From bruised elbows to inked hands, the rare left-handed community has been given many disadvantages. Commonly known as the Lefties, this minority struggles to survive in a "righty" world. Unbeknownst to Righties, we Lefties suffer from daily marketing attacks to promote "rightiness". In order to bring to light the horrors of being a Lefty, comprised here are the 11 Curses of a Lefty.

1. Touchscreen devices

If you never thought about it, swiping with your left hand tends to pull you back a page, not forward. Even technological devices are for Righties.

2. Recreation

One reason you might have been hesitant to get into sports or instruments, is because the equipment never feels good. Baseball bats and gloves, bows, and guitars are just a few of the things Lefties have to get special replacements for.

3. Scissors

Remember squishing four fingers into the tiny hole and a thumb into the big hole? Just another curse for us Lefties, but it made it impossible to cut anything.

4. Spiral notebooks

Any Lefties who always started on the back pages of spiral notebooks, as to avoid the skin-jabbing metal? That thing hurt! Why, oh curse, why?

5. The amazement

Nothing impresses your friends more than finding out you're a Lefty. For some reason we get treated like an extinct species. "Oh! You're a Lefty? Really?!" Or perhaps they are sympathetic toward your plight.

6. Classroom Desks

Probably the worst curse. Nothing like taking notes, taking a test, or typing on a computer when you have a itty-bitty table space attached to your chair. The only thing worse would be to put all those tables on the right side of the chair. Oh, wait, they did.

7. Elbow Bumping

Something I learned at a young age was to always get the far left spot at dinner time or in class. But boy, does it hurt when you forget. You'll get jabbed by the table trap of death, and that's the end of you.

8. Computer Mice

Would it kill public places to offer Lefty computers?

9. Restaurant silverware and glasses

Nothing is more embarrassing than to make a fool of yourself in a fancy place. It is just so hard when nothing was put in the right place. You spill your water trying to get it to your mouth. You bang your fork against your plate in an attempt to switch hands.

10. Video Game Controllers

Ever lost a game because it was so hard to move your right fingers over the controls, while your left hand was stuck on the side with the lame buttons? Another example of the recreational industry marketing toward the Righty community.

11. SMUDGES

If you are a Lefty, you know one simple truth: any time you use a writing utensil, it somehow always ends up turning the side of your hand into some sort of shiny, black mark. There is no way around it. The ink or pencil lead spreads across your hand like a forest fire, then across the page, making your written work illegible.

A standing ovation for those who have endured and thrived in an environment that pays them little sympathy. For those who have had their hands bumpy, elbows bruised, and money spent for alternative products. You have the Curse of the Lefties, but you are a survivor.