Your middle finger is only your middle finger if you also count your thumb as a finger. Which I find hard to accept. @showerthoughts 🖕

  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    That’s the point most westerners seem to miss. There are so many ways to use fingers to count, while the one common in Europe the simplest one possible. It’s like demo version, while some other countries get the full pro ultra max edition.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      11 hours ago

      There are so many ways to use fingers to count, while the one common in Europe the simplest one possible

      But this isn’t about counting on fingers. It’s about counting fingers. As in, the fingers themselves are what’s being counted when you talk about your “middle finger”.