▲ 1022 ▼ Happy International Left 👈 Handed Day (lemmy.tf) submitted 3 years ago by sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to c/memes@sopuli.xyz 135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf [S] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Which is strange given that so many world-class renowned inventors and artists are all left handed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Helldiver_M@kbin.social 15 points 3 years ago (2 children) Obviously they were inspired by the left handed devil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] droans@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well, it is where the word "sinister" came from. People used to think left-handed people were demonic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago* You can still see it in the italian sinistra and in the french senestre (mostly obsolete) permalink fedilink source parent [–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf [S] 2 points 3 years ago 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Magnetar@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I'd be careful trying to deduce something from that (to my knowledge not too studied) factoid. It could (pure speculation) also be, that children growing up with the freedom to use whichever hand they wanted at a time when that wasn't generally the case also had other freedoms like developing their creativity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Helldiver_M@kbin.social 15 points 3 years ago (2 children) Obviously they were inspired by the left handed devil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] droans@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well, it is where the word "sinister" came from. People used to think left-handed people were demonic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago* You can still see it in the italian sinistra and in the french senestre (mostly obsolete) permalink fedilink source parent [–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf [S] 2 points 3 years ago 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] droans@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well, it is where the word "sinister" came from. People used to think left-handed people were demonic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago* You can still see it in the italian sinistra and in the french senestre (mostly obsolete) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago* You can still see it in the italian sinistra and in the french senestre (mostly obsolete) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Magnetar@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I'd be careful trying to deduce something from that (to my knowledge not too studied) factoid. It could (pure speculation) also be, that children growing up with the freedom to use whichever hand they wanted at a time when that wasn't generally the case also had other freedoms like developing their creativity. permalink fedilink source parent
