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TIL: I've been using scissors wrong my entire life. I didn't realize that you need to push the handles to apply lateral force to the blades to make them slide
by cbm-vic-20 4y ago
TIL: I've been using scissors wrong my entire life. I didn't realize that you need to push the handles to apply lateral force to the blades to make them slide against each other, the more the better.
- anyfoo 4y agoSorry for asking, but isn't that... obvious? So obvious that I bet most people just don't think about it consciously at all. If you don't do that, they don't cut properly, but it's likely to be something that the brain sorts out for you without you realizing the forces you apply.
- ianferrel 4y agoYou probably haven't been. You probably learned it with muscle memory as a kid and just weren't aware of it. I wasn't aware of it until I was in my late 30s and was helping my kids learn to use scissors.