...Only the creative overcome it!
That's what the sign on my file cabinet says. Yup, I'm a leftie, and so is Jeff.
There's an article in the Spec today about someone wanting left-handed people for a study. Us lefties are always in demand, people want to study us. We are an oppressed people, aliens in a right-handed world.
Think about it. Stick-shifts, the number pad on keyboards, wind-up watches, mice (the computer kind, not the living eek kind), and the phone at work...it's all made for right-handed people. And left-handed scissors are just a cruel joke.
But we're survivors. The Spec says we think more quickly when playing computer games or sports. And we're 43 milliseconds faster in language tests. We also excel at primitive combat (that's from fighting off the righties).
(Apparently we might also be more susceptible to schizophrenia, alcoholism, dyslexia and other things, but let's not major on that, OK?)
I remember when I learned that the standard computer keyboard was made at a time when the old typewriter couldn't keep up with the finger speed of typists. So it was designed to slow down the standard typist - a RIGHT-HANDED person. Haha, joke's on them, because us lefties LOVE the computer keyboard, and we are speedy, speedy typists. (At least I am. I really don't know about anyone else.)
Yes, I am a proud southpaw. But I have adapted nicely to the right-handed world.
Let's do a poll - are you right or left? Any ambidextrous brilliant types out there? Anyone else want to claim oppression for a really trivial thing?
Have a great day my friends!
That's what the sign on my file cabinet says. Yup, I'm a leftie, and so is Jeff.
There's an article in the Spec today about someone wanting left-handed people for a study. Us lefties are always in demand, people want to study us. We are an oppressed people, aliens in a right-handed world.
Think about it. Stick-shifts, the number pad on keyboards, wind-up watches, mice (the computer kind, not the living eek kind), and the phone at work...it's all made for right-handed people. And left-handed scissors are just a cruel joke.
But we're survivors. The Spec says we think more quickly when playing computer games or sports. And we're 43 milliseconds faster in language tests. We also excel at primitive combat (that's from fighting off the righties).
(Apparently we might also be more susceptible to schizophrenia, alcoholism, dyslexia and other things, but let's not major on that, OK?)
I remember when I learned that the standard computer keyboard was made at a time when the old typewriter couldn't keep up with the finger speed of typists. So it was designed to slow down the standard typist - a RIGHT-HANDED person. Haha, joke's on them, because us lefties LOVE the computer keyboard, and we are speedy, speedy typists. (At least I am. I really don't know about anyone else.)
Yes, I am a proud southpaw. But I have adapted nicely to the right-handed world.
Let's do a poll - are you right or left? Any ambidextrous brilliant types out there? Anyone else want to claim oppression for a really trivial thing?
Have a great day my friends!
