Frim
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"There’s no denying it. Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties make up about 10 percent of the population"...Huffington Post. So, we may be the "odd ones out", but what percentage of our population is Left handed?
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Are You A Lefty?
- Thread starter Frim
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I'm the one that checked Ambidextrous (and my spell check says no I after the T) but I write with my right hand; and even then, my hand writing is so sloppy that even I can't read it.
I'm equally comfortable doing everything else with either hand.
I'm equally comfortable doing everything else with either hand.
Gas-Powered Awesome
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The statistics I've seen are 10% or less of the World's population, about 30% of the World's leaders. Four of the last seven Presidents. Hmm. Maybe we should ban lefties from political office.
... And I'm left-handed.
... And I'm left-handed.
Then we should definitely ban them from running...The statistics I've seen are 10% or less of the World's population, about 30% of the World's leaders. Four of the last seven Presidents. Hmm. Maybe we should ban lefties from political office.
... And I'm left-handed.
Trusting
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From the replies above it looks like the poll should have included "bidextrous".
Chaz
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Most left handed people are very good at using their right hands just because we have to. I once set up a computer that had only a spot on the left side for the mouse. All the people in my electronics shop complained and could not use a mouse with their left hand. I told them welcome to my world, they did not see the humor in it.
Gas-Powered Awesome
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Computer mouse actually works better on the left side for me. It's closer to the keyboard. If the mouse is on the right you have to jump over the location keys and numeric keypad to get to it. Score 1 for the left-handed!
Now, I have to switch the mouse buttons by physically hard-wiring them. But then the buttons always work correctly, even for terrible operating systems (*cough* windows *cough*) and poorly-written programs (usually Java-based). Bonus: Fun watching righty's try to use my computer.
Back on the Elio, I think we will find a much-higher than average number of left-handed people in the early-adopters. Overgeneralizing, lefties tend to be more-open to different ideas because, as Chaz said, we have to be to survive in a world that doesn't fit us.
(P.S. Lefties have shorter life spans. I speculate it's because all of the World's safety systems are designed by right-handed people by right-handed people. It's Lefticide! )
Now, I have to switch the mouse buttons by physically hard-wiring them. But then the buttons always work correctly, even for terrible operating systems (*cough* windows *cough*) and poorly-written programs (usually Java-based). Bonus: Fun watching righty's try to use my computer.
Back on the Elio, I think we will find a much-higher than average number of left-handed people in the early-adopters. Overgeneralizing, lefties tend to be more-open to different ideas because, as Chaz said, we have to be to survive in a world that doesn't fit us.
(P.S. Lefties have shorter life spans. I speculate it's because all of the World's safety systems are designed by right-handed people by right-handed people. It's Lefticide!
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Drag0n
Elio Fan
I wonder if the Brits are going to be to be pissy and demand the door on the right?