this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2024
151 points (96.3% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26924 readers
1404 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I’ve mastered the ability to take any idea or thought and transform it into anxiety. Jitters McGee

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 32 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I can independently write different text with both hands at the same time just as easily as writing with only one hand. I consider this a useless skill because I rarely ever write with an actual pen or pencil, so being able to write with both hands simultaneously doesn’t add anything.

Lots of time being bored in school and an obsession with broadening the mind.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could you use both hands to write the same sentence twice as fast?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 2 months ago

In principle, yes, but this would require some additional effort because of word spacing. The sentence would need to come together and meet at a point.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Basically same. I don't know if being ambidextrous is something you can be born with. I broke arms, wrists, fingers enough that functionality I had to be able to use both hands in school and sports.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I consider this a useless skill

I dont know, friend. thats a bit of a step up from the usual party trick.

best I've got is zero lead hand/leg preference when sparring muay thai. makes me a real lonely or a real popular dance partner depending on the crowd.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Second job overnights at a gas station... Pretty much any combination of right/left hand, upside down/mirrored, cursive/text, words forward/letters backwards, etc.

[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s not useless, a 14th century monastery would love to have you

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you! At least it gave me something to show for all that time.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

So this sounded crazy to me, like I’d never be able to do that, I just grabbed paper, a pen in my left hand(I’m right handed) and a pen shaped object in the other(it doesn’t write) I moved both hands at the same time as if writing with both, and my left hand writing is better than I’ve ever seen myself do, when trying to independently write with my left hand.