cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41433257
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That reminds me of hyperbole and a half. Thank you.
Your link got censored, I think.
It's the "menace" strip on hyperbole and a half.
IMMEDIATELY what I thought of!
Be afraid, standard printer paper. Be very afraid.
I got left-handed scissors for the first time about a year ago, and holy shit, the urge to cut everything.
The fact that scissors don't hurt my hand and make it cramp for some stupid reason.
The fact that I can just glide through gift-wrap like it was paper instead of something that tears and shatters and shreds and looks ugly no matter how hard I work...
If you're left-handed and you think left-handed scissors are a meme, go and spend the $14 that it costs for a pair of left-handed scissors and report back and tell me that that shit is not life-changing.
Left-handed scissors will make a left-handed person feel like they have been being betrayed and deceived and lied to their entire fucking life.
The fact that I can just glide through gift-wrap like it was paper instead of something that tears and shatters and shreds and looks ugly no matter how hard I work...
That's just the difference between sharp/tight scissors and dull/loose scissors. A good quality ambidexterity scissor will solve that pain point.
Blade orientation and cutting edge facing you does make cutting with precision much easier and nicer though.
Maybe you live in a world where razor-sharp high-quality scissors are the norm, but every pair of right-handed scissors or "ambidextrous" scissors I have ever used have always torn gift wrapping paper until I got a $14 pair of left-handed scissors.
It's not just the cutting blade, it's also the angle at which you hold it, and how your body twists and contorts when you grip and squeeze.
Maybe my ergonomics are different from yours. That might be an issue as well, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and not downvote you or anything, but in my personal experience, that has always been the case until I got the scissors that were made for me.
Maybe you live in a world where razor-sharp high-quality scissors are the norm
I don't understand the downvotes or the tone here, I wasn't combative and I obviously don't live in a world where high quality scissors are the norm, which is why I was adding the info to the conversation. I've used whatever scissors I could find my entire life, until I've used a good pair it's like the experience you describe finding the left handed scissors. "so this is what cutting with scissors is like?"
it's also the angle at which you hold it, and how your body twists and contorts when you grip and squeeze.
I completely agree, that makes a huge difference and makes it worth the investment alone, that's what I was saying.
But I can use my good scissors with my left hand to glide through giftwrap without tearing, although it wouldn't be very comfortable as the grip is backwards and I'm not left handed; I'm certain you can take your good left handed scissors and use them to glide through giftwrap with your right hand.
It won't be comfortable, buy it'll work, because they're good scissors. And I don't know why saying $14 like it's cheap, most people get their scissors in a 3 pack for $10...
I'm on $14 because that's what the first set of lefty scissors I ever found cost me. Idk if anyone makes left handed cheaper ones.
Yeah... But I wasn't knocking the $14 scissors or suggesting you get cheaper ones, I'm saying they cut good because they aren't super cheap... And they're comfortable for left handed people because they're left handed.
Wow, I really thought most scissors were practically ambidextrous. What makes them chiral enough to limit usage?
Bigger ones have shaped thumb holes, they dont work for lefties. And the ergo handles do help with fatigue if you are cutting a lot.
There's also the issue of the cut material on the left being fed against your fingers/hand (vs. under) as you cut longer pieces causing your cut to be crooked.
They're crossed the other way around. Ambidextrous scissors do not exist
Hold them left-handed and you can't see the point where the blades are cutting paper. You have to guess. Makes it harder to do a neat job.
I'm also extremely surprised that it's a thing.
When our child started cutting, we bought her left handed scissors so that she had both at had and could try it out. Her left handed dad - who grew up in a country which had no left handed things - wasn't able to use the scissors. He can also not use a left handed guitar, he has played like a righty his whole life because a left handed guitar was unaffordable and "you need two hands to play the guitar anyway, duh".
Anyway, she's developing into a lefty, but no one is touching the scissors.
Her left handed dad - who grew up in a country which had no left handed things - wasn’t able to use the scissors.
That's interesting to me. I'm a lefty who's used to both types of scissors. That means I know how I need to pull sideways with the knuckle of my thumb in the right handed ones so they still cut well. But with the left handed ones I feel like I'm doing way less, I just pull and push up and down without needing the additional deliberate sideways pressure.
I'm left-handed for drawing and writing but everything else its a tossup for which hand I'll gravitate towards. Some things I just end up equally not-great at no matter how I approach it
I need these in my life ffs being a lefty is a pain at times
I finally bought left-handed scissors at the ripe old age of 35. It's amazing once you adjust to it. But you have to unlearn everything first. The "looking under to see where I cut" pose. The awkward painful reverse-grip to force the blades together. The fact that ergo handles are actually more comfortable than symmetric ones and not infinitely more painful.