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created by greenfox_65 on 23/02/2025 at 19:36 UTC
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Is anyone here able to write with both hands? How about doing other things left vs right? I kick with my right foot, and my right arm is stronger as I carry things at work (blue collar) to free my left hand for more dexterous tasks such as opening doors; but otherwise, I'm left side dominant.
Comment by lepidopt-rex at 23/02/2025 at 20:07 UTC
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I’m equally as bad at bowling with both hands, does that count?
I can write slowly with my right hand, probably a little messier than yours though
Comment by Simple_Age7980 at 23/02/2025 at 20:45 UTC
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I only use scissors with my right hand. Tripped up my primary school teacher because she kept giving me scissors for left handed people and didn't understand why the results were so terrible until she saw me cutting with my right hand. I'm also pretty ambidextrous when using a pc mouse and my phone. Everything else is left dominant.
Comment by fatalifeaten at 24/02/2025 at 15:10 UTC
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Write? Yes.
Legibly? You're asking for a LOT from my poor right hand...
Comment by rodzieman at 25/02/2025 at 01:09 UTC
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Writing and almost with everything, I am left-hand dominant.
Oddly, I find myself comfortable using my phone with my right hand. Browsing, scrolling, writing messages using my left feels awkward.
Comment by Oranges13 at 25/02/2025 at 02:06 UTC
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You're cross dominant. It's a side effect of growing up in a right-hander's world and a lack of equipment for sports so you learn to adapt and because of that you get more experience playing with your right hand.
The only thing I can really truly only do with my left hand is write and eat.
Comment by hypo11 at 23/02/2025 at 21:06 UTC
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Shouldn’t all the left hand lines be smudged?
Comment by justatso at 26/02/2025 at 15:11 UTC
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Hey, I'm just like you! For everything power and strength based I use my right side but for the tasks that require precision I use left hand. I also write with both hands but writing and drawing with right hand is something I had to learn and practice. Now I don't do it anymore.
Comment by imjce87 at 26/02/2025 at 21:12 UTC
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I started as a righty, but with age, I’m now ambidextrous. I can eat, throw, use chopsticks with both hands. Writing, I’m still right hand dominant but can use my left too. With practice, I do think anything is possible.
Comment by Strange_Insight at 01/03/2025 at 21:09 UTC*
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Those are interesting 's's. I'm self-taught because of my early school refusing to let me use my dominant hand, so I might just be writing wrong.
Also, a lot of us kick with our right. Same with righties and kicking with the left.
Comment by shinytoyguns617 at 02/03/2025 at 00:58 UTC
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Ooh what fountain pen is that? I’ve been using the classic Lamy Safari with a left handed nib.
I can write with both but have similar results, also right hand/side dominant for sports (except I throw left and bat right), and lefty is used for fine motor needs.
Comment by BWSnap at 24/02/2025 at 04:26 UTC
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Hey OP, be careful with that. Trying to force your left-brain to write with your right hand can lead to dyslexia. I experienced this firsthand as a teenager who thought it would be cool to be ambidextrous, so I started practicing with my right hand. One day I picked up the phone to call someone, looked at the keypad, and the numbers all looked backwards like in a mirror. I immediately connected the two, because I thought "what other reason could there be?" At the time, I was beyond startled, blinked, looked away, looked back and the numbers were okay again. I never tried to be a righty again. At least as far as writing.
Oddly enough, I am a righty at swinging a bat, using a computer mouse, using scissors, and wiping my ass. If I try to wipe with my left hand, it feels as foreign as writing with my right.
