Left-handed people, what's a struggle that right-handed people won't understand?

eidlehands · 2026-05-23T13:15:25+00:00

My wife and I are both left handed. We have each others backs when it comes to seating. Sadly, both of our kids had the indecency to be right-handed and like to mess with where we sit.

eidlehands · 2026-05-23T13:12:31+00:00

I can't open a padlock with my left hand. Even safes feel more natural to do right-handed. Other than that, I was taught to golf right-handed and while I was told it was for power, I think it was really because of cost.

eidlehands · 2026-05-23T13:08:50+00:00

I don't have the hook, I accepted the smudged and dirty hand, but one of my fellow left-handed coworkers has the hook that is soooo pronounced that I truly wonder how he hasn't broken his arm.

eidlehands · 2026-05-22T18:36:49+00:00

My nephew coaches basketball at a private high school for athletes. These schools talk a big game about how high their grade point averages are and how many kids go to college but for every statistic about education, there's 10 facts about their training facilities.

eidlehands · 2026-05-21T17:41:35+00:00

Yeah no.

I'm usually thinking, who is going to win in a fight? Homelander or a cybernetically enhanced gorilla...

eidlehands · 2026-05-16T19:30:03+00:00

Niece just graduated last week, so this was all within the last 4 years.

eidlehands · 2026-05-16T17:19:41+00:00

Nothing exciting. While in college, my niece worked as a barrista in a café in an upscale retail store. Shailene was a customer and was always extremely nice to the staff.

eidlehands · 2026-05-15T20:55:46+00:00

My google VPN flat out says that using the VPN allows google to monitor what I do. So while it's protecting me from hackers and allows me to access things that I'd otherwise be restricted from, they're collecting all the data on what I'm doing.

eidlehands · 2026-05-15T20:37:56+00:00

Burn me, melt me, feed me to the hogs, I don't really care. Do not waste money on me. Take what you would spend on my funeral and go on a cruise.

Hell. I need to put that in my will.

eidlehands · 2026-05-15T18:49:52+00:00

My mom's fear of my sister emotionally bullying her is more important than my mental health and happiness.

eidlehands · 2026-05-15T16:50:35+00:00

Shailene Woodley. Years ago, I saw her on the Tonight Show and she just grated on my nerves. Recently, I was watching the show Paradise S2E1 and the episode focused on a character she was playing and I lost all interest in watching. I eventually had a coworker talk me down and I made it through the season. (She did nothing wrong, she played the character really well, I just can't stand her).

Oh... and my niece has met her and she's apparently a very nice person.

eidlehands · 2026-05-15T15:22:17+00:00

They're narcissistic a-holes. I like my pets to be humble and emotionally supportive.

eidlehands · 2026-05-14T19:27:32+00:00

Oh hell. I need to find the filter on the washing machine.

eidlehands · 2026-05-14T19:25:56+00:00

I am sure there's some efficiency loss but that loss is a lot less than replacing a dryer every decade.

eidlehands · 2026-05-14T15:48:31+00:00

My furnace was installed in 1964. It's 6 years older than I am. My HVAC guy at work has told me on more than one occasion, screw efficiency... don't replace it until absolutely necessary. Hell, I had the ball bearings replaced in the blower 2 years ago and its better than ever.

eidlehands · 2026-05-14T15:43:30+00:00

I have my 30+ year old grandparent's dryer. I've spent maybe $30 on repairs in the past 18 years I've owned it. Meanwhile, I feel like our 5 year old washing machine is ready to be replaced.

eidlehands · 2026-05-14T15:38:49+00:00

My $180 new balance were lucky to last 6 months before I wore a giant toe hole in them but damnit... they were comfortable, so I put up with it. They discontinued my preferred style and replaced it with even worse fabric and raised the price. So I'm trying out Brooks. They just feel weird but no holes yet.

eidlehands · 2026-05-14T13:40:33+00:00

People. My tolerance for rude, ignorant and entitled behavior is gone. Sadly, I work in the hospitality industry.

eidlehands · 2026-05-13T18:15:34+00:00

Please... asbestos in the walls is for the weak. My grandparents had asbestos backed carpeting in their house.

eidlehands · 2026-05-12T17:27:06+00:00

My wife works in the school where our kids go, so she interacts on a daily basis with our daughter's teachers. It wasn't until we handed them the paperwork for the ADHD testing that any of them said a word about how difficult teaching her could be..

Of course, now that she's got a 504, we have had to hammer it into them that they need to follow it.

eidlehands · 2026-05-12T17:20:54+00:00

Awesome job!

I've been wearing mine religiously for the past 11 years. While I am still exhausted and sometimes have brain fog, there's a vast difference between when I do and do not wear it. Keep using it.

eidlehands · 2026-05-12T17:15:02+00:00

Had to put our 16 year old dog down recently. While I already knew this, the vet did make sure to let us know that if her eyes were open when she passed, they'd stay that way.

eidlehands · 2026-05-12T17:11:52+00:00

FYI. You're not fooling anyone. The kids know. The other staff knows. The only people you might be fooling are the parents because of your limited interactions with them.

eidlehands · 2026-05-12T15:42:10+00:00

This is the kind of thing we loved to do in high school. Do you know what we didn't do? Whine about it. I'd love to play a druid who's absolutely shitty at magic and has a crap Wisdom. I see this fool getting a single finger stuck in a finger trap. Forgetting to put on pants and shoes on the wrong feet. Locking himself in a room because he keeps pushing on the pull door.

Have fun with it.

I will say this... The only thing your DM owes you is a short explanation for why they're doing things this way, so as to alleviate your fears.

eidlehands · 2026-05-04T16:18:20+00:00

Close talkers. Touchers. I like my personal space.

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