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by Hamuko 875 days ago
Shouldn't the watch be on your non-dominant hand?
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Wouldn't your dominant hand be on your mouse?
lol, it doesn't show in the shortened url. I clicked this and read other things then went to that tab and went "wtf was I looking up here?"

possibly nsfw if you work for the puritans and love kelloggs

There's either got to be a big generational gap on preference for this, or a lot of folks out there have developed mousing ambidexterity.
I'm a lefty through and through in my sixth decade going around the sun. Mousing with my left hand is weird. Like completely wrong. Even on a touchpad I tend to "mouse" with my right hand.
Some lefty's do. I use the mouse right handed and even hold a guitar right handed. Some things you just train yourself to conform to society with. Kind of a shame I'm not an artist because I can have an amazing setup with a drawing tablet, keyboard, and mouse that is all at my beck and call.

(and... that, with my off hand as well. No clue why. I guess I hold a screen with my dominant hand?).

Why? (I switch wrists every six weeks ago because I think the tan line starts to look weird, it's similar usable from either)
Because it allows you to use your dominant hand to control it, and also your non-dominant hand is more often free than your dominant hand, so it's free to swing around when you walk and better count your steps.
That's all very well for the folks who only need one hand...