Lefties: What’s Your Favorite Left-Handed Hack?
In a world dominated by the other dominant hand, just doing the usual things can take some trick on the left-hander. Tools like scissors and can openers are often optimized for right-handed people, pencils and even pens are designed for right-handed writing and you just can’t get a good gaming mouse. In honor of International Left Handed Day, we share our past left-handed tricks and ask you to.
Even the keyboard shortcuts are biased towards right-handers: ctrl-X, ctrl-C, and ctrl-V are on the left side of the keyboard, so right-handers shouldn’t take their hands off the mouse. But left-handers on Windows can use these three shortcuts on the right-hand clipboard:
Some right-handers may appreciate this too: you can swap the Android layout to highlight the other side of the screen if you’re used to holding it in your left hand.
Some lefties take advantage of their minority. When faced with two lines or seats on either side of the aisle, right-handers usually choose the right side. More space for you:
Unfortunately, these are almost all leftist life hacks that we have looked at over the past ten years. Lefties, what are your favorite tricks for the right-handed world?