Handedness

[AbercrombieBaseball]

You have here a switch-hitter. I had long done some things better left handed than right (for example, I play piano and my left hand was dominant yet I write with the right hand).

Like most all little leaguers, I was taught how to bat right handed. But one day many years ago I decided I'd try swinging the bat left handed. I went up to plate, nobody was expecting it. The first pitch I saw I smacked into right for a two-run double. A few games later I hit a grand slam left-handed. But I kept at the right handed batting as well and made myself into a switch hitter.

Batting left-handed came easy for me since I'm right-eye dominant and can see the pitch really well there. I also think I have a little more power left handed, but that could be since the right field walls are often shallower than the left field ones in many parks (a left handed hitter generally hits his ball into right field unless he pulls it).

I throw right handed. Then again, who ever heard of a left handed shortstop?

[DeadAwake]

I remember being in second grade and seeing a table of right-handed students versus left-handed.  It was a large sheet of paper with a line straight down the middle.  Paper hands were pasted on either side, and the left side was almost barren.

I'm generally not a fan of the public education system, but in hindsight that was a cool thing to do.  The poster didn't assert anything.  It neither commanded nor encouraged me to think in a particular manner.  It just offered up some simple, interesting information for the mind of a growing child.  I guess that's why I remember it.

[Kojinka]

Right handed for the most part, but when it comes to picking up a toy sword, I've taught myself to hold it lefty like Link.  Eating I can do either way, but I prefer to eat righty.  Holding a glass of fluid: It depends on what I'm doing.  If I'm on the computer, I drink lefty cause my right hand is occupied by the mouse.  If I'm playing video games, I drink righty cause my left thumb is occupied by the controller's analoge stick.

[GiftedGirl]

I eat a burger with both.

For some reason that makes me lol. XD

I'm right handed. I write/draw/use a fork/knife/spoon/wipe my mouth/operate the touch controls of the DS/move the mouse with my right hand. My left hand gets jealous of this. Sometimes, my left and right hands have to cooperate, like when I need to open the fridge and get something, or typing(like right now) or playing video games. Whee.

[Kojinka]

Speaking of handedness, my Psychology teacher says that today's society is right-hand dominant.

[Mr. Wiggles]

Right-handed, putting me in the majority. My left hand is worthless except for holding something or using the Control Pad/Stick.

[Luigison]

Speaking of handedness, my Psychology teacher says that today's society is right-hand dominant.

Well duh.  Question is:  Why?  Did the right handers kill off the lefties?  Was/is there some genetic difference that is not passed well?  Or are lefties somehow unfit for survival? 

[Kojinka]

I dunno, but my bro-in-law, who is left-handed, is kind of training my niece to be a lefty.

[Markio]

I am left-everything: writing, drawing, kicking, etc.  The only things I do with my right side are using the computer mouse, shaking hands, and using the right side of my brain(which controls the left side of the body).

Homosexuals are more commonly left-handed than right-handed.

Since left-handers are usually right-brain dominant, they are more creative than logical, hence why many actors are left-handed.

About 10% of people are left-handed.

[The Chef]

Since left-handers are usually right-brain dominant, they are more creative than logical, hence why many actors are left-handed.

Aww. Does this mean I'm not as creative as I thought I was? My mother says I think like a combination of a left-handed person and a right-handed person, but I use my right hand for everything. She also said she thought I would end up a leftie because I used my left hand a lot when I was little.

[Markio]

What hand you use to do something doesn't dictate how creative you are.  Rebel against handedness!  YEAH!

[Kojinka]

Which side of the brain are you more dominant?
A friend of mine e-Mailed me this link.
http://similarminds.com/left-right-brain-test.html
My results came out equal on both sides, which I believe is pretty accurate.

[Insane Steve]

I'm one of the most left-brained people you'll ever meet, probably.

[BP]

Hmmm... It IS strange how right-handed people are more common than left-handed people. I have several left-handed friends, so many that I'm not really certain which are left or right-handed anymore. My bowling team is just us three righties, but there is a team of just lefties. I'm also right-eyed and right-footed. Say... is there such a thing as having a dominant ear? If so I'm probably right-eared too...

[goodie]

I am left-handed, but do alot of things with my right hand. I might have been ambidextrous if it weren't for a big bump I have on the side of my right thumb.