Scott Williams 🐧TIL that scissors work differently for left and right handed people and they make left handed scissors that reverse the blades.
Now I'm second guessing every time I wrapped Christmas presents and I blamed the polymer grain of the wrapping paper when I switched to my left hand for some awkward cut.
Scott Michaud@vwbusguy Yep. My parents used to buy me left-handed safety scissors for school ~30 years ago.
Once I learned my left from my right, I realized that, while I write with my left hand, I cut with my right. 😅
Third spruce tree on the left@vwbusguy Strangely yes.
If you are RH and all you have LH scissors, it actually helps to switch hands (much easier to do than say trying to write with your off-hand)
Anne DelongI use scissors with left-handed grips but right-handed blades. Works for me, since I was the only left-handed one in my family and so had to use standard scissors.
@Anne_Delong @vwbusguy that.... what?
Ok, I know what you mean, i just never thought that was a thing.
Probably not as weird as it is in my head:
I bought them in a sewing shop. Using opposite hand scissors is fine if they are fairly tight, but if the blades are loose you have to pull instead of push with your thumb, which is more comfortable if the handles fit your hand.
Mirppc@vwbusguy I have some ambidextrous scissors and whoo boy are they.. "interesting". I got some safety ones when my Jr High was surplussing things (yeet into the dumpster.. dive into dumpster, free things!) Then later when i was working for the federal government we had a set of heavy duty ambidextrous scissors in the copy room. Those things hurt to use.
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