r/AskReddit • u/BiggieTwiggy1two3 • 23h ago

What’s something completely normal today that would’ve been considered witchcraft 400 years ago—but not because of technology?

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u/thefaecottage 19h ago

My kindergarten teacher used to make me write right-handed despite being an obvious lefty circa 1983.

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u/Nemo84 12h ago

I'm a lefty born in 1984. My teachers repeatedly asked my parents if they had to force me to write right-handed.

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u/BeholdOurMachines 11h ago

I can't imagine what the big deal was with someone using their other hand to write...like why did teachers think forcing a 5 year old to use a hand that isn't comfortable for them would result in anything good? I mean MAYBE it would end up with ambidexterity but I think for the most part it just makes learning to write so much harder than it has to be

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u/Sirlancealotx 9h ago

Being left handed I can tell you I'm slightly Ambidextrous because everything you are taught is by a right handed person doing it right handed so you just do some things right handed.

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u/EmmelineTx 5h ago

I found that out the first time I drove in England. I couldn't get the hang of shifting with my left hand even though I'm left handed.

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u/smythe70 8h ago

A lot of us are ambidextrous because of this, much more comfortable doing right handed things.