Interesting things you never think about - SPACEBAR

I like to think about things that people don't normally think about to quell my boredom. This particular thought has been bothering me for about a year now...

Which thumb do you use to hit the spacebace? Why? (If you use another finger to hit the spacebar, then choose the thumb that corresponds to the same hand.)

It's a strange question. I was mindlessly looking at my keyboard one day, waiting for my computer to boot, when I noticed that the left edge of my spacebar appeared remarkably more "oily" or "faded" (I don't know how to describe it...kind of like a permanent fingerprint) than the right side. I began to wonder why. I started to pay more attention to how I typed and realized that I use my left thumb to hit the spacebar. I purposefully tried to use my right thumb to make sure I wasn't biased and noticed that it was very hard to do so. In fact, it felt weird and foreign, almost like writing with your nondominant hand. I began to wonder if this phenomenon was attributed to right/left handedness. Funny thing is: I'm not left handed! I began to watch other people as they typed. I noticed that my mother and sister, both right handed, hit the spacebar with their right thumbs. I remembered that I am cross-eye dominant and concluded that I'm probably cross-thumb-typing dominant as well...after all, that wouldn't be much of a surprise.

Obviously, there's no empirical evidence to support my theory. That is why I'd like to take a poll and continue my study from there. Thank you for your participation!

I had no idea we had more than two thumbs. lol
What do you mean by left thumb, right hand and right thumb, right hand?

I am trying this right now to make sure. Right/right.

@FiNe SiTe lol. If you hit the spacebar with your right thumb, then that's the first part of your answer (the part that comes before the "/"). Then, if you are right handed that is the second part of your answer (the part that comes after the "/"). So you would choose "Right Thumb/Right Handed" as your answer.

If you hit it with your left thumb and are right handed, you would choose: "Left Thumb/Right Handed". (I don't know how else to explain it. I hope this makes it more clear.)

Originally Posted by INTJ_Eagle

@FiNe SiTe lol. If you hit the spacebar with your right thumb, then that's the first part of your answer (the part that comes before the "/"). Then, if you are right handed that is the second part of your answer (the part that comes after the "/"). So you would choose "Right Thumb/Right Handed" as your answer.

If you hit it with your left thumb and are right handed, you would choose: "Left Thumb/Right Handed". (I don't know how else to explain it. I hope this makes it more clear.)

Lol. Ah, now I understand.

I hit the spacebar with my right index finger...

...I don't get to vote. ;_;

Right thumb/Right handed.

Right handed. Right index finger. No vote for me then. Us index finger users are always discriminated!

I know that I can't space with my left hand. I've tried to do it before, but I just can't :S lol. I mean, I can, but it certainly doesn't feel right.

Left thumb right handed, because it's the most efficient with simultaneously using the WASD-cluster. :)

No wait... I do use right thumb when writing... Weird. Yet I keep my left thumb over the spacebar anyway...