Why Are Some People Left-Handed?

We've got two perfectly good hands attached to two perfectly good arms, so why do most people prefer to use one over the other for common tasks?
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[@dancemomsstrike5245]

I hate it when people go “how do you write with your left hand” Because I’m like “HOW DO YOU WRITE WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND” 😂😂😂

[@Tiernan422]

Because magic

[@user-yb8fs4el3y]

Dance Moms Strike lol I love it when people ask because I am ambidextrous so when I’m using my left and I get that question I actually laugh and switch hands and watch the person get shocked

[@tallonorso8088]

Especially when you get led on your hand

[@hannahip3999]

EXACTLY

[@asteroid0490]

I know it's soooooooo annoying

[@MF-ln1ve]

Who else is part of the 9% chance of being lefty

[@PanjaRoseGold]

+Multi Fandom everyone in my family i right-handed, so yes. YAY! WE'RE ABOMINATIONS! wait... is that not a good thing? i think it is.

[@MF-ln1ve]

Casey Anderson YEAH! we're the best abominations ever!!!

[@PanjaRoseGold]

+Multi Fandom lol.

[@sophia_fortier]

Me

[@laney4326]

me

[@luluanioka815]

No one: Literally nobody: NO ONE: The righties in your class: You'Re lEft hAndEd? HoW dO yoU eVeN wrItE ?

[@victorolmedo1240]

billy bob you’re*

[@hi-nz9cb]

bruh righties hate us lefties :c

[@htxthewild5553]

_Oof_ Oof fr, especially in the music world

[@dariadaniellemusic]

That's not no one. That's 90% of the people I know.

[@jemi-active4994]

Not one kid eveyone in my class

[@perhapsperhaps5087]

Like for my lefties.... 👇

[@evanraymond8728]

Ha ha

[@ghostmanhakker8088]

teem lefties

[@yeltics8248]

@@ghostmanhakker8088 yes lad

[@anzacthedog]

ghostman hakker Definitely

[@xboxwolfytandapugkilledyou104]

It sucks I hate getting pencil graphite on my hand

[@kaagex7292]

*someone sees me writing with my left hand* “Wow! Your left-handed? My fiancé’s cousins neighbour is left-handed!” “Just let me live my life.....”

[@tallonorso8088]

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?! ITS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR!!!

[@user-tn4xb6oi9u]

Are we the same person or did the same person say that to me?

[@vortexsupernovapersonal7801]

@@user-tn4xb6oi9u my friends also said that to me... DAMN THEY THINK WE ARE SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES 😂

[@vortexsupernovapersonal7801]

Peeps think if they knew a lefty in their lives it's like getting a rare to ultra rare weapon on a videogame hahahha

[@lylaamiro5833]

Cllaw Orso it came from reaction time xD

[@wateryketchup7599]

“ woah you're left handed? how do you write? ” *dEEP INHALE*

[@beatbeast747]

irusuu and a *FACEPALM* in succession.

[@rodeo3x950]

Lmaooo

[@ryankwin]

irusuu everyday thing

[@keri7031]

irusuu im lefthanded

[@Willy9571]

More like how do you *right*. Am I right? Sorry.

[@stardust7289]

In chemistry class we had to do group projects. We were a group of six lefties and our teacher found it so interesting that he calls us the lefty class since then.

[@el_1024]

Yeah that’s crazy ! cuz in my class (31 students) we have 7 lefties and one ambidextrous guy. what are the odds lmao 😅

[@AA-rr9ly]

That’s cool, not that many lefties ever get in a big group like that especially since there are usually only one or two in every class

[@user-hk3ux8yg1p]

Our class is 20 and we have only 3 lefties :[ Update: one of them dropped so we are now 2. And 2 more right handed people joined the class so there is 21 people in the classroom rn and only 2 lefties..

[@randomknowledgeperson2872]

Righties: We rule the world! Lefties: We may be smaller! But we are special! Ambidextrians: Pathetic.

Lol im a ambidextrious

[@cekan14]

Thanks, I was searching for my group in the comments

[@EBGamez1]

GameTomCat lol I am ambidextrous at a lot of things and I am right handed at some things like throwing even though my left hand is still good and left handed at writing which I used to be ambidextrous at.

[@marvinaafamilychannel5948]

Me

[@shri1177]

I'm too ambidextrous

[@riannadebett5980]

Where's my lefty squad? I know there's more than just me. ;D

[@stevanthewise7240]

Rianna Playz aaaayyyyyy

[@frankdees507]

Rianna Playz representing the left here lol 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@babo85]

All four of us are here!

[@DANKSx1]

Lefty gang

[@Starlight48792]

Rianna Playz ya I'm not the only one!

[@mike.likes.science]

As a lefty, I found it strange to use left-handed items. I was so used to adapting to the right-handed stuff that left-handed desks, and scissors just didn't feel right. Anyone else have similar experiences?

[@karosu2936]

I have the same problem.. whenever I use something meant for left-handed people I find it awkward while using it.. and I'm a lefty as well although my handwriting sucks crap xD

[@sebastiandelatorre4469]

Yea me too.

[@briangreen3496]

Yea to be specific I prefer the default controls instead of the lefty controls

[@patriciamurray1184]

I got used to using right handed scissors, and now whenever I try to cut with my left hand and I find it feels very odd to me. Also I am not used to using the mouse with my left hand, I have grown used to using it with my right hand. But writing is still very much still left handed writing.

[@vyudali5519]

I didn't even realize there was such a thing as left-handed things. I want to go look for some now just to see since I've never noticed when using everything, which I'm assuming is all right-handed.

[@deadchannel3695]

My mom always taught me to write with my right hand but I always preferred left. Idk 😐

[@edismusanovic3081]

@@Amit_Pirate Your name seems like you are Muslim, because of that your parents wants you to do everything with right hand, Im not that big Muslim but i think an angel is on our right arm and on left is like a demon, idk how to say it in English and when you do something with left hand, that will not finish well. Idk i think its because of this

[@Amit_Pirate]

@@edismusanovic3081 I am a Hindu

[@Amit_Pirate]

@@edismusanovic3081 Hindi is written from left to right, Same with English. so my parents think that I am unable to write fast because of that.

[@edismusanovic3081]

@@Amit_Piratewhooops. Sorry for replying to you then.

[@Amit_Pirate]

@@edismusanovic3081 it's okay

[@Hwan.421]

I think it’s funny when someone says “you’re left handed?!!?” But then I really mess em up because I play guitar right handed.

[@shitnugget12]

Same, for some reason left handed anything is way more expensive. So we adapt and become more superior

[@siyacer]

@@shitnugget12righties been superior, we've been using stuff you're only just adapting to for millennia.

[@EBGamez1]

Jeff Couture I am left and right handed at a lot of things like I am left handed at writing which I used to be ambidextrous at and I am right handed at throwing although my left hand is getting better. Idk it just feels weird to be using both hands at different things.

[@texasbeaver8188]

@@siyacer But wouldn't they have two decent hands since the right is used all the time?

[@rmb1321]

same. im left handed but i play guitar.. my family even asked me how i do it.. im confused too😂

[@yashodabhatia9550]

WOW! Your left handed? ... My brothers aunts sister cousins neighbour is left handed too!

[@user-tn4xb6oi9u]

If it's your brothers aunts sisters then it's also your aunt and if it's you aunts cousin then it's your great cousins neighbour. Sorry for being a smart ass...

[@shshah5533]

If its your brothers aunt that means is also your aunt and if your aunt has a sister is also YOUR AUNT so it’s your aunts neighbor the one how left handed

[@TheGamer2554_]

You’re*

[@darceyxo1175]

I’m left handed

[@niimo4776]

Im left handed but i write with my right hand

[@hmm5375]

My parents are both right handed so i had a 6% chance of being left handed and I am I feel so special

[@nahidsalam8022]

Same

[@aryangupta06]

Skylander show me too

[@jeefburky]

Me too, probably my whole family is a righty but not me :P

[@raissa9771]

Skylander show me too

[@ballinisgood5466]

same

[@beanzuwu8502]

When your left: writing like a human being Class: OH MY GOD DOES THAT HURT? Me: wtf this is how I write.

[@TheGamer2554_]

You’re*

[@bigwha1032]

There are like 10 people in my grade left handed? I’m left handed and I know soo many people that are

[@embershalaz8269]

It’s not writing like a human being, it’s writing how left handed people wright.

[@MohamedAli-zq4xt]

I use to be left-handed, for years! my early memories are of me eating and throwing with my left, due to religious reason I used my left for some things and my right almost all the time actually and it wasn't until I tried to throw with my left one day that I realized something felt terribly painful about it. I'm not sure if this is a side effect of it but, my left is always faster, reacts quicker, and when I fight always seems to defend or block whether its a punch or an object being thrown. but my right has always been stronger. I thought that this was due to me having a poor grip on my right but one day ill go see a trainer or a doctor to see what's up. weird that my left is faster, better endurance, has better grip. my right is stronger feels more stable. I can write with both but my left is better with cursive and my right is better with standard.

[@sayona_asphy6421]

I always get pen ink on my hand

[@lafayeetelargebaguette3471]

Everyone always asks me “How do you write with your left hand??” And I’m all “... cuz I can. How are you RIGHT handed?!”

[@vivhiggins5656]

Haha good one that,

[@blacklyfe5543]

We were taught how to write with out right hand in schools and at home because we live in a right handed world

[@sugakookies7601]

3:04 So I'm that 9% that is left handed with two right handed parents

[@QS1597]

Same

[@tallonorso8088]

Same

[@jichuulimario2093]

I'm with the parents with 26% chance.

[@gabrielquist6120]

Yep. Same story.

[@arindamkashyap9420]

Me toooo

[@anonymousunnamed3026]

Funny, I do half of things with my left (eat and write), but everything else with my right side (hit, kick, catch/throw a ball, use a mouse or tool). Even in sports like baseball I do "right handed". If I had to, i.e. if I broke my left hand, I can also write legibly. Eating with my right hand is awkward, however. I have always wondered if this is a left handed trait or are there right handed people who are like this but reversed. I don't know if I would call myself ambidextrous bc I do have a preference.

[@waldo2797]

Pdx Paula I'm like this too .

[@blueaxel1382]

Pdx Paula I'm not like that I kick with left and everything else I just eat with my right cuz I'm supposed to idk why

[@callmeishmael3031]

I'm exactly like this, too. but I would have a very hard time learning to write legibly or draw well with my right hand, and since I'm a professional artist, losing my left hand would be devastating.

[@dansattah]

My mother told me that I was only barely classified as right-handed instead of left-handed. Today I do most tings with my right hand except for playing floorball. After a workout with both arms and hands my left hand is always the stronger one. If I had to ride a bike one-handed, I would be an ace with my left, but a loser with my right.

[@assholebynature5603]

Pdx Paula I'm exactly the same

[@Ricky.Lamarine]

My grandfather was left handed and iirc his parents made him learn to write with his right hand. To this day he is ambidextrous. Fast forward to me being born (having been named after his father) I’m left handed and I find it hilariously ironic

[@est727xx5]

I am ambidextrous

[@hanakinhoralinson120]

Omggg the same thing happened with me!!!!

[@shellyblanchard5788]

With me I enjoy being left handed until someone wants me to sign a piece of paper and they hold it straight up and I have to turn it side ways to the right sign it, or else I write in a circle. ) like that. Most people are right handed they deal with so it is no problem. I crochet to and I start from the left and go to the right. It is fun.

[@ipadress3174]

Right handed people VS left handed people Ambidextrous: *You dare oppose me mortal*

[@vivhiggins5656]

Haha a lot of them ar on the streets yes eny one of can be but dont put eny one down look the way drs write and how cleaver ar thy it takes 6 years too be a dr and thy still have too learn,

[@Htiy]

@@vivhiggins5656 what

[@vivhiggins5656]

@@Htiy what are,going on a bout i dont,even know you,so dont text me a gain,

[@Htiy]

@@vivhiggins5656 bless ur heart

[@Artleycoul]

Definitely trips up the people I play badminton with.

[@aidenwathern1430]

Most of my family is righty but I'm lefty

[@blueaxel1382]

Aiden Wathern me and my dad are lefties

[@RogueAssassin]

Same with my family

[@ibo6502]

damnnnn

[@lilithfaucher9878]

Aiden Wathern hahaha my brother, my dads and my grandpa are lefty’s so it’s kind of weird being the righty

[@claudioentia4884]

Ify

[@Nimiety327]

I'm left handed. It's very annoying having to cope in world dominated by right handed tools. Even measuring cups show in Metric instead of Imperial (i live in the US) when grabbed by the left hand. But on the plus side, it forced me to get used to the Metric System.

[@OnyxIdol]

I'm left handed too, and I dare say there are much worse fates ; )

[@Nimiety327]

OnyxIdol Agreed :D

[@chrisross7754]

pfft im also a lefty and i find nothing but advantages.. especially in sports.

[@Nimiety327]

Chris Ross I'm not sports fan. and as this video shows, there are some people who are *more* left handed than others. I'd suspect you're a mid-way lefty and not a hardcore lefty. I have found advantages of course, (figts usually) but it annoys me more than it helps me. But no biggie.

[@samramdebest]

Nimiety327 is that profile pic a reference to stargate?

[@BuilditupButtercup]

“Two right handed parents only have a 9% chance of having a left handed kid” Me being left handed and having two right handed parents sitting in the corner thinking I have won the lottery. 😏

[@eduardolabra106]

Same!

[@artificialize922]

same haha

[@lavamc319]

Dude if you think u won the lottery listen to this. My friends mum won wipes in the lottery

[@olympianlegacy]

@@lavamc319 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

[@Canmanfanpan]

Lol same

[@tlnn6598]

I read a cute bumper sticker.... “LEFTIES HAVE RIGHTS TOO”

[@gudzev]

Facts of my left hand and for what i use it 1.Eating 2.Writing 3.It’s stronger than my right hand Right hand: Holding Mouse

[@levypham761]

@@flirpykid Hey I'm right hand and I hold mouse on left hand.

[@darkdragon2478]

I'm left handed but my right hand is stronger and I kick with my right leg so it's kind of mixed up for me.

[@slick777go]

I'm both handed , not fully ambidextrous. I Write left so it makes sense to hold the mouse with right and pen to write with left.

[@raobilal8395]

Same

[@HRmusic]

at least i learnd to use mouse with left allso. left hand is more accurate

[@souly2995]

Who else clicked on this video because their left handed. 😅

[@ashnikfield4224]

Nope

[@TheRenovationMan]

I'm right handed in every aspect.

[@Marshmallow-bq2lf]

Me!

[@stevanthewise7240]

Joshua Braaten me

[@mahwishhassan170]

Me

[@flyingpeanut1031]

"What!! YOUR LEFT HAND-" *Punches classmate in the face*

[@evelyn5891]

'The actual question is 'why are some people right handed?'

[@costa2k1]

Exactly

[@vrepitsa1083]

What do you mean

[@lil_dudie18]

🐞 Yea 🐞

[@clipit4503]

No lol the mojority of peope is right handed so you guys are in minority so the most logical question would be: why are some people left handed?

[@evelyn5891]

@@clipit4503 Well done, genius. That totally wasn't sarcasm 😉

[@mahdiben6114]

I write with my left but I do everything else with my right, by the gods what am i?

[@majesticdestiny7590]

ambidextrous

[@littertray6138]

Your a left to the right

[@mahdiben6114]

Khushi Solanki sounds like a japanese trying to say "left"

[@khushisolanki8723]

Lol but that is kinda racist

[@Th0usandMaster]

+Khushi Solanki Nah, not racist at all. Japanese only has the "R" sound as in 'Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro'. They don't know how to pronounce "L".

[@Iris-ej5sx]

Dammmmmn! I am one of that 9%! My mom, dad, brother, and pretty much everyone in my family have the right hand as their dominant hand. (and yes, four years late, I know)

[@rohitmeena827]

mee too. 4 yr 3 month late

[@oof2394]

Same

[@crossfirefan722]

Same

[@xdgirlchelsea]

In our family, we know more left handed people than right handed

[@mehakaneja1214]

Yeah me too... No one in my WHOLE family is left handed but I am.

[@budte]

I am left-handed and one day it seemed for the first time I observed my friend of some years writing with his left hand. " I didn't know you were left-handed" I said. He looked up at me and said "I've got to be". Then I remembered he lost his right arm in an accident and has a false one. Completely slipped my mind.

[@hyrulphicsound]

me: always been a left-hander co-worker: wow you're left handed!!!????? also me: we've been working together for over a year!

[@XXToddeXX]

Interesting fact: I am left-handed while my identical twin as well as the rest of my family is right-handed. That would mean that genetics can't be the only factor in left-handedness.

[@besmart]

Not necessarily. Remember that the genetic theory doesn't say that the lack of a "right shift" mutation doesn't automatically make you left handed, it just puts it up to a "coin flip". So the genetic answer still makes sense. These are things that we have to look at in populations, not just in families!

[@AlkisGD]

According to Wikipedia: " _Left-handedness always occurs at a lower frequency than right-handedness. Generally, left-handedness is found within 10.8% of the overall population. However, left-handedness is more common in twins than in single individuals, occurring in 17% of people who are twins._ "

[@yourfullofsheite]

You're just possessed

[@XXToddeXX]

It's Okay To Be Smart Ha, yes you are right, I missed this point in the video. Had to rewatch it. Still I find it kinda interesting that twins can be quite different from eachother though they should be genetically identical. For example my brother is suffering from rheumatism at an age of 23 while I am not. And at least according to the doctors the cause of this disease is most likely also found in the genes.

[@KimberlyYvonne]

***** if i'm not mistaken there's a theory that suggests identical twins are a mirror copy of each other in the womb (duh) so if your twin is right handed, you would be left because of this so called theory.

[@shikharsrivastava3558]

I am left handed and a guitar player. For me finding left handed instruments (their increased price), is by far the most annoying thing I have to deal with. But then again, I just chuckle when I see righties failing to play my left handed guitar all the time, while I can play theirs because it's just way more common. 😋

[@yuliee3628]

i know! both me and my brother are ambidextrous so we write in both, draw in right, and play guitar/uke with left. try to take the strings out of a right-handed guitar and putting them the opposite (sixth in first, second in fifth)

[@notubercharged]

At my school there's no left handed base guitars when the only music teacher in the school is left handed - I know it's really ironic

[@rondegoey]

4:23: "Now we're both lefties!" me: *pictures them giggling and skipping away in the distance while holding hands

[@heatherqualy9143]

Supposedly, I’m “cross handed”. I naturally do most skills with my left hand, but with sports and in a couple other areas, I naturally use my right. When trying a new skill, I simply try both ways and see which “handed” I am for that particular skill. Though, since most of us lefties have had to adapt so often, there are things that I naturally WOULD have done left, but they are easier in life if you do it right handed (drums, guitar, sign language), so I adapted. It takes me a little longer initially to develop the skill, but now, I could NEVER play a left-handed guitar, or flip my drum kit around. Oh, and no other lefties in our family for generations. Just me. 😊

[@janeca1189]

Me too!

[@southpaw9581]

I understand cause my oldest brother and my daddy are even handed. I’m a leftie. My mama and other 2 brothers are right handed. We all mixed up🤣🤣🤣

[@visheshl]

Same...

[@theuglyzone]

One of the (few) benefits of being ambidextrous is being able to pretend you're a lefty. In class, for example, you have the option of changing your seat if you claim your left arm always bumps into someone else's right, or vise versa.

[@Shangori]

You don't have preferences? While being ambidextrous, I do prefer doing certain things with either my left or right side.

[@Doomroar]

Yeah we all have a preferred hand for certain things ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

[@garetr]

You make it sound like you can write reasonably well with both hands. Do you prefer one hand over the other, and is your handwriting noticeably different when you write with the other hand? I'm just curious.

[@stephaniesmith3544]

Were you born with good use of both hands, or did you start out with one dominant hand, then teach the non-dominant hand to write and do other tasks. Sorry if that's a stupid question, but in the video he said it may or may not be genetic, so I'm not sure : >

[@LynneSkysong]

Shangori Do all ambidextrous people have preferences? I've never been able to figure out what to tell people about my handedness. I was taught to write right handed, so I write with my right hand today. I prefer to use my left hand when given a choice, and I do many things better with my left (pretty much anything not writing or designed for right handed use). I sometime jokingly refer to myself as a "well adjusted lefty" since I have almost none of the issues most lefties have (pencil marks on their hands, hard time finding scissors, etc).

[@Alucard45000]

70% of left handed people have the speech senter on the left side, 20% have it on both and 19% have it on the right side? 70% + 20% + 19% = 109% wait.. what..? I'm confused..

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

Me too... I’ll re watch the video later...

[@javindhillon6294]

It's not 70%, it's 61%

[@Alucard45000]

@@javindhillon6294 That's not what the video said. 2:22

[@Huaaa-ti]

I got you here.He first said most of the lefties use left side to process language 70% of the time.Meaning 30% of the time lefties use right side to do that. Then,19% of lefties use right side to process language.I guess he meant only or mostly using right side.However,I am sure they should not be using left side to process language 70% of the time because at 2:22 , you can see he used the pictures to differentiate the location(s) of Broca's Area(2:05) and also clarify his points.Therefore,you need to listen and watch to fully know what he is saying. Finally,20% of lefties use both sides to process language.Probably again, doesn't have to do with the first point he made in this video.I think here it means 20% of the lefties use right side and left side spontaneously to process language.Dunno if they can use only one side to process language or how frequently they use both sides to process language.🤔🤓

[@theotherlemon966]

It's not what he said in the video, but regardless, he probably averaged the percentage from a couple different studies with different results, you didn't actually expect people to check every single left handed person for which side of the brain the speech center is on, did you?

[@morticia7593]

In college I'm the only lefty all of the students look amaze when I try to draw or writing something.

[@Mr_Case_Time]

My wife is left handed and two of my three daughters are also left handed. Statistical anomaly.

[@pointlesslylukesplainingpo1200]

Damn, a 0.0729% chance. Assuming genetics dont play a role in it.

[@justhere2153]

The DeadCreator Lmao both of my parents are right, 3/5 children are lefties

[@artman2oo3]

Like I said in my comment above, my ex and I had four children. 2 are left-handed. Both of us are right-handed. So I guess it’s even MORE of an unusual statistical or genetic anomaly that half of our kids are lefties, isn’t it?

[@colby3776]

Both my mother and father are left-handed. I have 3 brothers 2 are left-handed and one can use both their left and their right.

[@alangallegos3995]

Who's left handed like me?

[@blueaxel1382]

Alan Gallegos right here man

[@izukumidoriya6915]

I am

[@gabrielquist6120]

Me.

[@t.s.b.gstudios7759]

Im ambidextrous(is dominant in both hands ) so does that count?

[@ekoi1995]

not sure if both handedness are considered, I could write on either my left or right hands, brush my teeth to both of them or even mix beverages with either of them

[@zedblade2526]

funny how 99 % of comments are from left handed people when right handed people are 90%. Aaand I dont think all the left handed people in the world came to see this video.

[@hitikagahalot4549]

ZBlade_Gaming Lol you're right. I was thinking the same thing

[@Rebel_71123]

True. You're forgetting about ambidextrous people like me.

[@weatheronthe8s895]

I think the reason why is because left handers(like myself) are in the minority. It's interesting to watch a video that you can relate to and comment on it. But right handed people have less of a reason to watch the video since they can't relate and don't really know what to comment about being right handed unless it's saying they're right handed to stand out among a crowd of lefties.

[@Sienna.Mariee]

I don’t think all the right handed people came to see this video and you do realize theres billions of people’s on this world 😂😂😂

[@PHanomaly]

Wake up, Dude. It's called "self-selection". Who is most likely to click on and watch a video about left-handed people? Hmm, let's think..

[@FinanceDreaming]

4:08 I feel so violated

[@leonardwatersjr6627]

I wanted to learn how to write with both hands, and I ended up finding this... glad it wasn't a waste of time at least. I'm glad I'm a lefty.

[@cancelculture4920]

You can train to be ambi

[@mrs.beckytheawesome3830]

I'm a lefty.

[@Schizotypic]

No one cares, it's just a fucking hand

[@Schizotypic]

Why do you assume I'm right handed? I'm ambidextrous it wouldn't matter that much.

[@PsychoHelmet]

same

[@luciechase4556]

Me too

[@kristiner8299]

Same

[@devvydoo2745]

'It's ok to be left handed'

[@0rangeerror641]

Devvy Doo yea we know

[@mmmmmmok5292]

1 question Are you left handed?

[@grubyichudy8035]

Devvy Doo is it ok to trick 5 year olds into being left handed? Because that's what my teachers did.

[@hedynue]

me: a right handed person watching this video while brushing my teeth *realising I’m holding the toothbrush with my left hand* me: hm

[@bornbredbermudian7643]

I'm a lefty and brushed my teeth with my righthand.

[@siyacer]

Imagine saying "me:" on your own comment, as if anybody wouldn't know that.

[@liampaulmassey]

We’re either of you looking in the mirror at the time when you were brushing your teeth? lol

[@amandawilcox9638]

Hejkali Bwahahaha! I think lots of US lefties have weird senses of humor. 😝 Self protection? Good luck? Decades of practice? Who knows?

[@sumiran8790]

Why would anyone watch youtube while brushing

[@bengamerlsyolo6788]

My grandfather once told me a story in which he was burtaly hit with the classic teacher stick for being left handed and was forced to write with his right hand for his whole school life.

[@nxzumis]

Left handers! ♡ Personally I'm overall fine with being left handed. You know, besides the fact that it's hard to adapt to right-handed items, my entire hand gets covered in ink/graphite when I write, I can't write correctly on a white/chalkboard because it just wipes off, my handwriting is smudged, I can't sit on the right side of a right-handed person, and I get constant remarks from others about the fact that I'm left-handed! Lol but the uniqueness of it doesn't bother me

[@alyssapham9125]

For any left-handed people, there is a store called Lefty's and they have various items for only left-handed people and only left-handed people can work there. Their locations are San Francisco, CA, Lake Buena Vista, FL, and Kissimmee, FL. You can order their items online if you don't live in those three areas.

[@alyssapham9125]

P33G33B33D33 Fam? What does that mean? You're welcome!

[@alyssapham9125]

No. It's my 1st. Why would you think that English is my 2nd language? I'm not offended. I'm just curious.

[@alyssapham9125]

P33G33B33D33 What's Ebonics? What you just said wasn't very nice.

[@imjoeking_]

Alyssa Pham I guess I'm going to move to Florida then

[@Commievn]

+Alyssa Pham i think da reason he assumed Inklish is you 2nd language becuz you have "Pham" as a surname. It's a vietnamese name. Your parent is a commie ?

[@julialarsson153]

"WOOWW You're left-handed??!!" and "That means you're smarter than everyone!!" Are the two most repeated questions I've been asked in my life. I just want to sigh when I hear someone ask me if I'm left-handed. It's not something I think about all the time, it's just the way it is.🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jessicamacleod5336]

I'm a green-eyed, left-handed INFJ born of right-handed parents. Does that make me some kind of unicorn?

[@theotherlemon966]

Except for the personality (I forgot mine) same here

[@Patrick-kl6cq]

Man, I'm left handed. The beginning made me feel bad.

[@aryangupta06]

ICantClash yup

[@imcstompz7334]

lier

[@Patrick-kl6cq]

injectedPlays if I was lieing, I would have said jk

[@imcstompz7334]

who knows you ncould be lieing RN just because left hands are rare you wanna think your special Smh

[@Patrick-kl6cq]

injectedPlays fine, accuse me but I don't care. I know that I am left handed and I have no need to lie

[@rainbowkawaiislimes3013]

Someone:Oh are you a lefty? Did you know that my Auntie’s coisun’s dad’s grandsons fionce is a lefty too!? Me: *Sighs

[@mysterio8279]

Rainbow Kawaii Slimes fiancé*

[@mysterio8279]

Cousin’s*

[@user-vw2dl3yn6p]

82% : IM A LEFTY!!!! 17% : ambidextrous and other stuff that RELATES TO THE VIDEO 1% (aka me) :harry potter is right handed

[@siyacer]

You're very ambitious to assume your comments make up 1% of this comment section.

[@kirara2516]

And Sephiroth is left handed.

[@nestogen3746]

You meant 0.1 vecause you are the only one talking about it

[@user-vw2dl3yn6p]

@@siyacer lmao this is such an old comment that its just kinda stoopid

[@clipit4503]

@@siyacer he prob meant including me, man...

[@panainpublic]

Best place I've ever been to was this store in San Fran that only had left-handed stuff. Sadly, I was on vacation there and can't just go back whenever I feel like it, but I got a sticker now, so that's pretty cool.

[@jennifercruz4363]

I got really sad when he said left meant weak. because, I’M LEFT HANDED!!

[@jennifercruz4363]

Darn!!

[@ScrumptiousRump]

WE STRONK

[@PHanomaly]

No no, left has been considered many negative things because the world has always feared and demonized things that are unusual or uncommon. It's the need to control people by emphasizing the importance of obedience. Obedience and conformity are neither important or good. They are signs of weak followers who dont think for themselves.

[@bengamerlsyolo6788]

Well as a matter of fact... I'M LEFT HANDED TOO!

[@notubercharged]

Same! I'm left handed and I'm not weak physically or mentally - definitely not mentally

[@whyqhythoi9392]

*I'm on a cafe and I see a guest book,* me: *writes something in the guestbook* lady behind me: "OMG you are left handed??? I have a neighbors, cousins, grandmas, dogwalkers, aunts, classmate that's lefthanded!" me: "Just let me live my life"

[@user-yb8fs4el3y]

Yas Isaqzai lol for me It’s: Me: writing with left hand Classmate: OMG YOU ARE LEFT HANDED?! Me: switched to writing with my right hand Classmate: jaw drops in shock, their facial expression makes my day lol

[@QS1597]

If that lady was real she would probably be a stalker like who knows about their neighbour's cousin's grandma's dog walker's aunt's classmate's preferred hand

[@tallonorso8088]

That came from somewhere but I can’t remember where... it sounds familiar...

[@eliass8118]

Did you just copy two other comments in one?

[@Buff_cat1]

person: WOW YOUR LEFT HANDED?? me: WOW YOUR RIGHT HANDED? person: stop. Me: just let me write this homework

[@parkersandahl3949]

I just wish that everything was even and equalized without any difficulties living with them in our lives

[@JohnDoe-iv6ih]

the real question is...why is there to many damn right handed people in the world

[@hannation5126]

It's your lucky day cos I'm one of them lefty

[@Schizotypic]

Cuz we're the original gangsters

[@JohnDoe-iv6ih]

Hadrianus Gordon then we leftys are the mafia

[@sumo73]

...so true!

[@didyoujustassumemygender2126]

The real question is why are there so many ambidextrous and left handed ppl in the comments

[@nxzumis]

_Writing With My Left Hand_ *Q: Wow, how do you write with your left hand?* A: Well, how do you write with your right hand? *Q: You're left-handed?* A: ...Nooo, I just do this because I love people asking about me being left-handed. I'm just using my left hand for laughs. *Q: Is it bad being left-handed?* A: No, it's alright except for... ~Proceeds to list every downside of being left-handed~ *Q: Oh, so what's good about it?* A: ~Fails to think of a response~

[@cancelculture4920]

Response people ask me if im left handed

[@myownself7013]

Haha, the only benefit it has is that we are special.😂😂✌🏻

[@southpaw9581]

I love being Left handed! I was told growing up it was a handi cap, we die 3 years earlier all kind of crap. It makes me unique and not to mention it gave me favor in sports and even when I got in fights when I was younger. They never see the left hand...

[@jeveutducaca]

I laughed so hard when I saw him throw with his left😂 great video by the way

[@theronnewsome7098]

5 and a half minutes to say we don’t know? Your killing me.

[@meggriffin7401]

Early Lifter you're*

[@beslandaur7729]

Exactly

[@plubo5095]

*you're

[@LupeSunglass]

Aren't you a baby? xD

[@megas5343]

Early Lifter fk

[@lavenderteadreams]

I'm weird because I'm apparently something called "cross-dominant." I write and eat with my left hand (I also instinctually put jewelry on my right hand as most left-handers do), but play I sports and carry things with my right hand, and in general my left side is weaker with better fine motor skills, while my right side is stronger and has more precise gross motor skills.

[@mharvinn]

both my parents are right handed but i learned to write from a lefty, grew up being a lefty too.

[@caelestiriege4451]

I use right when writing but mostly left when doing more practical activities. I use either right or left when playing badminton and sometimes when the toss is incorrect, I use left and I could control my left more accurately than the right

[@IceMetalPunk]

Wait, we're NOT burning them at the stake anymore? Damn, I never got that memo...

[@IceMetalPunk]

***** I have stake set up for you...I just need to find some non-hippie to help with the fuel :P

[@IceMetalPunk]

***** You will be a martyr to your Southpaw army. How noble. *PREPARE THE GASOLINE!*

[@IceMetalPunk]

***** Penguins vs polar bears....one is strong, the other's adorable...I'd say it's an even match :P Besides, silly, your left hand is not always facing south! :P

[@vingtmouton]

I'm the only left handed person in my class. :(

[@thecookiemonster5781]

Same in my whole school imagine that!

[@Roy-ck9mb]

Same

[@raliyamohamed7215]

My teacher is left handed and im left handed 😂

[@also_arles]

There is AnOtHeR in mine

[@crossfirefan722]

Same

[@bananabread5072]

They go like: oH mAh gOd aRe YoU LeFt-hAnDeD?!?! Me: **sight**

[@ElizabethMotoe]

I was in a class in middle school that helped kids with dyslexia. There was 10 of us in the class and 8 of us were left handed. It was So Cool! :D

[@karkhoterhutchinson6575]

Wait what? I was taught in biology that left-handeness was based on chromosomes. That because it is reccessive, only a person who is homozygous recessive for the gene (i.e. received a left-handed chromosome from each parent) would show the trait, hence why it is more rare. Is this wrong? If so, why is this the general consensus in schools? Has everything I've been taught been a lie? :(

[@besmart]

Is that taught in a lot of schools? Left-handedness almost certainly has a genetic component, but it's not that simple

[@karkhoterhutchinson6575]

It's Okay To Be Smart I thought it was but I guess maybe just where I'm from. Anyway, thanks for responding :)

[@AgentMurphy286]

Karkhoter Hutchinson It was taught that way in my schools as well.

[@luissanchezpalacios7698]

I just have a theory that maybe left handed people are rare because religious fanatics back then used to killed them off maybe?

[@AgentMurphy286]

luis sanchez palacios The records of such a culling would have been found by now. No, like my grandmother did to my father, and like my uncle's mother did to him they just forced them to be "right" handed. My kindergarten teacher tried to do it to me too.

[@BagTalking]

I write with my left But I do everything else with my right What wrong here?

[@jeffwarley8231]

I am the same and I wonder that too...

[@thehalorex]

Me too I thought I was the only one

[@captaf1]

That concludes that you are a righty because your right hand dominates what quantities of things you can do with your left because 1 thing you can do is left but on a scale what is dominate 1 or 1 trillion

[@12388753]

My brother is also like that...

[@carlywilliams2634]

Shadow-Clan ME TOO

[@GMPranav]

4:23 Darkest joke ever lol

[@maxbtwice3914]

I can write using both hands, but my main hand that I use for mostly everything is my left. I did practice using my right hands just to know how it feels like to be righty... But I’m lefty and I’m happy about it!

[@technodaisy18]

I actually really like being left handed. It is frustrating that there are so many right-handed tools etc but, in a way it's kind of "enjoyable" to do something differently to most people :)

[@saloni.sharma]

Being a Lefty... I've adapted well to "regular" stuff...scissors, spiral notebooks and similar things... But i hated those one sided tables in school so so so much!!! It slows us down and is highly uncomfortable... 😅 😅

[@1AmSwapnil]

Some of the greatest left handed atheletes of all time - Leo Messi, Lin Dan (Badminton 2x Olympic Gold, 5x World Champ), Carolina Marin (1 Olympic Gold, 3x World Champ), Rafael Nadal

[@mariafernandapereiraaraujo6304]

I just remembered that one of my left handed friend learned to write with the notebook upsidedown, its crazy but it is nice when you're trying to read what she's writing

[@dnersargaren8677]

My grandparents used to nag my mum to put my pencils in my right hand, but my mum didn't mind that I was left handed. I'm extremely artistic, introverted & generally smarter than other people. I like to think there's a connection there. Oh! Also... Suck on that, Hitler!

[@Cloud-og1qo]

Scarlet Rose Also extremely egotistical

[@milboxr9772]

^

[@yepmcyeppington]

Loej - Haha good one there

[@Tiernan422]

You actually might have had some brain problems if your mom forced you to be a righty since you are being trained to go against yourself

[@PertNearFedUp-bj1tx]

@@Tiernan422 ~~ you must be a righty since you didn't understand that the person is lefty.

[@katelyn6957]

In San Francisco there is a store for left handed people and its at pier 39. That place saved my life and its just awesome so yeah.

[@AndreyKitsa]

I used to draw with my left hand and write with my right hand when I was in primary school. When I went to high school I practiced to write with my left hand as an option for cases when I need to write a lot and right hand gets tired. At Uni I perfected that technic. These days typing almost replaced writing for me, so I struggle with writing both hands, but left hand makes it harder to write. Probably because 70% of writing I did with right hand. Came to conclusion that you can train your brain to do a lot of amazing things. But it is a slow and difficult process.

[@businessgamer2668]

I’m one of the usual righties, but I’ve been interested in trying my left, and that’s exactly what I have done. I can write with my left hand, but my writing can be quite squiggly, which is expected for non-dominant hands.

[@matiastoatv]

can i just say this? i'm in love with the fucking intro. that music and visuals... i could watch it forever. it's just so fucking awesome. never change it

[@besmart]

Thank you! We'll consider extending the rocketship intro into a full episode at some point, although I'm not sure it'll contain any science

[@debbycollis8149]

It's Okay To Be Smart

[@hastiezleagueoflegends9071]

AMBIDEXTROUS ARMY!

[@littleindila2328]

Dany // League Of Legends YAYAYAAYAYAYA FINALLY SOMEONE

[@hastiezleagueoflegends9071]

PoppLio Hatena Hahaha

[@RobIn-sl6ct]

Dany // League Of Legends ish for me

[@BLUEFLAME-pt4kj]

Ayyyyyyy

[@Pyro81s]

Woo!

[@umarsattar1540]

I loved being a southpaw when I did Thai boxing. People found me so unique, they couldn't cope with it. I felt so special 😂🥊

[@MidnightAmratha]

I take great joy in asking unsuspecting friends if they would open a can for me, when they find the can opener in the kitchen they mostly stumble on the fact that the "tooth" is twisted the wrong way, usually i tell them to get the other can opener in the next drawer.

[@kermitthetoad9093]

Who else uses their spiral notebooks backwards because they hate rubbing their hand over the plastic?

[@danx7895]

Kermit The Toad No but that's a good idea I'm gonna do that from now on lol thanks

[@lolabest1652]

Kermit The Toad me

[@sugakookies7601]

Kermit The Toad omg me

[@renel8964]

Or get those note pads that are connected on top.

[@slimeypanda]

Kermit The Toad omg me!! even tho i dont need to bc im ambidextrous, but when i choose to write with my left hand i have to do that, especially at school 😒😂💀

[@MysteryGaming101]

Well ha I’m one of those special 9% peoples who’s parents are both right handed 😂😂

[@MysteryGaming101]

The only other person in my family that’s left handed is my aunt, like seriously ONLY other person. And I have a huge family from all over the world.

[@user-yb8fs4el3y]

Mystery Gaming lol im the one rare percent that’s ambidextrous

[@Sienna.Mariee]

Nope there is know one in my heritage that’s left handed WHY U DONR KNOW!

[@bsteven885]

Sometimes, like in my family, being left-handed skips a generation. Both of my parents were right-handed but one of my grandparents was left-handed.

[@IgorNetoAnimation]

Congrats! *You are still no different from no one else and won nothing in your life!*

[@jansenekovic3651]

Me: *eating lunch* A random stranger: OMG YOU EAT WITH UR LEFT HAND, WOOOOOOOW

[@liampaulmassey]

I'm naturally right handed but about 5 years ago I practiced doing 1 handed texting with my LEFT hand when I was sat on the sofa incase I dropped my phone & now I always use my left hand even when I’m walking around but still can handle it just as good with my right hand, I've also started picking up my cup of tea & drinks with my left hand, I originally held my tea spoon in my right hand when I stirred Coffee or Hot Chocolate but after holding my tea spoon in my left hand & a lot of practice I now no longer make a racket when stirring with it in my left hand, one weird thing is I've ALWAYS held my Knife & Fork the left handed way round, I’ve even been practicing writing with my left hand, first I practiced the full alphabet in lower case & capitals, then I began practicing writing sentences in joined up/cursive writing with my left hand & then I started writing the 100 most common words in the English dictionary plus another 30 words that I think are also common in joined up/cursive writing it got a lot neater. To help this when I used my iPad I held my iPad in my right hand & used my iPencil with my left hand & when I wasn't using my iPencil I held my iPad in my right hand & used the touch screen with my left hand, this was to concentrate more on my left arm & left hand. I think learning how to use my phone single handedly with my left hand first may have helped me learn to concentrate when writing with my left hand.

[@sofiyyahnadhirah3798]

guys if u are a lefty don't be jealous or offended by righty, you guys are special remember that :) it's a rare thing to be a lefty. (PROUD OF BEING LEFTY)

[@ariq9652]

Righties and lefties are both cool, no one is better than the othee

[@sofiyyahnadhirah3798]

Arianna Quan well that's ur opinion, mine's different

[@troublethundia4570]

What about ambidextrous people?

[@28BREAK]

Okay, so it's bad to be A LEFT Handed? I'm Confused yet Proud to be Left Handed.

[@AntiRiku]

Stanley Paipuke No, being left handed has more advantages than disadvantages despite the world being dominated by stuff created for right handed people. Our brains are said to be working differently and the connection between both sides of the brain works faster, and when it comes to sports we have the biggest advantage there is.

[@Ostarius]

Why exactly do we have sports advantages?

[@AntiRiku]

Austen Owen Because people don't expect left handed opponents. Also right brained people are said to have better reaction time.

[@Ostarius]

***** Oh yeah that makes since.

[@anubhavkandwal343]

+Austen Owen sense when ?

[@Myst109]

Fun fact: Birds are one of the few animals (besides humans) who display a marked preference in handedness. Over 95% of all birds in the word are left-handed; or I suppose you could say "left-footed" since we're talking about their talons and not wings. Go up to a tame bird and get it to step up on your finger, and it'll almost always use its left foot to do so.

[@AshleysAdvice]

Why is it that more left-handed people are creative? I was born with a disability so I’ll never know if I was supposed to be left-handed or not, however my dad is left-handed, but he’s not all that creative where is either because of my disability or because I’m left-handed I am extremely creative in multiple different aspects of my life!

[@UnknowingNeko]

What a leftie could say in response to the question: Why are some people right-handed?

[@siyacer]

Because science

[@clipit4503]

No lol the mojority of peope is right handed so you guys are in minority so the most logical question would be: why are some people left handed?

[@filthyfrank8328]

*As a left-handed person I feel discriminated in this world of right-handed people and I believe there should be a change! who is with me! it starts here it starts it starts now we are the wimper of a large battle cry to make a difference to make a change to make your hand not determine how you are treated and what you can and can’t do*

[@johnlevin4567]

@El ton He is saying that its unfair how so many things are easier for right handers to use such as scissors and other things Joe mentioned.

[@novelnouvel]

What about the people that use their leg instead? 😏

[@eatemadfanaee5954]

loooooooollll

[@haileysipf8960]

How is it discrimination some people just find it easier to use their right hand chill and plus are you going to start forcing people to use their left hand

[@bengamerlsyolo6788]

Honestly, I think that times have changed better, sure what you said was true but in case you dident know back in the last centuary left handed people where hit with a stick by teacher s and forced them to write with the right hand.

[@carmenhardy2629]

I have a question for you guitar and other stringed instrument players who play left handed: Do you restring the instrument to be left handed or do they actually make some instruments that are? I'm not musically talented but as a lefty just curious.

[@EitherOrr]

I have a weird case where I use my left hand for writing, drawing hand aiming but right for eating, shooting basketball, scissors. And I could switch stances in combat sports. I don't exactly know if its ambidexterity if I can't use either hand for the same task.

[@ayopaulie9116]

It's not, it's called cross or mixed dominate