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I don't mean Ambidextrous!

Yesterday I tried cutting a vegetable with the knife in my non-dominant hand and it was a weird and uncomfortable thing. I wonder if there are people who have that distinct discomfort of using your "bad" hand, but on both hands?

I don't think it would fall under ambidexterity, because that kinda implies someone is comfortable with either hand, but could someone be uncomfortable with both?

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[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

right handed hammer, screwdriver.

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 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

right handed hammer, screwdriver

Sounds like shit I’ve sent the new apprentice to go looking for when I need a break

[left] handed screwdriver

Vodka and grapefruit? I dunno.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Damn, that's a better idea than the board-stretcher!

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Then, they should learn to write more clearly because that arrangement of words does not convey that message.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's so hard to find left-handed hammers that I'm sure you just felt forced to do it the other way.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 21 hours ago

Life hack: Buy two hammers, and mark them with the letters L and R. This way you’ll know which is which.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Before I switched hands I'd just use the right handed one backwards if I couldn't find a lefty.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How hard is it to hammer in nails with the claw? I always assumed it would be difficult, but seemed too dangerous to try.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It's the same motion as pulling them but in reverse.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

I can see how it would be possible, but difficult. Pulling nails back out, though? Oh, man.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This makes me wonder if drummers have a dominant hand. Except Rick Allen of course.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Ringo is a lefty on a righty kit which added to his feel.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

There are dozens of us! Dozens!