airtwardo 7 #26 March 11, 2012 Quote All right, one third of the people here say they are left-handed. However, in society in general, only 10% of people are left-handed. So, what does this mean? That left-handed people crave high risk sports more than right-handed people? And if so, why? Ya don't see a lotta left handed bowling balls.... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 568 #27 March 11, 2012 QuoteAll right, one third of the people here say they are left-handed. However, in society in general, only 10% of people are left-handed. So, what does this mean? That left-handed people crave high risk sports more than right-handed people? And if so, why? I wonder if the 10% is real? My wife and I are both lefties. Before we had kids we bought left handed scissors and knives. She was literally beaten as a kid for using her left hand (because it is the evil, anti-god whatever). We are adaptable and I think most left handed people are quite ambidextrous. Maybe skydivers are made up from people who are less easily manipulated and influenced? Either that or lefties are just bat shit crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KCJumper 0 #28 March 11, 2012 I teach 6/7 graders and the first day of each quarter I scan the room to see who is left handed. It normally takes them much longer to notice that I am but once they do, it's like an instant bond. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #29 March 11, 2012 Left handed, but play hockey and skydive righty, and still drive on the right side of the road.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #30 March 11, 2012 Two Hands. Two Boobies. Strange... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abedy 0 #31 March 11, 2012 Quote I'm remarkably bad at telling the difference between left and right. I still have to stop and think okay, which hand do I write with.. So your instructors radioed something like: And now turn left... no, the other left... As long as you memorize THE safety rule the following way: "1st red then silver" (or something like this) every problem can be dealt with When I took my S/L instructor course the I/E taught us his cutaway mantra which considers both the "what's left" and the "what's red" question: "First cutaway, the reserve. First right, then left. First the soft one, then the hard one."The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abedy 0 #32 March 11, 2012 QuoteShe was literally beaten as a kid for using her left hand (because it is the evil, anti-god whatever). Terrible thing. Things have changed, though and - at least here - kids are no longer forced to write with their right hand etc. (OK, there could still be some "doncha use the bad hand" in families, but I doubt this.) I noticed that about every fifth to every fourth student at my college is left-handed, which is definitely higher than 10%The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #33 March 11, 2012 i think i've read somewhere that it's pretty much 50/50.. and for the "NO, the other left", i think i've heard that on the dz a couple times! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #34 March 11, 2012 Back when my mother was a kid they made her write with her right hand. In the old (older than she)days Sinister meant "of the left." Sinister eventually came to be known as SIN which meant "of the left" was wrong. (probably because some lefty did some bad shit) Dexter meant "of the right." So, when someone says they're ambidexterous they are saying they are (Ambi-)Both (Dexter-)right (ous-)full of/possessing. So, Ambidexterous doesn't LITERALLY mean the ability to use both hands equally. It means that you can use two right hands. I.E. you can use your left hand as if it were a right one. Dexter came to be known as a nerd. I'm left-handed so, I don't know why I took the time to explian this. It only weakens my point. Unless you understand how the brain works, I am sinister-handed and dexter-minded. My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abedy 0 #35 March 12, 2012 You can find the words "sinistra" and "destra" in modern Italian. So guess where the words you wrote about derived from The word "links" (left) also has two meanings in German: one indicating a direction or side and another one meaning "not kosher" so to say. "Right" is connoted to "correct" in many languages - "orthodox" for example can be broken down to it. Most followers of orthodox churches express that their belief is (the) correct (one). Russian-Orthodox for example can be expressed with the words "русско-православный" (russko-pravoslavnyi" and "право" (pravo) means "right" or "correct" (in most Slavic languages, by the way) and relates to words such as "правда" (Pravda) which means truth. Phunny, huh? The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #36 March 12, 2012 So if I do all but one thing right-handed, but kill kittens with my left hand, does that count as ambidextrous?Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #37 March 12, 2012 Quote So if I do all but one thing right-handed, but kill kittens with my left hand, does that count as ambidextrous? nope just a fast achieverYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickochet 0 #38 March 13, 2012 That depends, are you killing kittens with your left hand just because you can't use the mouse with your left hand?If you never fall down you aren't trying hard enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #40 March 13, 2012 Quote That depends, are you killing kittens with your left hand just because you can't use the mouse with your left hand? Yes.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #41 March 13, 2012 QuoteWhat, No option for ambidextrous? I'm left handed. Yogi Berra said, "I'd give my riight arm to be ambetextres."Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #42 March 15, 2012 Just a fun fact for you lefties.. Being a leftie offers some protection from a stroke. Folks who are left handed are less likely to lose their language abilities in the event of a stroke. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #43 March 26, 2012 Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #44 March 26, 2012 Quote Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. lefties are sexy, just look at you and meYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #45 March 26, 2012 Quote Quote Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. lefties are sexy, just look art you and me Who's Art? lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #46 March 26, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. lefties are sexy, just look art you and me Who's Art? Where fore art, ArtYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #47 March 26, 2012 Quote Quote Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. lefties are sexy, just look at you and me I'm left-handed.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #48 March 26, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. lefties are sexy, just look at you and me I'm left-handed. and that hand's also your girlfriend, isnt it!? did you propose to it already!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #49 March 27, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Quote Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. lefties are sexy, just look at you and me I'm left-handed. and that hand's also your girlfriend, isnt it!? did you propose to it already!? I proposed we keep it strictly on a friends with bennies relationship.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #50 March 27, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote Lefty here Left handed people are in their right mind. lefties are sexy, just look at you and me I'm left-handed. and that hand's also your girlfriend, isnt it!? did you propose to it already!? I proposed we keep it strictly on a friends with bennies relationship. This probably belongs in the "You are an old fart" thread but I remember when "friends with bennies" had an entirely different meaning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
