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0 pointscsixty412y ago0 comments

You get used to it, just like you do with doors and all the other things designed with righty's in mind.

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I don't understand, I'm used to doors with handles on random sides, how are they biased?

My door handle is a knob that turns both ways to open, but turning my right hand (I'm right handed) clockwise is far more comfortable than doing so counterclockwise.

Dylan1680712y ago

I don't understand how the door is biased here. Turn it one way with your right hand, and the other way with your left, if that is your preference.

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panacea12y ago

Like right-handed screwdrivers.

csixty4OP12y ago

You're probably not being serious but, yes, rotation away from the body is easier than rotation towards the body (http://books.google.com/books?id=fnqZPpq2apAC&pg=PA136&lpg=P...) which is why screws (not screwdrivers) have right-handed threading.

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Dylan1680712y ago

I don't understand, I'm used to doors with handles on random sides, how are they biased?

arjie12y ago

My door handle is a knob that turns both ways to open, but turning my right hand (I'm right handed) clockwise is far more comfortable than doing so counterclockwise.

Dylan1680712y ago

I don't understand how the door is biased here. Turn it one way with your right hand, and the other way with your left, if that is your preference.

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panacea12y ago

Like right-handed screwdrivers.

csixty4OP12y ago

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse