# Ask the right handed guy. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903 "2002-12-19T21:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/1 "2002-12-19T21:47:56Z")
Really. Go ahead. Anything you ever wanted to know about being right handed but were always afraid to ask. I promise I’ll provide an open and honest answer. Not that I pretend to be any kind of spokesman for or authority on right-handedness. But, I have been right-handed for as long as I remember. I honestly believe I was born right-handed. So, take your best shot and I’ll do my best to give you a useful reply. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/2 "2002-12-19T21:53:37Z")
Do you ever use your left hand…y’know, like cheating? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/3 "2002-12-19T21:55:53Z")
I’m not sure what to ask, I mean, right-handedness is so _rare_ that I’m not even sure what it _is_. ---
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/4 "2002-12-19T22:06:17Z")
I am actually right handed… but do 2 thinsg strange… If I am shooting a basketball farther than 3PT range… I use my left hand… and rather well at that I made 4 out of 10 from halfcourt in a game of hourse… (and I use… I will even shoot lefty… hehe…) also I do that other thing lefty too… ya know that thing that guys do… (for the slow ones… masturbating) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/5 "2002-12-19T23:33:38Z")
Us lefties are such commoners. ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/6 "2002-12-19T23:47:50Z")
Why the hate against us lefties? Scissors that don’t work, notebooks and binders that gouge into our arms, desks that don’t support our writing arm, dangerous factory equipment, on and on. Someday, we left handers will rise up against our right handed oppressors. ---
**Author:** ![Goober\_McFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Goober\_McFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goober_McFly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/7 "2002-12-20T00:00:49Z")
Have you ever been called a “North-paw”? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/8 "2002-12-20T00:05:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Someday, we left handers will rise up against our right handed oppressors. Think of it this way - the right handed world has forced us to adapt - So we have become good adapters. (I actually believe that. It gives me self-esteem. please don’t take that away from me, pleeease!) ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/9 "2002-12-20T00:59:12Z")
Have you ever driven a British sports car? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/10 "2002-12-20T02:58:05Z")
**Superbee** : I’ve tried, as I understand that it feels like someone else is doing it, but I’m too uncoordinated to reach any conclusion. **Gopher** : Hate? Who said anything about hate? I think this is something you’re bringing to the table. Do you have issues? Many righties are astoundingly tolerant and open-minded and would be glad to discuss this with you personally if you approach them. Hell, some of my best friends are left-handed. **Goober** : Nope. I’ve never understood “South-paw” for a lefty, now that you mention it. Sure, if you’re facing west it makes sense, but otherwise… **Jehovah** : Not that I recall. Driven a few German ones. I must admit that I have always harbored fantasies of driving in the UK. Perhaps someday… ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/11 "2002-12-20T03:25:20Z")
Are you also right footed? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/12 "2002-12-20T04:53:17Z")
Which of your eyes is dominant? In case you don’t know, here is how to test: Hold your hands out at arms length, flat, palms facing away from you. Form a kinda triangle with your thumbs that you can look through. Look at an object through the triangle, and close one of your eyes. If you close an eye and the object moves, that makes it your dominant eye. This post is pointless, I just wanted to show off what I learned in my shooting class last week. Figured this would be a better tidbit to share rather than the best place to shoot someone.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Popsicle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Popsicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popsicle)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/13 "2002-12-20T04:56:48Z")
Do you ever feel disappointed that left-handed people have special products made specifically for their use but as a “rightie” you can only settle for the standard versions? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/14 "2002-12-20T05:12:01Z")
**Jehovah** : No, oddly enough, I’m left footed. After years of soccer and waltz practice, I’m certain of this. **Joey** : After trying your test over and over and over and over, I’m still not sure. But, here’s a caveat. I’ve worn glasses since I was 3 years old as a result of this very issue. So, I’m probably not a good test case. Any way, this isn’t **Ask the Right-EYED guy**. Sheesh. Post in the correct thread already! **Popsicle** : I’ve always supported affirmative action for left-handed-Americans. Historically, those products that you call “special” didn’t exist. There’s plenty of normal scissors and monkey wrenches out there for all of us righties. I’m all in favor of giving the lefties a “hand”. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/15 "2002-12-20T05:14:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frankd6 \* > \*\ ***Joey** : After trying your test over and over and over and over, I’m still not sure. But, here’s a caveat. I’ve worn glasses since I was 3 years old as a result of this very issue. So, I’m probably not a good test case. Any way, this isn’t **Ask the Right-EYED guy**. Sheesh. Post in the correct thread already! > \*\* Hey, I was just trying to link handedness to eye dominance. It’s not often you get a right handed test subject, considering how rare they are.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/16 "2002-12-20T05:33:43Z")
There’s a tv show that has a store devoted to lefthanded people. The store is called “The Leftorium”. Are there any stores that you frequent that cater to right handed folk? ---
**Author:** ![Happyjoelucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Happyjoelucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyjoelucky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/17 "2002-12-20T08:18:23Z")
Have any of your teachers tried to force you to be left handed? ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/18 "2002-12-20T13:21:53Z")
When you pull up to a toll booth, do you reach across with your right hand or do you use your left hand? How do you feel about the sadistic left-handed civil engineers that designed toll booths as away of getting even with the righties? Do you ever feel guilty that the word right is normaly used in a positive way while the word left is sometimes used negatively? Left on!! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/19 "2002-12-20T14:09:00Z")
Do you think if you used both hands you might be able to do something about that duck? ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903/20 "2002-12-20T20:03:19Z")
Do you know if right handedness is genetic? Are there any left-handed people in your family? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-right-handed-guy/143903.md?page=2)