IamA Guy Born With Out His Left Arm AMA!

Are you all right?

Clever, Yes!

But your youtube videos clearly show a left foot.

Are you sure you're all right?

Mostly

Since you can't clap, are you the guy who whistles so loud at a concert?

Nope, I just awkwardly stand there.

Has anyone ever said " yeah I'll give you a hand " and immediately apologized? If so, what were your feelings at the time?

Yes, things like that always happen. It doesn't bother because it's never in a mean way and I understand their intention.

You sound like a very nice person.

u suk

A buddy of mine is missing a hand and he'd always go out of his way to say "is that a hand joke??" It was pretty funny

Excuse Me He's NOT MISSING A HAND HE'S HAS A LIMB DEFICIENCY, god some people are just so insesitive. /s

Did you use it to guilt your parents ? "Clean your room" "Well I would if you had provided me with two arms, Mom" I would definitely have !

I was adopted so that line doesn't work too well

Why were you adopted? What caused the problems with your spine?

Born in Russia with one arm, they're not too fond of physical disabilities there. Scoliosis http://i.imgur.com/sGcsmEM.jpg

Apparently upper limb deficiency and scoliosis are linked.

What country do you live in now?

the US

...SR?

usa

Where were you born? I have a friend from Russia that was born without her right arm. Maybe you two could team up.

I was born in Russia! Live in California now though.

Would you consider a bionic arm?

Yes working on designing my own

What extra add-ons will you put on it? I'd have a torch installed, and a built in smartphone oh and a jingling chain sound to sound badass when you walk..

When the robots take over, which side will you be on?

I would add a cup holder. jk. I think I'll be a double agent in the robot wars.

I would add a cup holder

We call them hands :⁾

pls stp :(

I too have one arm. What's the best story you've made up when a kid asks you what happened to your arm?

Shark bite, or I say " Once I thought it would be funny to bully this kid for being different..."

I love you.

u 2 bb

I was born without my lower left arm, cuts off from the elbow. What's the dumbest thing you've been asked? From personal experience I was asked if it hurt being born with it.

Hard to say, but I did get a detention for not taking my arm out of my sleeve.

LOL can you explain further and how things went when the person(s) realized what they did?

didnt see them after, i went straight to detention and they all laughed, still had to serve the detention though.

My good friends daughter was born missing part of a limb. She's 8, and getting really sensitive to other kids commenting on it, which they do, but I think mostly out of cutiousity. Do you have any advice for her to deal with this unwanted attention or for us adults to help her with this?

Do not overly protect her there is nothing you can do about jerks and you just need to learn how to handle it, I got through it by becoming very witty always having a comeback.

You just kind of have to own it, once you have a talent it becomes much easier because the attention goes to that.

In public you just have to be confident, don't hide the fact your missing an arm, but don't draw unnecessary attention to it.

people will stare but there is a difference in a "What is that!" stare and a "Whoa I just realized that person has one arm, cool!"

OK. How the heck do you use the monkey bars??

E: spelling

Double edit: more spelling.

Momentum, swing while pulling my knees up and let go at the peak of the swing and grab the next bar in mid air.

Wow, that's pretty amazing!

Thanks!

How are you gonna eat those Big Macs I keep seeing on the front page that you need to hands for?

I have someone with two hands feed me.

Haha I'd feed ya.

thx bb

Not to be too personal, but how does having one arm affect your relationships (romantic, platonic, or sexual)?

doesn't, people get over it really fast because its not a disability in the sense that it hinders my ability. Other than looking different it's not really that much of an issue.

At least you can cuddle without the arm getting in the way.

Ya your mom seems to like that. Rekt

I think the real question is, were you fortunate enough to not be a leftie?

Yes, that would have been very unfortunate if I were not!

But how do you know that? If you have lived your whole life with a right arm how do you know that it isn't because of getting used to it?

Maybe I was left handed but I guess it doesn't matter now. My right arm just feels like the dominant one of that makes sense.

Have you noticed any advantages to having one arm?

Karma

Would you rather have been born without the arm or would you have wanted to experience having two arms and subsequently had to have it amputated?

Ignorance is bliss, I don't suffer any emotional trauma that comes with amputation.

How do you keep the paper still when you're writing?

Hold it still with the base of my wrist.

So technically, you are your own "right hand man," no?

Ha ha that's funny, I'll kill you last.

Do your shirts have two arm holes, or do you have special shirts with only one?

Normal shirts

Do you pin the sleeve up or just let it all hang out?

all hang out

Doesn't it flap about in the wind?

I dont find my self in hurricanes all that often

If you were a bird, what kind would you be?

the kind that flys in circles

Do you arm wrestle? Also why do you play video games with your feet and not one handed?

My right arm is pretty strong. When I'm on someone else's system I don't user my foot as a courtesy. I'll have a video posted soon with me using only my hand, but it is not as comfortable since my fingers need to be in awkward positions.

I like to sleep on my left side but my left arm is always in the way. I've long fantasized about being able to remove my left arm while I sleep and reattach it in the morning but alas, science has not quite caught up with my dreams. Could you tell me how nice it is to sleep on your side without an arm?

very comfy, except there has been unfortunate consequences, my rib cage has started to flatten on my left side

Can you play any instruments?

Any funny stories that involve your disability?

Yes the piano, and yes I use my foot.

I got detention once from a sub for not "taking my arm out of my sleeve".

Also magic mountain wouldn't let me on their rock wall so I went somewhere else that had one, climbed it, and ended up in the paper.

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no

How can you be absolutely sure you were born without it, rather than your parents taking it away as a punishment when you were really young, and then forgetting where they hid it?

could be, i remember my parents freaking out on my once for taking the last cookie

How hard is it to ride a bike with one arm?

I have impeccable balance, but it gets tiring for my arm because I can only push or pull to steer versus 50/50 for each arm.

Do you use a hand brake or reverse pedal?

hand brake

What inconvenience do you experience the most that we take for granted?

Clapping or folding your arms are good ones. But number one by far is that I can't hold a plate of food and eat it I have to be seated. Can be very unfortunate if seating is unavailable. Also I need to go back for drinks too.

Have you ever broken your arm growing up?

Thankfully no

Could you get a special one-handed gaming setup made?

dont need one

So how has the McDonald's grand mac effect your life so far?

Ruined it, I should give them a piece of my mind!

How do you button your shirt?

Try it is not too hard.

Do you feel like sometimes people are too sensitive to you and don't treat you like the normal person that you are?

occasionally, but I have a certain dark humor that gets people past the overly careful behaivor.

Do you feel like you are treated any differently from others? How are your experiences with the opposite sex?

Yes at first but one people realize how quickly and efficiently I can adapt they become use to the idea. A lot of times my friends forget I'm missing an arm because it doesn't affect me in my everyday life.

What did you do with all the money you saved buying mismatched single gloves rather than pairs?

Invested in a Left handed glove store

What other things have you had to adapt to in everyday life.

Whats the most difficult thing you have had to learn? And which took the longest.

I can play the piano with foot assistance, I can also open doors with my foot for when I'm holding things. I can cut and shuffle a deck of cards. I can button my shirt. Tie a tie. Pretty much anything. Most difficult though was learning to use a manual can opener. Longest was tying my shoes but now I can do both quickly and with ease.

You mention using your feet to assist with a lot of tasks. Do you have to take your shoes off a lot for this? Do you have a dominant foot? And how much can you do with just your feet?

I'm barefoot all the time, I can walk on crazy terrain barefoot.

I am left foot dominant since I use it in the place of my left hand.

Piano, card tricks, games, opening doors, flip people off, those are just off the top of my head.

Sorry, this might be a blunt question but: how often do you find people looking at you strangely?

all the time, mostly kids.

How do you clip your fingernails?

I will them back into my body

How was it like growing up? Kids can be brutal when they are little.

Do you get tired of the one arm puns?

It was tough but that only motivated me to get good at stuff, no longer did it become a matter of just being able to do something, I needed to be better than the people that were trying to put me down.

Can you juggle? I can handle two balls with one hand, but three balls would be a handful.

Yes I can.

How'd you take the picture?? Is someone holding the paper for you?

No I'm holding the post it with two fingers and hit the button with a third

Do you use deodorant on the area where the armpit would be?

no but i do run a line down the middle inside of my shirt

Hey i also don't have the majority of my left arm. Can we hold hands?

Oh wait.

Nevermind

we can still gaze longingly into each others eyes <3

Do you have a left shoulder? Can we get pics?

I had a surgery a few years ago so here is an x-ray http://i.imgur.com/PT8mAsq.jpg

When did they put all the metalwork in? How tall are you now?

slightly taller maybe an inch.

How do you eat big mac's?

osmosis

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not really because its not easy finding an amputee that is a professional actor/actress.

Did you enable and disable caps lock for every word in the title? Or did you shift with your thumb and stretch your hand?

stretch, I have a fairly large hand.

Odd question. Is your left pectoral muscle significantly more defined than your right?

there is no muscle there

Would you rather fight one horse sized duck that was missing a wing, or 100 duck sized horses that were all missing a front leg?

100 duck sized horses because they would run funny and i could laugh while running away like a coward

How is your sex game?

I dont know is your mom walking right yet

How do you wear ties?

around my neck

Are you right or left handed?

Right

what is your absolute favorite joke of all time?

your love life

Have you tried the Grand Mac yet?

Yes took a lot of planning to fool the cashier into thinking I had two hands

What is your favorite go meal? Something you can easily prepare or eat while yunno, going places, doing things.

a samich

Have you ever got around the problem of needing two hands for a Grand Mac burger, and if so what's your LPT for other one handed redditors who encounter this requirement?

Roll up some news paper and stuff it in your sleeve, then tape glove (make sure its the correct hand) to the end of the sleeve. Next go to McDonalds and order the Grand Mac. ACT NATURAL the last thing you want is to get shot for impersonating a two handed person. Finally take your burger and leave the restaurant quickly and without raising suspicion. Now enjoy your Grand Mac!

Have you ever tried rolling your own cigarettes and or "cigarettes"? If so, are you proficient at it?

no but I could probably manage

I'm assuming no two handed burgers?

I do what I want

My best friend's little sister was born without her left hand. Do you know her?

I don't know, do I?

Which hand do you use to wipe?

Your mom usually takes care of that for me. rekt

Looked carefully on proof pic if he held it with his left hand. He didn't, checks out!

how do you know I didnt photoshop

What's your favourite sport to play ?

I enjoyed street hockey.

Did you leave your left arm up your mother's cunt?

no but I might have left it in yours.

Are you able to eat at McDonald's?

If I were a fake arm yes, the secret is to act natural and they never suspect a thing.

Are you able to eat a Grand Mac or is it working as advertised?

Nobody can stop me from eating a Grand Mac.

How's your typing proficiency? I'm terrible at one hand typing so I generally opt for my phone (with the Google keyboard installed, using the gesture/Swype feature) for that if I find the need. Do you have a similar solution?

I'm fairly fast on a keyboard, on my mobile I swipe

Are you going to reap the karma of the new "need 2 hands" Big Mac box?

You should.

already rolling in it

Would you rather fight someone with a leg sized arm or an arm sized leg?

arm sized leg

Do you and [this guy] help each other eat McDonald's? (https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5s7kpe/well_my_dinner_is_fucked/?ref=share&ref_source=link)

we need this #OneHandMac

Do you actually feel like you should have a left arm. like, there are some people who lost some body parts later in life who said that they still felt the sensation of the body part still being there. do you also have this?

No i haven't, your talking about phantom limb syndrome.

Could you lend me a hand?

Yes but I'll need it back by Tuesday

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we need to start a hash tag #OneHandMac

What are your thoughts on the Grand Big Mac?

It's pretty good

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why you selling some?