• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 day ago

    Explanation: It used to be fairly normal for teachers in the US, at least, to ‘correct’ left-handed children by striking their hand or otherwise punishing them for using it for primary-hand tasks. My great-uncle suffered this bizarre form of correction as a child.

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      15 hours ago

      One of my high school teachers became ambidextrous because of this.

      They tied his left arm behind his back at a certain point because he just kept using it.

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      20 hours ago

      This was a thing I’m Europe as well in the 50’s. My mom regularly got a slapping with a ruler or got kicked into the coal shed for writing left handedly

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          2 hours ago

          My grandpa passed away in 2008 from mesothelioma.

          Found out from my mom that back when he was young, the local factories would leave out these giant white fluffy piles of asbestos dust that kids would play in.

          Can’t believe we never got to experience that fun, stupid liberals banning everything.