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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

I picked up a bunch of used Rigid power tools back in 2020. Included in it was a circular saw. I already had a Rigid circular saw, so I never thought much of it, until one day I could not find where I had left my original. I grabbed the new (to me) saw and was using it and cursing the entire time about stupid right-handed tools.

Later that day I found both saws and stuck them next to one another and realized the newer saw was left-handed. I guess I had been using the other for so long it was odd to use the correct handed one.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

I'm left handed, but I don't own any left-handed items.
I make do.
I play the guitar, use a mouse and eat like a right-handed person.
I write, shoot, and do most other tasks that require fine motor control with the left.

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

I have a few left-handed guitars. Turns out I was just having a mid-life crisis and not a genuine desire to learn how to play guitar.

[–] BB84@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am right handed but I always use the Thinkpad nipple with my left hand. I tried switching the click buttons to make it properly left handed, but that made it way harder to use because then the primary click button sits on the right and I have to reach my thumb over. With the right handed settings my thumb is right on the button.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Re: Thinkpad nipple.

When I was a teenager, I had a laptop with a nipple and trackpad but no PS/2 port and no money to buy a proper USB mouse. So, I used the nipple to aim. Left hand nipple, right hand arrow keys.

Team Fortress Classic. Sniper.

Turns out pressure-based mouse sensitivity is a cheat code.


Edit: misremembered my config, which I looked up and corrected.

[–] BB84@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can make the nipple pressure sensitive? How?

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 1 points 2 months ago

Push harder.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I use the trackpad on my MacBook with either hand, but like you I used my thinkpad nipple with my left hand.