Left Handed or Right Handed...

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#1 sh4d0wc4st3r
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This is not a question about which one you are, but I've heard that left handed people tend to die earlier than people with their right hand... For me, I think it's just a superstition... all of the people who said that were Chinese so it might be a traditional "belief"...  What's your guy's thoughts about this?  I have no "real" proof about this by the way...
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#2 Lord_Daemon
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My thoughts are that the concept of left-handed people dying earlier is completely silly.
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#3 marolia
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This is not a question about which one you are, but I've heard that left handed people tend to die earlier than people with their right hand... For me, I think it's just a superstition... all of the people who said that were Chinese so it might be a traditional "belief"... What's your guy's thoughts about this? I have no "real" proof about this by the way...sh4d0wc4st3r

Nah, can't be true.
Even if you're left handed, it won't make any difference.
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#4 sh4d0wc4st3r
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[QUOTE="sh4d0wc4st3r"]This is not a question about which one you are, but I've heard that left handed people tend to die earlier than people with their right hand... For me, I think it's just a superstition... all of the people who said that were Chinese so it might be a traditional "belief"... What's your guy's thoughts about this? I have no "real" proof about this by the way...marolia

Nah, can't be true.
Even if you're left handed, it won't make any difference.

unless you live in a country like Vietnam... they force you to write right handed.. my friend, he's chinese ("from" Hong Kong), when growing up, his parents forced him to learn right... but yeah, it doesn't make a difference, but to people's "beliefs" I guess it does... sometimes...
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#5 NathanHawkins
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since left-handed people are crazy...i totally believe they die earlier.  :D
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#6 Momo-yan
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I looked "left handed" up on wikipedia; it mentions that 'superstition' too :O   According to Wikipedia there was some psychology study in 1991 that reported left-handers tend to die around 9 yrs before Righties.  Then it went on to say it's cuz Lefties are "clumsier" at surviving in a right handed world.

Then the next paragraph says how people now think there are less old people who are Lefties cuz back in the day, they were forced to *become* a Rightie.  I totally believe that!  My dad is really traditional Chinese, very old fashioned, and he *hates* seeing people use their left hand.  My little cousin is left handed, but if my dad sees it he yells at him till he uses his right hand  :x
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#7 marolia
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[QUOTE="marolia"][QUOTE="sh4d0wc4st3r"]This is not a question about which one you are, but I've heard that left handed people tend to die earlier than people with their right hand... For me, I think it's just a superstition... all of the people who said that were Chinese so it might be a traditional "belief"... What's your guy's thoughts about this? I have no "real" proof about this by the way...sh4d0wc4st3r

Nah, can't be true.
Even if you're left handed, it won't make any difference.

unless you live in a country like Vietnam... they force you to write right handed.. my friend, he's chinese ("from" Hong Kong), when growing up, his parents forced him to learn right... but yeah, it doesn't make a difference, but to people's "beliefs" I guess it does... sometimes...


Yeah, you're right.
 I heard about that too.
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I don't know if the saying is true or not, but I believe the reasoning behind lefties dying earlier is because of the difficulties they face having to live in a right handed based world. 
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for some reason I thought this topic was about jerking the turkey:o
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#10 sh4d0wc4st3r
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I looked "left handed" up on wikipedia; it mentions that 'superstition' too :O   According to Wikipedia there was some psychology study in 1991 that reported left-handers tend to die around 9 yrs before Righties.  Then it went on to say it's cuz Lefties are "clumsier" at surviving in a right handed world.

Then the next paragraph says how people now think there are less old people who are Lefties cuz back in the day, they were forced to *become* a Rightie.  I totally believe that!  My dad is really traditional Chinese, very old fashioned, and he *hates* seeing people use their left hand.  My little cousin is left handed, but if my dad sees it he yells at him till he uses his right hand  :x
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my friend said that it was proven but I just thought he was crazy... but if it's on Wiki, then it MUST be true
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#11 sh4d0wc4st3r
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I don't know if the saying is true or not, but I believe the reasoning behind lefties dying earlier is because of the difficulties they face having to live in a right handed based world. NavigatorsGhost
my friend added that he gets "confused" sometimes, cause he's originally a leftie... he says his brain thinks "different" from others, whatever that means...
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#12 Legolas_Katarn
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I'm left handed.
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[QUOTE="sh4d0wc4st3r"]This is not a question about which one you are, but I've heard that left handed people tend to die earlier than people with their right hand... For me, I think it's just a superstition... all of the people who said that were Chinese so it might be a traditional "belief"... What's your guy's thoughts about this? I have no "real" proof about this by the way...marolia

Nah, can't be true.
Even if you're left handed, it won't make any difference.

How about the sress of living in a right-handed world. It's a theory I've heard(I'm left-handed by the way).
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#14 superelite2688
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i didnt think it made any difference if u were right or left handed in terms of life span
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#15 flubagalub
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Why do all of you have a problem with left-handed people? Where I live no one cares. People might say "Oh, you're left-handed", but that's all they say. And whoever said that in countries like Vietnam you're forced to use your right hand, what kind of country would do that? It's stupid. Either you're lying, wrong, or the world is more f***ed up than I thought.
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#16 rohver
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I'm a lefty.... :|
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#17 LA_lakers_4life
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righty....ima live long
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#18 zero9167
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im right handed of course. left handed people are freaks that should be put in the circus * insert :P so you know im joking*
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#19 Verigar
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This is not a question about which one you are, but I've heard that left handed people tend to die earlier than people with their right hand... For me, I think it's just a superstition... all of the people who said that were Chinese so it might be a traditional "belief"...  What's your guy's thoughts about this?  I have no "real" proof about this by the way...sh4d0wc4st3r
It doesn't make any difference.Actually if you learn to write with both hands it is a great exercise for your mind.
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#20 Momo-yan
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Why do all of you have a problem with left-handed people? Where I live no one cares. People might say "Oh, you're left-handed", but that's all they say. And whoever said that in countries like Vietnam you're forced to use your right hand, what kind of country would do that? It's stupid. Either you're lying, wrong, or the world is more f***ed up than I thought.
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I don't get the feeling (from reading the posts) that anyone here has a problem with left handed people =x And yea, people *now* don't care about if you're left handed or not, but those who are old fashioned do/did. I think a lot of people's parents from Asia still hold to beliefs like that...well I guess my dad is kind of old (born in the 40's). Maybe it's cuz many countries in Asia didn't industrialize till a few decades ago. I hear Westerners had superstitions about Left handed people being evil and stuff too, they're just past that now. Haha this has nthing to do with anything really but I keep remembering this story a tour guide told us of this castle that had a spiral staircase that curved the "wrong" way...because they would put someone who was left handed to guard that area, so when a Rightie tries to walk up the stairs he's at a disadvantage in way he can swing his sword.

And yes, the world IS more f***ed up that you thought :)  Shouldn't you have noticed by now? :D
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#21 Bourbons3
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My thoughts are that the concept of left-handed people dying earlier is completely silly.Lord_Daemon
Agreed. How can something like that affect your lifespan.
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#22 yagr_zero
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I just think it's because your left arm is closer to your heart and major artery, and if you're left handed, you use that a lot more and maybe it has something to do with wearing the artery or heart out faster than right handed peeps.
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#23 nohabs
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Great just great....now I'm going to die early because of a stupid Chinese superstition.
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#24 Zap-O-Matic
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i'm gonna die sooner then a rightey :cry: WHY ME!!!!!
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#25 zeus_gb
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Hmmm.....i've never heard of left handed people dying earlier. Oh well i'm right handed anyway, so I guess it not going to be a problem for me.
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#26 Daytona_178
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If you just think about it....... in any study about this, either right handed or left would die earlier...... it doesent mean anything. like if i said people in blue cars have more accident then people in red cars.... its true, but it doesent mean blue cars are more dangerous.... its just a coincidence!!!!
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#27 Flaming_Ape
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I'm right handed, that's all I need to say.
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#28 The_Ish
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Why do all of you have a problem with left-handed people? Where I live no one cares. People might say "Oh, you're left-handed", but that's all they say. And whoever said that in countries like Vietnam you're forced to use your right hand, what kind of country would do that? It's stupid. Either you're lying, wrong, or the world is more f***ed up than I thought.
flubagalub


The world is more f***ed up than you think.

Saudi Arabia and Iran also force people to write with their right hand.
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#29 demon_turkey
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i find it hard to believe that ur handedness affects your life expectancy
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#30 tombtraider
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That is all superstition. Being left or right handed has nothing to do with dying early. Its your genes.
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#31 nickmag
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More than 2500 left handed people die every year from using right handed products
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#32 Brainkiller05
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I heard left handers tend to be smarter than right handers... :|
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#33 trophylocoste
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since left-handed people are crazy...i totally believe they die earlier.  :DNathanHawkins
I believe your brillant.
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#34 Cyrax-Sektor
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I'm the right hand of the devil*. *=very few people would know which movie that came from.