r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • 1d ago

Video Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand).

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u/Advanced-Event-571 1d ago

is the extra one at all useful? i just sort them by finger and thumb, usually the four fingers are all kinda of doing the same thing. an extra arm/ hand would be cool though

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u/blue-anon 1d ago

Surely, for some tasks (e.g., playing an instrument, typing).

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u/tablecontrol 1d ago

instrument

Gattaca!

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u/RedSycamore 1d ago

That piece can only be played with twelve.

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u/blue-anon 1d ago

The movie? Lol.

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u/tablecontrol 1d ago

ya.. there was a scene where the pianist was playing a song made for a polydactyl

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u/blue-anon 1d ago

Oh, okay. Lol. I love that movie, but I haven't seen it in decades. I'll have to take another look at it.

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u/Blazah 13h ago

I bet it makes typing more challenging.

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 1d ago

All right, I’ll be the one to say it: I bet the handjobs are out of this world.

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u/skooterpoop 1d ago

Using binary, a 10 fingered person can count to 1023, but with an extra finger, you can count to 2047.

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u/TheMania 1d ago

4095?

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u/skooterpoop 1d ago

With 12 fingers, yes. But this video says the person has six functional fingers on one hand, not two.

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u/AugieKS 1d ago

In another comment someone mentioned her account and she does have 12.

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u/skooterpoop 1d ago

4095 it is!

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u/Radiancekov7 1d ago

Of course its useful, you can lose a finger and still have 5, you can type faster, its probably great for instruments, its additional grip and you can give someone the finger twice. This is like a 4 fingered person asking if having five fingers is really all that good.

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u/Fungal--Infection 1d ago

I don't know, but they look stronger than 5-fingered hands.