NationStates Jolt Archive


What's Your Dominant Hand?

Kyronea
02-04-2009, 11:32
Simple, really. Are you dominant in your left hand? Your right? Are you ambidextrous? Let's find out about NSG, and see if it lines up with general statistics on this.

Incidentally, I am right handed, and I am very clumsy with my left hand when I try to use it for most things. (Though for some reason whenever I played baseball I was always better at batting in the left-handed position.)
Cabra West
02-04-2009, 11:36
Left-handed.
It runs in the family.
Psychotic Mongooses
02-04-2009, 11:37
Only lefty in my immediate family.

/Male - in case gender stats come into this.
Ferrous Oxide
02-04-2009, 11:37
Right-handed, although my left hand is the "stronger" one, if you know what I mean.
Conserative Morality
02-04-2009, 11:44
Right handed, although there are a lot of lefties in my family. I'm not too bad with my left hand unlike most righties.
Kryozerkia
02-04-2009, 12:05
I'm a right-handed gal with left-handed parents, and yes, you read that correctly.
Rambhutan
02-04-2009, 12:12
Left-handed, some left-handed grandparents but my parents and both my sisters are right-handed.
Rhursbourg
02-04-2009, 12:16
Left Handed most are left handed in my family
Dumb Ideologies
02-04-2009, 12:19
Very right handed. I say very, because if you ask me to pick up or catch something in my left hand I will invariably drop it, probably hitting myself in the face in the process. Similarly, if I was to attempt to kick a ball with my left foot, I'd probably fall over. Actually, there's no probably there, this has actually happened several times :p
Rambhutan
02-04-2009, 12:26
Surprised nobody has said their pimp hand yet.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
02-04-2009, 12:34
I'm very right-handed, although I can use my left hand if I have to. Feeding myself got to be a bit tricky when I broke my right arm last year.
SaintB
02-04-2009, 12:41
I'm a righty
Intestinal fluids
02-04-2009, 14:07
My dominant hand is the Royal Flush.
Yootopia
02-04-2009, 14:19
I keep the pimp hand strong. That being my right hand.
Lunatic Goofballs
02-04-2009, 14:29
I'm right-handed, but I do a lot of things with my left hand to increase my lefty dexterity. Being ambidextrous is a tremendous advantage when doing magic.
Gelgisith
02-04-2009, 14:37
I'm ambidextrous, with a slight preference for right. My left hand lacks fine motor control, but that could be just a lack of practice.

Éh? Pimp hand?
Sarkhaan
02-04-2009, 14:53
both my sister and I are left handed, with both my parents being right handed. We're actually in a study because of it (they have found that parents who have their kids later in life are more likely to have left handed kids)

That said, one of my uncles is so ambidextrous that when he writes, he uses the right hand for any curved lines, and the left hand for any straight lines. Mom broke his arm once by calling him down the stairs pretending there was an emergency. His brain, in the rush, told him to move both feet at the same time, sending him down the stairs.
Yootopia
02-04-2009, 14:55
Pimp hand?
http://www.ratemyeverything.net/image/6613/0/Pimp_Hand.ashx

Also this :

http://demotivationalblog.com/demotivational/2008/12/pimp-hand-you-got-to-keep-it-strong.jpg
Sarkhaan
02-04-2009, 14:59
Éh? Pimp hand?

Pulled to the house get her out of the pad
And the bitch said something to make me mad
She said somethin' that I couldn't believe
So I grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy ass weave
She started talkin' shit, would'nt you know?
I reached back like a pimp and slapped the ho
And her father stood up and he started to shout
So I threw a right-cross and knocked his old ass out
Dluighinleigh
02-04-2009, 15:18
Ambidextruos.
I'm sorry, but I chuckled at the "other" option. My sister has really long toes and can play thumb wars with her feet. I wonder if she can write with them...
Neo Bretonnia
02-04-2009, 15:28
Surprised nobody has said their pimp hand yet.

If you're a true pimp you don't have to say it.

*SMACK*
Kyronea
02-04-2009, 15:38
Ambidextruos.
I'm sorry, but I chuckled at the "other" option. My sister has really long toes and can play thumb wars with her feet. I wonder if she can write with them...

It's for people who may only have one hand or something like that. :)
Dyakovo
02-04-2009, 15:42
What's Your Dominant Hand?

The correct one... :p
I'm right-handed
The One Eyed Weasel
02-04-2009, 15:53
I am an ambidextrous male. It kind of came kind of natural and then I taught myself how to use my left hand to properly do things.
No Names Left Damn It
02-04-2009, 16:26
Ambidextrous, leaning right for gross motor skills and leaning left for fine motor skills.
Truly Blessed
02-04-2009, 16:30
Right handed.
Doomtown2
02-04-2009, 16:37
Write with my right hand, do everything else with my left hand. I can't write worth a crap with my left hand, and my right hand is otherwise useless for any other task.
RhynoD
02-04-2009, 17:57
Interestingly enough, you can be right handed and still be left-hand dominant when using sign language. And vice versa.
Galloism
02-04-2009, 17:59
Oh this is new.

I'm right handed, always been right handed, but when I broke my right arm as a child, I found that I could almost instantly write left handed. As soon as my arm healed, I lost that ability.

Odd eh?

I use my right hand for everything except when I'm batting. I bat left-handed.
Dyakovo
02-04-2009, 18:01
To give a more complete (and more obvious for those that didn't check out my white text) answer, I am right-handed but left-eye dominant.
JuNii
02-04-2009, 18:17
What's Your Dominant Hand?
The one that holds the Whip.

Seriously tho.
Eating, Writing and mouse control? Right hand.

precision work with tools? left hand.

Go figure.
Ring of Isengard
02-04-2009, 18:31
I was left handed, but my school made me write with my right hand. So now I am about the least dexterous person ever. My hand righting is atrocious.
Lord Tothe
02-04-2009, 18:49
Fun fact for you lefties: The single-action revolvers that are generally patterned after the Colt Peacemaker design are perfect for you since the loading gate is on the right side of the frame. They're stylish, too :D
The Parkus Empire
02-04-2009, 18:53
I was left handed, but my school made me write with my right hand.

Stupid. I thought we dropped that practice decades ago.
Ring of Isengard
02-04-2009, 19:06
Stupid. I thought we dropped that practice decades ago.

Nope, they started trying to do it to my little brother until my mum told them to fuck off.
The imperian empire
02-04-2009, 19:10
Is this weird. :p

I write, throw, etc with my right hand.

I shoot and play snooker/pool with my left.
Anti-Social Darwinism
02-04-2009, 21:10
Left Handed most are left handed in my family

Your sig says you're dyslexic. I understand that there is some correlation between handedness and dyslexia. First it was noted that left-handed children who didn't "choose" handedness until they were nearly five were more likely to be dyslexic: second, that children who had "mixed dominance" - left-handed, right-eyed - were more likely to be dyslexic. Also, there seems to be some correlation between your position in the family and handedness, especially if the children are close in age.

My son, who is left handed - but bats right - fits that profile.

Does any of this fit you?
Fartsniffage
02-04-2009, 21:13
Left for writing and scissors, right for pretty much everything else.

I'm left footed though which works really well for martial arts as I fight mainly right-handed and have a very strong left foot kick to rely on.
Johnny B Goode
03-04-2009, 00:31
Simple, really. Are you dominant in your left hand? Your right? Are you ambidextrous? Let's find out about NSG, and see if it lines up with general statistics on this.

Incidentally, I am right handed, and I am very clumsy with my left hand when I try to use it for most things. (Though for some reason whenever I played baseball I was always better at batting in the left-handed position.)

Left-handed. I used to think I was ambidextrous, though.
Neo Art
03-04-2009, 00:35
Every part of me is dominant *nods*
Philosophy and Hope
03-04-2009, 02:07
My dominant hand is the Royal Flush.

full house for me and im right handed left footed...weird isnt it??
The Blaatschapen
03-04-2009, 02:43
Officially Left-Handed. However, I do quite a lot of things with my right hand (like cutting). So maybe I should get a test on this.

Left-handedness runs a bit on mothers side of the family though, I've got 2 cousins who got it as well.
Sarkhaan
03-04-2009, 02:45
Every part of me is dominant *nods*

Of course it is, princess.

Just sleep....just sleep.
Twinpappia
03-04-2009, 05:13
My dominant hand is a Royal Flush....duh.


We were talking poker right?
Wanderjar
03-04-2009, 05:47
I'm right handed, but I would like to bring up my Dad who is an exceptionally interesting case:

He is right handed, yet he eats with his left hand. He's not quite ambidextrous, as in he can't write with his left, but other functions he can't. Its peculiar. *shrug*
Straughn
03-04-2009, 06:01
Right-handed, although my left hand is the "stronger" one, if you know what I mean.
http://www.thetick.ws/images/The%20Tick%204.jpg
Nope!
New Manvir
03-04-2009, 06:19
Right.

*Insert masturbation joke*
Cameroi
03-04-2009, 09:03
royal flush.

although that sense organ thingie on the top of my head ...
Risottia
03-04-2009, 10:01
Only lefty in my immediate family.

/Male - in case gender stats come into this.

Exactly the same.

Btw: my fiancee is left-handed too. Her brother is left-handed. Their other two sisters are right-handed, just like all of their other relatives.
Bokkiwokki
03-04-2009, 10:51
You forgot the poll option "ambisinistrous".

And yep, that's me. :D
No Names Left Damn It
03-04-2009, 11:00
Stupid. I thought we dropped that practice decades ago.

Nope. I used to write the first few letters of a word with my left, and then switch to my right for the last ones. They made me stop and write with my right.
No Names Left Damn It
03-04-2009, 11:03
Your sig says you're dyslexic. I understand that there is some correlation between handedness and dyslexia. First it was noted that left-handed children who didn't "choose" handedness until they were nearly five were more likely to be dyslexic: second, that children who had "mixed dominance" - left-handed, right-eyed - were more likely to be dyslexic. Also, there seems to be some correlation between your position in the family and handedness, especially if the children are close in age.

My son, who is left handed - but bats right - fits that profile.

Does any of this fit you?

It's the same with dyspraxic children, and those with DCD.
Eofaerwic
03-04-2009, 12:01
Right handed for the vaste majority of things - especially fine motor control, but ambidextrous and even left handed with some things (for example I wear my watch on my right hand).
Dakini
03-04-2009, 14:15
I'm mostly right handed, but I do lots of things with my left hand (including write like a seven year old). I sort of tend to use whichever hand is most convenient (except for writing, where I use the hand that is most practiced) and closest for most tasks (i.e. opening doors, eating, holding drinks, catching, throwing).
Gift-of-god
03-04-2009, 14:34
I was unsure, so I forced my hands to fight each other.

I am now in pain, and no closer to the answer.
Quacawa
03-04-2009, 14:55
I think i am "no-handed". Because try as I might I have awful handwriting on both hands. My right hand is marginially better though.
BunnySaurus Bugsii
03-04-2009, 15:40
Right handed. For the easiest or most adept job, I use my right hand.

However, there isn't anything my right hand can do which my left cannot. I have been doing a lot of painting (in the sense "painting and decorating") recently, and despite having to concentrate a bit harder, there are times when it is preferable to use the left hand.

My left hand is also my first hand for autonomic actions, like lifting a cup of tea of holding a cigarette. I guess that's from practice, having to do it because the right hand is doing something more deliberate.

I think of my left hand as "her." My right hand is "him." Is that wrong?
Galloism
03-04-2009, 15:41
I think of my left hand as "her." My right hand is "him." Is that wrong?

Not really, but if you use the wrong hand to masturbate, it's gay.
BunnySaurus Bugsii
03-04-2009, 15:48
I was unsure, so I forced my hands to fight each other.

Muscles working against muscles. The Charles Atlas method.

Quite brilliant really. Send me money, and I will send you no exercise equipment. I will send you no wonder drugs, not even a guest certificate for a gym. No, I will send you instructions in how to arm-wrestle with yourself.
BunnySaurus Bugsii
03-04-2009, 15:59
Not really, but if you use the wrong hand to masturbate, it's gay.

So if I use both, it's bisexual?
Rambhutan
03-04-2009, 16:12
Muscles working against muscles. The Charles Atlas method.

Quite brilliant really. Send me money, and I will send you no exercise equipment. I will send you no wonder drugs, not even a guest certificate for a gym. No, I will send you instructions in how to arm-wrestle with yourself.

Kicks sand in your face :p
BunnySaurus Bugsii
03-04-2009, 16:18
Kicks sand in your face :p

I don't care. I have my International Passport to Smoking Pleasure.

*lights up*
The One Eyed Weasel
03-04-2009, 16:45
So gentleman I have a question, I came up with this at the bar last night (yes I was thinking of NSG at the bar).

When urinating, do you use your dominant hand?

I always tend to use the left.
BunnySaurus Bugsii
03-04-2009, 16:57
So gentleman I have a question, I came up with this at the bar last night (yes I was thinking of NSG at the bar).

When urinating, do you use your dominant hand?

I always tend to use the left.

The right hand being more convenient for opening a zipper (fly) I guess I use my right to point the hose. It's there or thereabouts already.

If that is even necessary. It's not like the urinal is a small target ... anywhere within 180° gets the piss done. And if you have your beer with you (as you should) then you'll need your right hand for that.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
03-04-2009, 18:41
I'm right-handed.
Cameroi
04-04-2009, 10:01
So if I use both, it's bisexual?

absolute win.
Ring of Isengard
04-04-2009, 11:52
Nope. I used to write the first few letters of a word with my left, and then switch to my right for the last ones. They made me stop and write with my right.
Is your writing shyte too?
It's the same with dyspraxic children, and those with DCD.

:mad: Fucking school :mad: