_number8_@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMore Gen Z Americans identify as LGBTQ than as Republicanwww.thepinknews.comexternal-linkmessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down154file-text
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minus-squareLoraxEleven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoThat’s true… And what I was (jokingly) referencing… But, my Dad’s mother, my Granny… She was a natural Lefty… And musically inclined… Her Daddy slacked the strings on the family guitar before he left for work… She figured out how to tune that instrument… Those in her church, later, made fun of her for playing backwards chords, because she was a lefty. . She learned to play the other way, too… And she taught me both… There’s so many sides and nuances to every thought in our lives… It was a harmless joke, but it has roots in my reality… This shit is so often much deeper than we think… You made a fuckin hell of a statement, but it’s without context or understanding… I was just making an off-handed joke… There is a fucking shitload of lefties in baseball… Because it fucks with the righties when they’re batting…
That’s true… And what I was (jokingly) referencing…
But, my Dad’s mother, my Granny…
She was a natural Lefty…
And musically inclined…
Her Daddy slacked the strings on the family guitar before he left for work…
She figured out how to tune that instrument…
Those in her church, later, made fun of her for playing backwards chords, because she was a lefty. .
She learned to play the other way, too… And she taught me both…
There’s so many sides and nuances to every thought in our lives…
It was a harmless joke, but it has roots in my reality…
This shit is so often much deeper than we think…
You made a fuckin hell of a statement, but it’s without context or understanding…
I was just making an off-handed joke…
There is a fucking shitload of lefties in baseball… Because it fucks with the righties when they’re batting…