I always use my left hand for things that need strength, and my right for things that need precision or leverage. So for a bottle I'll hold with the right hand, and then twist the cap with the left.

KimJongChill

United States6429 Posts

July 18 2011 00:06 GMT

#86

Thought it was a different question when looking at the thread title in the forum index page..oh well.

brain_

United States812 Posts

July 18 2011 00:10 GMT

#87

I thought the question was going to be about something TOTALLY different. :p

Gak2

Canada418 Posts

July 18 2011 00:12 GMT

#88

On July 18 2011 09:10 brain_ wrote:
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I thought the question was going to be about something TOTALLY different. :p

LOL same
I use my right hand, but I'm pretty sure I use my left sometimes, like when i'm really thirsty because when i'm done opening the bottle, I'm already holding it in my right hand!

Z3kk

4099 Posts

July 18 2011 00:15 GMT

#89

Whoa, that's surprising. I open my bottles with my right hand and I'm a righty, but it seems that for both righties and lefties, it's almost 50/50 for dominant/inferior.

Chapes

United States30 Posts

July 18 2011 01:02 GMT

#90

Maybe it has more to do with the way your wrist bends. I use my left hand because it just seems more comfortable. "Lefty-Loosy" so I think you can grip the bottle and bend your wrist better with the left hand.

Percutio

United States1672 Posts

July 18 2011 07:29 GMT

#91

I'm weakly left hand dominant but I mostly open bottles with my right hand. It makes sense to me because I am more likely to hold the drink in my left hand when I drink so of course my right hand is going to be the one that opens it.

Phyrigian

New Zealand1332 Posts

July 18 2011 07:32 GMT

#92

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maybenexttime

Poland5816 Posts

July 18 2011 08:01 GMT

#93

Didn't know which option to choose. I use my left hand for things like writing or drawing, using a screwdriver, and sometimes eating (probably missed some activity), while I use my right hand for things like sports (basketball, volleyball, tennis), mouse, using door keys, handling a hammer, eating (including handling a knife) and such. So I'm neither striclty left- or righthanded nor ambidexterous (I do those things with either left or right hand exclusively).

I open bottles with my left hand.

Qzy

Denmark1121 Posts

July 18 2011 09:34 GMT

#94

I think I used to use my right hand, but after it broke I haven't had as much strength in it... So using my left now

. I'm a right hand.

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

July 18 2011 09:35 GMT

#95

I feel to see what the point is here.

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2594 Posts

July 18 2011 09:40 GMT

#96

I'm glad to read that I'm not the only one who misinterpreted "Which hand do you use to..."

I'm righty-righty in any case. Though I'm not entirely sure what the value of the data you're collecting is.

Deleted User 47542

1484 Posts

July 18 2011 09:41 GMT

#97

I'm an ambidextrous nerd xD. I write with my left, hold utensils with my left, play sports(holding a tennis racket or throwing a ball) with my right. I remember using regular sissors in the weirdest way as a kid now that I think about it. I would hold it so that it faces down, I guess its kinda hard to put in words but it looked hilarious xD.

I open bottles with either hand, depending on whatever hand happened to grab the bottle with.

Weird this thread made me google ambidexterity and I guess this quote pretty much sums up my situation.

Also, since many everyday devices (such as can openers and scissors) are asymmetrical and designed for right-handed people, many left-handers learn to use them right-handedly due to the rarity or lack of left-handed models.

odE

Finland177 Posts

July 18 2011 09:41 GMT

#98

Left handed and use right hand to open

Nessy27

United States10 Posts

July 18 2011 09:54 GMT

#99

What about when using the bottle for you right/right people? When I screw the milk cap off (I'm right/left), I use my right hand to pour it in the bowl or hold the bottle to drink since it is already holding it and also my dominate hand. Do right/right people open the bottle then switch hands to drink or pour, or just use their left hand to drink?

If you do use your left hand to drink bottles, what about a glass of water?

Konaa

103 Posts

July 18 2011 09:54 GMT

#100

Right handed, use left to hold and right on the cap.

I do, however, use my phone with my left and keep it in my left pocket.