Left Handed People Don't Exist

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About

Left Handed People Don't Exist refers to a series of memes, including TikTok videos and image macros, claiming that left handed people don't exist and that people only claim to be left handed to seek attention. The meme was popularized on TikTok in mid-2021 and spread over the following years, often through the copypasta "'I'm left handed' no you're not. Left handed people don't exist. Stop being an attention seeker."

Origin

On July 31st, 2021, TikToker^[1] @swaggledazzle posted a video of a Sonic the Hedgehog fan animation over the caption, "'I'm left handed' no you're not. Left handed people don't exist. Stop being an attention seeker," garnering over 795,000 views in two years (shown below).

"I'm left handed" no you're not. Left handed people don't exist. Stop being an attention seeker.

Spread

The meme and other memes claiming left handed people are just attention seekers spread over the following months. On August 30th, 2021, Twitter^[2] user and musician @thegreatkhalid quote-retweeted a screenshot of the video, writing, "I’m left handed 🥲" garnering over 2,200 likes in two years. On September 30th, Redditor u/JuelFlower posted a meme to /r/196^[3] that gained over 7,300 upvotes in two years (shown below).

On January 5th, 2022, Twitter^[4] user @wydccalamity posted, "left handed people don’t exist y’all just do it for attention," garnering over 18,000 likes in a year. On September 28th, the Sonic meme was reposted to /r/comedyheaven,^[5] garnering over 1,500 upvotes in a year. On January 15th, 2023, TikToker^[6] @dawggslate posted a video using the copypasta, garnering over 7.5 million views in seven months (shown below).

On August 1st, 2023, Twitter^[7] user @wildtiktokss posted a screenshot of the Sonic video, writing, "Are left handed people actually real?" garnering over 15,300 likes in under a day.