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Apparently a Harvard study found that on average, lefties earn less, die younger, and are more prone to alcoholism! Source: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/b

Apparently a Harvard study found that on average, lefties earn less, die younger, and are more prone to alcoholism! Source: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/beyond-bls/left-versus-right-the-impact-of-handedness-on-future-earnings.htm https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/beyond-bls/left-versus-rig... According to the research, “lefties are generally born with a different brain structure that negatively affects their social and cognitive abilities.”

jnovek 5y ago
One could say that being left-handed a disability that requires a low level of support. I really like this line of thinking because I think abled people are often overwhelmed by the prospect of disability. I bet left-handedness is the sort of impairment that people can get their head around as a starting point. I’ve tried using my vision impairment (which requires a low to moderate level of support) to describe the same thing, but peoples’ eyes tend to glaze over as soon as I say “amblyopia”. :-P