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Owen135731
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Let's say there are 3 cups on the table. One on the left, right, and one in the middle. The are equal in all aspects, except for placement. Which do you choose, and why?

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pHacon
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I would likely choose the one on my left, simply because I am left hand dominant in all but writing, but also because of quasi-military brainwashing that tells me that I should always have my right hand free when at all possible(it's my saluting hand).

leo99rules
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The closest one because I'm that lazy. No I would probably wonder why there were 3 cups on the table then while my bored mind set is in, I'll set them up near each other in a row and try to drink each one as fast as I can going right middle left. (because I'm right handed)

That is how bored I would probably be.

Nater
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Am I allowed to look under them before choosing one? Are they even facedown? What are three cups doing there at that time? Is it a trick question? I need more information to choose.

Roadripper
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I'd pick the middle because the person who sorted them thought that you'd think that the middle is too obvious, so he put it there to play some mind tricks on you.

~RR~

EnterOrion
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Left one. Just because. It's my left side, and my eyes would see it first.

Snuggems
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no need, i have enough roofies for all 3.

SirLegendary
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A person like me would most probably use the right because I'm right handed and I'm used to it being there.

SirLegendary
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no need, i have enough roofies for all 3.


what?
knight_34
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I am a left-hander. I always prefer the left hand when doing anything. Right-handedness was never forced upon me.

Though I'd pick the middle cup, merely because it would be in the middle and I prefer to start from there.

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I am left handed for everything except the computer mouse. I would choose the left one because it is closest to the left side of my dominant side of my body, making it 'easier' for me?


I use my right hand for writing, and the computer mouse.

I use my left hand for throwing things, even though my right arm is stronger.

I use both hands for everything else.

Therefore, my doctor and my parents say that I am ambidextrous. (It means you can do things with both hands. Not just one or two things, but almost everything)
knight_34
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You're truly and completely ambidextrous if you can write with both hands. It'd be cool if I could.

EnterOrion
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You're truly and completely ambidextrous if you can write with both hands. It'd be cool if I could.


I can, except I write 's' backwards. Otherwise everything is the same, lol.

Oddly for me, I'm right hand dominant but left eye. Apparently I know no one else like that.

Everyone is right-right or left-left. No one I know is a combo.
goumas13
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I would pick the left, cause I am a fake right handed person.

knight_34
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Everyone is right-right or left-left. No one I know is a combo.


Being truly ambidextrous is pretty rare. It's usually either one of 'em.
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