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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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[–] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 71 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is literally what a lot of the boomers were forced to learn to do. Lefties became ambidextrous or got called the devil in a not fun way.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Was going to post, there was a time in history left handed people were considered odd and unacceptable so they would often be abused into right handed. Especially in religious ran schools. So Ned is probably old enough to have the wonderful yardstick across the knuckles treatment.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It’s where the word sinister comes from. In Latin it just means left, left hand side. Then in Medieval times the right got positive associations and the left negative which lead to left is bad then to evil. Hence sinister means evil. And why left handedness became associated with the devil.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, that's an interesting bit of information. Thank you!

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I use both hands and their pronouns are those hands them hands

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Makes you think about the word right, right?

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago

I am a millennial and I know people they tried to convince to write right handed in elementary school.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure that's literally what happened in the show isn't it?