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Amehvafan t1_jad7s4u wrote

Are there right-handed sanitiser dispensers? Aren't they all just a bottle with a pump cap?

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Neat_Ad_8345 t1_jad84t6 wrote

Now, if you said left-handed desks and left-handed scissors and left-handed notebooks, I'd understand.

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suffaluffapussycat t1_jada36e wrote

Replying to Neat_Ad_8345 (#2,110,845)

I buy and sell old guitars, so handedness is definitely something to know about. As far as I can tell, the number of left-handed guitars is a lot less than 10% of all guitars.

Over the years, the best I could come up with is that: (a) lots of lefties just learn right-handed when they’re starting. This would be because it’s sometimes not that easy to find a cheap guitar to buy in the first place, so you borrow or buy used, and right-handed ones are what is available.

And (b) many lefties don’t learn because of (again) the lack of availability of instruments. I mean, there aren’t lefty drums or keyboards.

What I can’t figure out is if some lefties are better able to do certain things right-handed than others. Like: are there degrees of handedness?

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Quantro_Jones t1_jadagwe wrote

Replying to Originu1 (#2,111,246)

Yeah, the typical school desk, at least in the US, consists of a chair that has a writing surface that stretches from the back of the right side to the front so you can rest your right arm while you write your notes. If you're left handed though you are kinda screwed.

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