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My wife.

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Well dang. It started out mistyped as “tom snips”, I spotted that and thought I had it corrected.

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Shooting thingies like guns, bows.
A left-handed gun wasn’t really heard of when I grew up.
I’m sure some existed, but I’d never seen one, let alone used one until much later in life.

I’m right-handed… but left-eye dominant. Actually, not just eye-dominance, but I have noticeably worse eyesight in the right eye, even with correction.
Being right-handed, I never really questioned it when someone handed me a right-handed shooting apparatus.
Not that I used bows or guns that much, but some just plain sucked to use and I only figured it out later in life.

Shooting from the left shoulder makes a lot more sense to me because that’s where my good eye is and my left hand only has to squeeze the trigger or release the string anyway.
Sight alignment is way more important.
Moving and pointing the thing with my right hand makes sense.

Many modern bows have very pronounced “handedness” in their very asymmetrical designs and are very awkward to even hold offhand and almost unsable.

I don’t mind righties’ break actions, that’s mostly ambidextrous anyway unless there’s a pronounced grip.

Righties bolt actions are a bit weird to cycle, you either reach around to cycle, or hold it up with the trigger hand. I’m kinda stuck… a lefty rifle is superior for me, but I’m somewhat used to righties.

Righties semi-autos kinda suck because of the gasses being ejected in your face.
I imagine full-autos suck more in that regard.
That and mag releases and safeties.

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A left handed measuring tape is really nice in theory but actually it often ends up being kind of backwards to how you’d want it if holding the tape in your right hand and pencil in left. I’ve actually heard some right handed carpenters prefer left handed tapes for that reason.

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I have thought about a left-handed tape but have never seen one to purchase. I do have a left-handed caliper though.

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A left handed can opener was such a game changer. I literally cross my hands one over the other to use a right handed can opener.

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Wait… How does this work? Like, what kind of can opener? The type I have, I would say works with whatever hands you want.

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Left-handed

Wrong-handed

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Oh weird, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a can opener like that. Mine attaches to the top and cuts the sides of the can, not attached to the side and cuts the top.

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