Comment on Are there people without handedness?
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A version of what you are saying is called cross dominance. Where a person is “handed” but users different hands for different things. For example, I write right handed but play sports and shoot left handed. I use left handed scissors but right handed hammer, screwdriver. All of the things feel awkward with the wrong hand but that hand changes with the task.
Related to this, but also not really, is how I feel as a right handed person playing guitar.
I mean, sure, the right hand is doing some picking, but the left hand is up there doing all the clever stuff and the right hand has no idea how it manages to do any of it.
I play strings right handed. It seemed weird to me too that the off hand is doing the easy work. Playing left feels wrong like batting right does though. I guess the rhythm is easier to control with the dominant hand and hitting the wrong note/chord doesn’t matter as much when you’re in time?
This makes me wonder if drummers have a dominant hand. Except Rick Allen of course.
They are so coordinated it’s hard to tell by looking that’s for sure. Keeping time has always been the hardest part for me though so I find drummers and bassists pretty impressive. RIP Phil Lesh
I prefer putting my cymbal on a specific side, but I only ever play with a trap set. I don’t know whether that counts.
Ringo is a lefty on a righty kit which added to his feel.
For me, it’s the other way around: I write with my left hand, but I’m right-handed or right-footed when I do sports and I also use tools like a hammer with my right hand.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A what now?
I’ve been a carpenter for over thirty years, but I’ve never heard of or seen such a thing, and I can’t even imagine what one would look like. Hammers and screwdrivers are (generally) bilaterally symmetrical.
clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sounds like shit I’ve sent the new apprentice to go looking for when I need a break
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Vodka and grapefruit? I dunno.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Damn, that’s a better idea than the board-stretcher!
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They are saying they personally use their right hand for the hammer and screwdriver, but used the handedness of the scissors instead of just saying their left hand.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Then, they should learn to write more clearly because that arrangement of words does not convey that message.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It was pretty easy to figure out from the context and didn’t need someone who doesn’t know how commas work to get all snarky.