Being a "lefty" this story first appealed to me for many reasons. One, I had heard that there were rumors about left-handed people, and I had also heard that they are said to have had a shorter life-span on average. I also wanted to know how these rumors came to be, as they sound pretty ridiculous. It says in the article that lefties have a life span 9 years shorter on average than righties. It also said that most of the lefties in the world are gone by their forties. These numbers seem a little suspicious, as it seems insane that people would die younger just because they write with the other hand. How could such a simple difference lead to such dramatic results? It all just seems a little far-fetched to me to be true.
By writing this article, Rik Smits puts many of the myths and rumors to the test. He proves that there really are no advantages or disadvantages that come from which hand you write with. When writing this article, Smits use's jokes and dialogue that show how insane some of the rumors are. "Have you heard...Caroline's got LH."(Salon.com) This dialogue was used to show how weird it would be for someone to get worked up about being left handed. It simply just doesn't make sense.
Uh oh... both my parents are lefties...
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