 |
Once again Ned Flanders gets completely ignored and he started the whole movement! /s |
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dkppunk
piefed.social
dkppunk@piefed.socialJoined: 2025-11-19 |
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 Joined: 2023-06-22 |
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 Joined: 2024-04-03 |
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TargaryenTKE
lemmy.world
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-11-22 |
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Check again? |
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UpperBroccoli
lemmy.blahaj.zone
UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone Joined: 2024-04-03 |
Check again?
Nevermind, I am stupid. |
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nocturne
slrpnk.net
nocturne@slrpnk.netJoined: 2025-06-13 |
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.netJoined: 2025-06-13 |
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 |
Hahaha ahhh much better |
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dkppunk
piefed.social
dkppunk@piefed.socialJoined: 2025-11-19 |
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.worksJoined: 2024-11-19 |
How sinister! |
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