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It's called the RIGHT hand for a reason (lemmy.world)
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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You can thank the Romans’ adoption of the Bible for that stigma.

In Latin, sinestra means on the left side. Left handed people were referred to as sinister. After the appearance of Eve on Adam’s left side in accounts of Genesis, the Christian tradition finds instances of the left side being pinned to immorality. As a result, some time during the Latin Classical Era the definition shifted to its current meaning of evil.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's also less left-handed people so they're easier to pick on, and people in the past really delighted on being assholes

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

They still do. But they used to to.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

we're better at swordfighting though.