Buy a left and a right handed scissor, then you can play crabs...
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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This is what it felt like to finally get an ADHD diagnosis in my 30s after raw dogging life on hard mode, and assuming I just sucked at life compared to everyone else
"Is this what things have been like for you this whole time?"
Me going on Indomethicin after getting my hemicrania diagnosis.
I recently hit my 30's, probably have ADHD, reading this...
...I swear, if I don't kill someone...
If you want i can give you a list-…
Here you go: https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/
I will write it down, just in-case.
Same for me with anxiety. All those years I avoided doing stuff, if only I realised what I felt wasn't normal.
I got diagnosed with severe complex sleep apnea (central and obstructive). I spent a few weeks with a CPAP but not dialed into the correct pressure but after my first night of sleeping with a CPAP in the lab to get the pressure correct I woke up and went to work.
I was confused because I felt odd, it took me 10-15 minutes standing on a forklift trying to figure out what the fuck was happening. I finally realized that I was experiencing what being awake was for the first time in my life at 32. I reintroduced myself to coworkers I had worked with for a few years because I had been in a haze for most of my life.
Was also in my 30s when I got diagnosed. Identical experience, I was shocked I've gone this long as a zombie.
Gods this was basically what trying gender neutral pronouns was like. Figured I would give them a try, how much difference can they make?
Wow, why does every friendship suddenly feel closer and more real? Huh, I actually can spend time with people and not feel drained? Why is my long-term skin and inflammation problems suddenly and inexplicably clear up?
Oh wait... These health problems can be caused by stress! What else can be caused by stress (reads list)
Oh shit. Yeah that also stopped being a problem... And this one... Wait, I don't have joint problems as much either....
oh shiiiiiiiit
wait, we don't want to tell people to refer to us by plural pronouns, we're weird enough.
wait, we don't want to tell people to refer to us by plural pronouns, we're weird enough.
Get that you're just being silly and irreverent and all and I see you... But not exactly great to imply that plural pronouns are a problem that makes you implicitly odd to other people? Just... Sayin.
But not exactly great to imply that plural pronouns are a problem that makes you implicitly odd to other people? Just… Sayin.
why shouldn't we imply that we would get the exact response that we get for hinting at our identity were we to legitimately assume it instead of dance around it and let people assume we're joking?
You can always get weirder. The universe needs it.
I am almost 70 and my GP says I have undiagnosed ADHD and autism. Now I cannot afford to pay for the actual testing to prove it and document it. Ironic, back when it would have been free or cheap I was the “weird kid” and later “uncle nutsy” and there were no diagnoses.
Things that also give you this sort of motivation:
- Labelling machines;
- New drill;
- Air fryers;
- Pressure washers;;
- Chainsaws
Bidet
heated bidet. i ain't freezin' my pucker in the middle of the night in the winter
I have an old Husqvarna 345 and I'm very happy with it. I believe the 300 series is like a semi-professional lineup. More than good enough for home use. Decent gift for someone who thinks they could use a chainsaw, but isn't a professional lumberjack that knows exactly what type of saw they need.
Of course the 345 is no longer being sold, but basically get 'em something in the 40-50 cm^3^ range roughly, to get started. Husqvarna and Stihl both make great saws.
Yes, I love chainsaws.
I labeled everything when I first got my label maker.
I still love any opportunity to use it.
Have you even used a label maker if you haven't printed a label for the label maker?
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things my bidoof has said since i gave him hm01 for christmas
I didn’t realize scissors were ‘handed’. My right-handed privilege is showing.
Yes, and when write with a pen or pencil on paper it’s easier to smear your work as the writing hand is trailing, not leading.
Coffee mugs with logos have in mind which hand you hold them with.
Insulated bottles with handles and sip lids assume righthandedness.
One improvement has been smart watches since the screen can flip over if you switch wrists.
Coffee mugs that don't have the logo opposite of the handle are just stupid.
When I got my smart watch the first thing I wanted to do was add a watch face like the old Goofy lefty watches that went anti-clockwise. Thus far I have not found one.
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I’m a lefty who made it almost half a century on this earth without realizing I could just go out and buy left handed scissors, so don’t feel too bad.
i have a few pair of "good" scissors. the duck scissors. the curved creepy looking scissors. those ones are mine. the righties can use the other ones. those two pair are mine, since i can actually cut with them.
I don’t want to try and take away your privilege but You can buy scissors that are "hand neutral."
No you cannot, though some manufacturers like to say so.
The grips are neutral, but the blades are righty.
Pick up some scissors and open them like you're cutting something. You'll see the top blade on the right and the bottom on the left. Because you're holding them in your right hand the bottom/left blade is closer to you. This gives you a clear view of the cutting line of whatever you're cutting. Even if you flip them it's still true.
For a lefty this line is blocked by the top blade.
Lefty scissors have the blades reversed. Try a pair sometime. It's doable but not pleasant.
Ohhhhh, it's about the blades! Now I finally get it. Thanks!
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"Hand neutral " scissors are still right handed scissors that do not have molded finger holes for righties. They still are built backwards for a lefty. All in all they work in a pinch, but generally are garbage.
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We've come a long way from the days of teachers hitting left-handed kids with rulers when they tried to write with the dominant hand.
my wife and i are in our 40s. she went to a school where they did that. i did not. she would be left handed. i am left handed. funny that.
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For me it was the opposite. Elementary school had old and dull left hand scissors. I never understood how the manufacturers could screw them up so badly, lol.
Huh, on the rare occasion that left handed scissors were actually available, they were always way better because they didn't get used
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