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Originally Posted by sarettah
besides all you asshats drive on the left hand side of the road and that just ain 't right, so what do you know?
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I'm curious about the 10mm in your socket set. is it most commonly lost cuz it's used the most or cuz it's used the least used?
regarding the driving on the left thing, I remember I read something interesting (well, to me at least) about that a while back
it's cuz the majority of peeps are right-handed
in NA where peeps travelled longer distances (cuz bigger countries) the most common form of transport was a wagon. and peeps needed their right hand free to carry their whip (awful practice, 'let's beat the animals acting as our personal taxis'), whereas in smaller nations where peeps tended to ride horses, you needed your right hand free for your sword in case you came across a mercenary knight and needed to duel it out or something
so basically, on the right, easier to keep the wagon from veering into the road. on the left, easier to carry a weapon to protect against those passing by in the opposite direction
just thought that was interesting. maybe I'm just used to the left by now cuz that's how much of the Caribbean does it due to being former Brit colonies, but there is actually a bit of logic to it. if the majority of peeps were left-handed it would prob all be the reverse