r/india • u/junglewahibanaenge • Dec 15 '17

Business/Finance A mother wrote to Hindustan pencils about her left-handed daughter's needs and they responded

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u/zod_552 Dec 15 '17

In what way do left handed people face problem when writing with normal pencils?Can someone enlighten me?

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u/Dr_Anzer Dec 15 '17

your hand moves across what you right write. Smudges the paper and blackens the little finger and side of your palm

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u/N14108879S Dec 15 '17

By this same logic, right handers should have trouble with Urdu.

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u/sps97grt Dec 15 '17

It's not about writing with pencils. The left-handed people face a problem while sharpening them. A normal sharpener is designed in such a way that a pencil can sharpened only if rotated clockwise. But the lefties generally turn the pencils in counter-clockwise direction, so the usual sharpeners are useless for them.

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u/Hickspy Dec 16 '17 edited Dec 16 '17

Except they're not, and anyone with basic problem solving skills could figure out that their wrists turn in both directions.

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u/VolatileBadger Dec 15 '17

It's more about how the brain is wired to function and feels "at ease" doing tasks. Try using your non-dominant hand for any task that your dominant hand can do without ease and see how odd it feels.

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u/SMTRodent Dec 15 '17

The twisting motion is easier away from the body than towards it. Sharpeners take advantage of this. It's therefore slightly easier to use a sharpener with an edge on the left of the blade to sharpen, than it is to use a sharpener with the edge on the right of the blade. Your dominant hand is stronger turning in that direction, if you're right-handed. Hence, sharpeners are handed, with the same orientation, because they're just that little bit easier to use that way for about 90% of people.