xfreedThey used to make you switch
It’s a good thing we’re no longer this narrow-minded, right? Right?
DeceptichumBy using right as a synonym for correct you are perpetuating this harmful behaviour!
SavvyWolfThere are so many issues left in the world…
Maybe so, but on the other hand…
ivanafterallRight, I'm sure it's very handy to be able to just thumb your nose at the issues.
Who has two thumbs and a nose and is feigning offense right now? This guy!
points both thumbs at nose while scowling unconvincingly
How sinister.
Alleft that’s enough from you now hear.
Oh don’t be so gauche!
Left!
No I didn’t!
Looks like he’s about to snap that man’s left hand off in the last panel.
IninewCrowThat would be inhumane … they would just chop it off with an enormous sword
Middle Ages? Try the mid 20th century.
i wouldn’t even be surprised if they started to say this again soon
Aunt went to a Catholic school, they made her switch. It’s not just a middle ages thing
That’s pretty cool they gave her a Nintendo.
Even better, they made her one! How cool is that to go to a school that has access like that.
Ars Techina headline: OP’s Catholic School Shut Down By Nintendo Lawyers
Follow up: “Nuns challenge lawyers to a Smash Bros. tournament.”
"Nintendo reinvents Catholic school series with open world adventure "
snooggumsMy friend had a teacher do that in public school in the late 80s.
Wouldn’t be surprised if there are still teachers who do it today.
My sister, too. That was the 80s.
So she’s middle-aged now?
How dare you attack me this way
Public schools in the 70’s forced me to be a righty! Teacher even said something stupid like it’s evil. Made me put my crayons in the right hand. Is my hand wrighting ledgable… Nope! Never has been.
I’m a lefty but my teachers never knew how to handle a lefty so my handwriting is also illegible. I had to go do handwriting basics (“colour in the enclosed area of the A shape”) in high school.
So mileage may vary even if leftyism is tolerated. But look at me now teachers! I type obscure commands all day and get a sore hand when I pick up a pen! Checkmate!
LOL yeah!
Catholic school is just the middle ages with extra steps!
Switch or receive the switch
Can I leave my old post here? lemmy.ca/post/15598139
VoyajerTake a quick look at the etymology of the word ‘sinister’ for some confirmation.
cheesymoonshadowFound some interesting stuff, including a dissenting voice at the bottom.
The Simpsons - The Thing and I (Treehouse of Horror VII)
Please, we don’t call things “sin” any more. We prefer the dogwhistles “disease” and “disability” now.
DharkStareMy mom would get her left hand hit with a ruler if she was caught writing left-handed.
datendefektWell, my handwriting is an unnatural abomination. Maybe I should try switching hands?
I kind of hate the whole “born this way” argument. It’s saying that if we could scientifically prove you are sucking cock without having the cock-sucking gene/allele then we are justified in sending you to a forced reeducation camp.
‘Born this way’ doesn’t mean there is a simple diagnosis, or that a clinical diagnosis is always possible due to the complexity of biological lifeforms.
‘Born this way’ is used to refute arguments that everything is learned when it is clear that some people are not the same as the majority of the population, and to remind people that is perfectly fine.
I mean, I feel it’s kinda useless too, it keeps encouraging their “don’t mess with nature” mindset.
In the present, you like men? Go with men. I don’t care if you were “born like that” or not. What matters is you gotta live the way you want to live now (as long as it’s not actively hurting other people ofc).
Even if everything was actually learned it doesn’t mean it’s anyone else’s business what do you want to do with your life.
AkasazhThe thing is that the ‘cock sucking’ criterium you use is a bit beside the point.
One can stick a cock without being gay, in fact most cock sucking occurs in heterosexual context.
Then there’s the cock sucking by people who don’t identity as gay, or sometimes even staunchly advocate against gay identity.
And then there’s the cock sucking as a transactional or functional. Done people don’t love those who sport cocks, but do so to gain money or children. Or just because it’s the norm and they don’t want to be considered weird (you’d be surprised how big this group is).
The better qualification would be whom you love. And that shouldn’t be so complicated. Some people live dogs, but I don’t, that’s ok with me as long as they don’t force me to pet or be licked by their dog.
SanctusEveryone in this comment thread finding out we are still in the Dark Ages in a lot of ways is just such a morsel.
redcalciumWithout soap, there was a need to standardize which hand used to touch foods and which hand used to touch butts.
Put your butt on the food. Cut out the middle man.
The Martha Stewart method. A classic.
Also a great way to lose weight!
I am glad I have the freedom to touch butts with both hands in modern times. Too bad I can’t go touching everyones butts without permission.
My father is a leftie and as a young child I found it cool that he could do stuff with left hand while I was only able to use my right.
That inspired me to learn how to use both arms and that really has been a blessing - being ambidexterous is awesome. It was especially great when I finally learned to stick weld with my left hand. So many impossible corners are just corners now.
To my knowing there’s round 5% of people that are totally left handed or totally right handed. Every one else, please learn to use your non dominant hand.
Being ambidextrous is helpful if you break one arm. But if you break both arms you will have to ask your mom to help out.
Will we never break free of that cursed memory
I wish that all of our memories from reddit would have disappeared when we came here. New fresh Lemmy. Fresh clean minds. Erase our traumatic past.
You can never escape from blowfly girl.
fffffuuuuuuu
At some point there will be people here who have never heard of reddit, a fresh, innocent, generation. They will not have heard of reddit, but still know when the narwhal doth bacon.
I broke my right shoulder some years ago (I’m right-handed) and for about a year I had to switch to playing disc golf lefty. Initially I was terrible but eventually I got the point where I could shoot around par left handed. Now my shoulder is healed but it’s useful to be able to pull out a lefty shot once in a while.
Oof. I had to do that for a bit when I borked my wrist. It was probably foolish and stupid, but work isn’t going to pay me for not coming in. :(
It’s so low-effort to name the errors of somebody so different from you.
Can you name a horrible error that people like you are guilty of?
Allowing religious “values” to infest our system of government and leadership? Trusting priests with our kids? Probably lots more.
Doesn’t make the treatment of LGBTQ+ by the “religious” right any better. (Or did you miss the point entirely?)
does anyone know anyone left-handed whose lives have been absolute hell? I’ve known two people like that.
I mean I seriously doubt it has anything to do with being born left handed, but the correlation is still there 🤷🏻♀️
Of cause I know him. It’s me