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Is Ned a phony? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'm right-handed, but will use my left hand for some things. Maybe Ned is the same, but in reverse. Especially with writing. Many left handed people do learn to write with their right hand because pushing the pen/pencil is harder than pulling it when writing left to right.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this causation or correlation?

Test: does it still hold true when writing a language right to left?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not sure. I've only read about this with English users. The languages I know that CAN do right to left also don't HAVE to be right to left; they can also go left to right or top to bottom, so its like having built in accessibility options.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's not about pushing the pen being harder, it's not. But rather that writing as a leftie, you fight 2 things. First, your hand covers everything you write and you can't see it. Plus you smear the ink/lead as your hand drags across it. And secondly, since in the western world we write going left to right, your arm needs to move across your body and gets blocked.