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Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by anyfoo »

cbm-vic-20 wrote: post #46
jasode wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You don't have to apply force in any different direction if you put scissors with symmetric handles in the wrong hand. [...] But that's not the same as needing to apply force any differently. For precision made scissors with tight tolerances at the pivot joint and sharp blades (premium brands like Kai, Gingher, etc), it will cut with either hand. But for scissors with a loose rivet (like cheaper scissors very commo…

TIL: I've been using scissors wrong my entire life. I didn't realize that you need to push the handles to apply lateral force to the blades to make them slide against each other, the more the better.

Sorry for asking, but isn't that... obvious? So obvious that I bet most people just don't think about it consciously at all. If you don't do that, they don't cut properly, but it's likely to be something that the brain sorts out for you without you realizing the forces you apply.

Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by ianferrel »

cbm-vic-20 wrote: post #46
jasode wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You don't have to apply force in any different direction if you put scissors with symmetric handles in the wrong hand. [...] But that's not the same as needing to apply force any differently. For precision made scissors with tight tolerances at the pivot joint and sharp blades (premium brands like Kai, Gingher, etc), it will cut with either hand. But for scissors with a loose rivet (like cheaper scissors very commo…

TIL: I've been using scissors wrong my entire life. I didn't realize that you need to push the handles to apply lateral force to the blades to make them slide against each other, the more the better.

You probably haven't been. You probably learned it with muscle memory as a kid and just weren't aware of it. I wasn't aware of it until I was in my late 30s and was helping my kids learn to use scissors.

Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by brainfish »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #41
ianferrel wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>You don't have to apply force in any different direction if you put scissors with symmetric handles in the wrong hand. Yes! You do! So scissors hinge on a pivot point, and they hinge in two dimensions. They mostly move in the dimension that they cut in, but they also move a little in the perpendicular dimension. And in order to bring the cutting edges closer , you move the handle ends farther away. If you're using t…

Your thumb and fingers of both hands are equally capable of producing both separating and joining force while closing. You learned to do it one way, by pushing out with your thumb and pulling in with your other fingers, so that way feels better to you, but that's a property of you not a property of scissors.

It's so weird you are choosing this hill to die on. And you are completely wrong; 7-year-old left-handed me had the empirical experience to know this.

Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by ianferrel »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #41
ianferrel wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>You don't have to apply force in any different direction if you put scissors with symmetric handles in the wrong hand. Yes! You do! So scissors hinge on a pivot point, and they hinge in two dimensions. They mostly move in the dimension that they cut in, but they also move a little in the perpendicular dimension. And in order to bring the cutting edges closer , you move the handle ends farther away. If you're using t…

Your thumb and fingers of both hands are equally capable of producing both separating and joining force while closing. You learned to do it one way, by pushing out with your thumb and pulling in with your other fingers, so that way feels better to you, but that's a property of you not a property of scissors.

>Your thumb and fingers of both hands are equally capable of producing both separating and joining force while closing.

What makes you so sure? The ergonomics of the thumb, fingers, and hand are not symmetric. The left-handed people who struggled with right-handed scissors as kids suggest otherwise.

Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by tsomctl »

> My last post was about either How to transport a convex object on a camel or Android Studio’s “Code contains easter egg” inspection. Find out which.

I realize one option is supposed to be ludicrous, but based on this post, either option is possible.

Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by alambra »

A lot of the emojis also seem to have a bevel along the inside cutting edge, making it impossible to cut anything because the edges of the two blades don't meet. A real pair of scissors would only have a bevel on the outside edge.

Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by [deleted] »

tsomctl wrote: post #55

> My last post was about either How to transport a convex object on a camel or Android Studio’s “Code contains easter egg” inspection. Find out which. I realize one option is supposed to be ludicrous, but based on this post, either option is possible.

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Re: Which emoji scissors close (2020)

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Post by layer8 »

OJFord wrote: post #7

I've never really understood (said like I've spent much time thinking about it!) why wrong-handed scissors are so difficult/impossible to use. We must angle them slightly, sub-consciously, w.r.t. our standing vertical (out of the plane projected forward from our figure)?

I’m surprised there aren’t “left-handed”/“right-handed” emoji modifiers yet for more inclusivity.
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