No one understands the pain of being male, middle-class and left-handed
Oh, the agony of being left handed. I’ve spent my life fighting a prejudice toward left handed people. It was there in pre-school when my scissors didn’t work, was there in college when I had to use “right handed” decks of cards and now, at work, where the standard keyboard and mouse are tailored for the righty.
Wait..deck of cards? That’s right. Just to prove my point, I’ll show you just how subtitle this discrimination is. Most people wouldn’t even think something as simple as a deck of cards was made for right hand use, but just look at my blog on “lefty cards”. I’m not kidding. One can’t read the card indices when fanned with the left hand.
Read MoreProof: Left Handed Deck of Playing Cards
People think I’m joking when I tell them that playing-cards are tailored for the right-handed person. As a lefty and after years of suffering, the US Playing Card Company has come out with a version for the lefty. BUT, this means I can only play cards with left handers, or make the right-handed opponent suffer, as I have. Of course, ideally, one would need a card with the indicies on all 4 corners for both handed people to play in peace and harmony.
Study this image closely. Notice how a left handed fan doesn’t show me what cards I hold underneath.
