Nobody mentioned it used to be easy to be left-handed — from binders, to scissors, to smudging whilst writing. Nearly all lefties can relate to those nine memes.

August Thirteen marks International Left-Handers Day, a holiday that began in 1976 to have a good time the estimated 10 p.c of the population who desire their left hands. 

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While the world is undoubtedly constructed for righties, it is comforting to know that the likes of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Whoopi Goldberg, Lady Gaga, Tina Fey, and Lisa Kudrow are all left-handed. 

We've rounded up 9 left-handed memes and tweets about the problems that most effective southpaws will understand, and why having a silver pinky finger will have to in point of fact be a badge of honor. 

Being a lefty was especially difficult in class.

Because lefties make up this type of small proportion of the population, we had been fortunate if we had one left-handed desk or a couple of scissors in school. If there was once a couple of left-handed person in the elegance, it will regularly be a race to peer who may get to the lefty stuff first.  

Don't even get us started on what would happen when it used to be floor hockey day in gym elegance. 

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Notebook rings had been one nuisance for lefties, however they paled in comparison to the ones in binders. Lefties either had to take their papers out of the binder (and, thus, create that anxious clicking noise), or try to contort their hands and lower arms over the rings. 

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Finding the right utensils will also be the bane of a lefty's life.

Yes, there are scissors available in the market that are specifically for left-handed other people, however they had been all the time arduous to search out. Plus, although you had them at home, there was once each probability that there could be none on your study room or at birthday parties and playdates growing up. 

Unless you sought after to be the bizarre particular person wearing scissors round anywhere you went (which is some other issue fully), you were steadily confronted with the number of chopping issues together with your non-dominant hand, or no longer taking part at all. 

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While scissors, desks, and notebooks get all of the attention as the top lefty struggles, there are plenty of different issues that righties take for granted. Take, for example, spatulas. Try flipping pancakes with one that's angled for a righty, and you'll end up with batter in every single place.

And all of the ones cute mugs with writing on them? They're designed for people who grasp their beverages with their right hands. 

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You can all the time spot a lefty after a writing examination.

When you write with your left hand, you have a choice to make when finishing an exam, forms, or writing a letter. If you use pen, you're likely going to smudge the ink far and wide your hand and on the paper, which will make it relatively tricky for the one who in the end will read it. Plus, you'll get a coat of ink to your hand. 

If you use a pencil, then you can erase some of the smudges, however you'll also get a silver coating of graphite all over the place your hand, which is weirdly tricky to get out. Either way, when you finish, the left facet of your hand will be a reminder to everyone round you that you are a lefty. 

TBH, being a lefty is a personality trait.

Most lefties understand when actors, athletes, and artists use their left fingers on TV and disclose themselves to be one as smartly. When righties "discover" that you are left-handed, there are a couple of preset responses to expect. To any righties available in the market, fair caution that asking "You're a leftie?" while someone is writing with their left hand will incessantly induce an eye fixed roll. 

Happy International Left-Handers Day. The battle is actual. 

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