What It's Like To Be Left-Handed In A Right-Handed World
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What It's Like To Be Left-Handed In A Right-Handed World

We are left-handed, we are here, and we hate your household items.

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What It's Like To Be Left-Handed In A Right-Handed World
Dr. Bob Martin

Let's just go ahead and say it... Left-handers have it rough. I don't know why all of you right-handers hate us, but we are actually people too. The world is designed to compensate you dirty, no good right-handers. You may not realize it if you are right-handed, but if you are left-handed then you know the pain. If I were to list everything that left-handers cannot use, we would be here for a while. Just to name a few common items for kicks and giggles: Scissors, spiral notebooks, binders, high school desks, ink pens that are not fast drying, and the list goes on. All we want to know is what we did to deserve this life long sentence of struggles.

1. "Are you left-handed?"

We know this question all too well. I wonder what gave them the hint that I am left-handed... Was it something I said? Was it something I was wearing? Or could it be that I am using my left hand for literally everything? If you receive this question then here are some prepared answers for you: "Why would you think that?"

"Ha, I'll never tell."

"Are you not?"

"Why? Is that rare???"

2. Left-handers are more likely to die in a car crash...

Okay, we get it, you don't like us and you have made it clear with your daily household items, but I think you took this one a little too far. Many different articles explain that left-handed people are more likely to die in a car crash due to the road systems in America. Let's face it guys, you already don't want us to be able to use certain things... The least you can do it spare out lives.

3. We know we have something on the side of our hand.

If you see what looks to be ink on the side of a left-handers hand, then there is a good chance that it is. Long story short, it's annoying to be told a billion times that I have something on the side of my hand. I know, and I like it there.

4. Let's just take the rest of the time we have left to talk about all of the things we can't use.

For you right-handers that don't know why we can't use certain things, I will be happy to explain. When it comes to scissors, the way they are designed the blades go with how a right-hander would hold them. Therefore, when we left-handers go to use scissors we innocently pick them up and begin to bend paper... The paper does not cut very well with the blades backward. Spiral notebooks and binders are pretty self-explanatory. Not being able to play baseball or softball in P. E. Why you may ask... Because a glove for a left-hander is a rare and beautiful gift from God, and also very hard to find. Signing for our driver's license is literally the worst. It may not be that all of us suck at cursive it's just that our hand drags behind and ruins everything. Ever notice that the number keys on a desktop computer is on the right side? No? I did... Or that your cup holders are on the right side in your car. No? Well, that is because the world is considerate of the majority, not the minority. So, next time you right-handers are cutting a piece of paper or writing in a notebook, or placing your cup in your cup holder in your car... Thank God you are not left-handed.

So, to my fellow lefties, stay strong and don't let the righties bring you down. Also, know that you are the minority and for that you are unique and awesome. So, stay that way!

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