I blame society.

I'm left-handed. It's a pretty known fact. And if you didn't know it, well now you do. Anyways, the point is, I was reading some stuff about left-handed people, because well, why not? Pretty much, we get the short end of the stick just because we're unique.

1. Left handed people write from left to right, so that their hand smears the fresh ink across the page. Those who are right handed do not touch the ink until they get to the next line, so the ink has a few seconds to dry.

2. If you grab a coffee mug with your left hand, the picture will be facing away from you. Those who are right handed get to look at the picture while they drink.

3. Left handed people have little choice where they get to sit at large dinners, lest they bump elbows with a right handed person.

4. Car stick-shifts are on the right side of the driver. Less frequently used controls, such as headlight switches, are on the left side.

5. Scissors, kitchen knifes, bowling balls, computer mouses, golf clubs, can openers, baseball mitts, hockey sticks, guitars, bows (archery), desks, and more!

6. Left handed people are more prone to allergies, insomnia, migraines, dyslexia, schizophrenia, alcoholism, dying younger, and other stuff.

But there are some "ha, in your face right-handed peoples" kind-of things, too.

1. Studies suggest that left-handed people are often unusually creative, inventive, and athletic.

2. Lefties seem to have more of an edge in many sports. In tennis, and other games played with a racket, they have an advantage over right-handers because their opponents are accustomed to the spin, angle of return, and weakness of right-handed players. In baseball, left-handed batters stand on the right side of home plate, several steps closer to first base than a right handed batter.

3. Left handed people tend to be more likely to be on the extreme ends of the intelligence scale then right handed people. Meaning we're either really dumb or have an incredible IQ.

4. People who are left handed tend to think of many things simultaneously and start many activities.

5. The associated right brain hemisphere that is said to be more active in left-handed people, has been found in some circumstances to be associated with genius and is correlated with artistic and visual skill.

6. Lefties have excelled at both ends of the scale - the very good and the very bad. They seem to make exceptional leaders, inventors, artists, musicians and murderers!

Famous left-handed people?
Well, there's Prince William, Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, Paul McCartney, Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart, Ringo Starr, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Emperor Charlemagne, Winston Churchill, Joan of Arc, Helen Keller, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells, Hans Christian Anderson, and more.

So what have we learned? Right-handed people discriminate against amazing lefties by making products that are difficult for us to use then charging us tons more for left-handed products and not even offering these products in places like schools. Also, left-handed people are clearly more creative and are good leaders, artist, musicians, and more, but still are more likely to have some unfortunate health problems and ultimately die younger.

Summary? Be nice to lefties!