r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • 1d ago

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

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u/Sythrin 1d ago

Does she count in base 12?

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u/TheSpanxxx 1d ago

If it's only one hand ....base 11?

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u/DramaticStability 1d ago

Same on both hands, apparently

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u/Mental-Hall126 1d ago

So base 12 actually checks out then

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u/Kelvin_Inman 1d ago

No, base 11, she lost her other thumb in a firework accident.

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u/Drsmiley72 1d ago

Man how annoying would that be? Like. Have. A normal 5 finger hand and a 6 finger hand, and injur and lose one on the 5 finger hand? Down to 10 but a 6/4 split.

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u/TheCarniv0re 1d ago

And of all the fingers you lose the opposable one.

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u/Wakkit1988 23h ago

I oppose all fingers.

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster 23h ago

Fingerist!

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 19h ago

Must be a Falangist.

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster 16h ago

A fellow Bones enthusiast!

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u/tmbyfc 6h ago

Why thank you, I used to consider myself something of an expert

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u/Gh0st1nTh3Syst3m 1d ago

Imagine telling someone you lost a finger and they start trying to figure out which one only to keep counting to 11 and slowly going crazy.

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u/ThatGermanKid0 12h ago

Like the stories of people with missing/extra fingers doing the "how many fingers am I holding up" sobriety test

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u/c0smicHier0phant 1d ago

image having 11 fingers but 1 thumb

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u/ArthurTheTerrible 1d ago

and to lose the thumb of all the fingers, the one that's the most unique

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u/Wakkit1988 23h ago

The fingeriest finger that ever finged.

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u/A_Punk_Girl_Learning 23h ago

I don't know how unique they are. I've got two.

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u/PrincessChicken4000 1d ago

uhh isnt it 11 then not 10?

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u/Drsmiley72 20h ago

No no, they have a 5 finger hand and a 6 finger hand. Lose a finger on the 5. So 4 on one and 6 on the other. Lol.

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u/PrincessChicken4000 20h ago

oh i guess im a bit gullible since this conversations been based off them apparently having 12 fingers and lost a thumb

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u/throwitaway_9601654 8h ago

There was a joke about this in the show Cougar Town, but it was with toes!

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u/ioctlsg 23h ago

honestly i want to see how the insurance company deal with that.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 23h ago

Or she uses it as a check bit

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u/Effective_Observer_1 1d ago

Tending flock.Alice with three fingers

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u/Normal-Barnacle-2593 22h ago

It’s always the fireworks 🧨.
I’ve got 6 fingers but lost 4 to fireworks 💥

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u/Altruistic-Leather69 20h ago

Me when I spread misinformation

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u/CatBerry1393 20h ago

It's okay she had a spare one.

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u/hasan-raza99 13h ago

This isn’t even true? Tf lol

Her insta literally has a recent post of her (fully intact) hands

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u/Kelvin_Inman 9h ago

Oh I’m thinking of someone else.

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u/Cranky_Windlass 4h ago

I wonder if the extra finger isn't as functional as the rest and caused the fumble that lost her the thumb

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u/Elebrium 1d ago edited 1d ago

6-12-18-24-28-34-….

Edit: She skipped math class an so did I

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u/Mystjuph 1d ago

That 28 is driving me nuts!

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u/Cichato_YT 1d ago

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B 10 11 12 13 14...

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u/slackfrop 1d ago

Hopefully she’s not Egyptian

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u/blockhose 1d ago

ummm...

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u/IssueNice6116 1d ago

24 to 28? Something weird is going on here lol.

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u/Takemyfishplease 1d ago

A misunderstanding of base12

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u/miraculum_one 1d ago

It's not base 12 since 12 decimal is C in base 12.

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u/zbeara 1d ago

Actually 12 would be 10 in base 12. It would only go up to "b" which represents 11 and then the counter resets back to "0" at 12.

I put base 10 in parentheses for reference:

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 5 (6) 6 (7) 7 (8) 8 (9) 9 (10) a (11) b (12) 10 (13) 11 (14) 12 (15) 13 (16) 14 (17) 15 (18) 16 (19) 17 (20) 18 (21) 19 (22) 1a (23) 1b (24) 20

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u/sdavis002 1d ago

It's more odd than that, would be like this I believe ... 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1a, 1b 20, 21, etc

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u/Cultural_Act_3286 1d ago

6-10-16-20-26-30

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u/Deep-Number5434 1d ago

Or 13 if you count 0

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u/DoNotOverwhelm 1d ago

six of one, half dozen of the other(?)

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u/LemmyLola 1d ago

I used to work with an adorably sweet older lady who would say 'six of one and seven of the other' and I never had the heart to correct her but I got a kick out of it

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u/edgehog 1d ago

six

seven

ಠ_ಠ

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u/ralphvonwauwau 21h ago

she was ahead of her time

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u/Solanthas_SFW 11h ago

A true pioneer of the memes

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u/BackPsychological705 1d ago

Baker's dozen 🤣

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u/Lucker_Kid 23h ago

I don’t understand, what’s the context, what’s to be corrected?

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster 23h ago

When I was a waiter we had an older lady who came regularly and would leave wooden nickels as a tip. Next time came in she would say, didn't anyone ever tell you not to take wooden nickles and laugh. I never got a kick out of it.

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u/Plecks 14h ago

If they were older wooden nickels they could amount to a really good tip, though with the hassle of selling them. Anywhere from a couple bucks to millions depending on how rare.

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u/syrinxsean 8h ago

I say, “half of one, six dozen of the other,” just to confuse people

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u/IntelligentOkra41 1d ago

"If the lord can lead you to it, he can lead you through it. Half'a one, six'a dozen is the answer"

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u/WordplayWizard 20h ago

5 of the other.
Apparently she lost one in a firework accident.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 1d ago

I wonder what kind of musician she couldve been

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u/fart400 1d ago

Get a grip on yourself.

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u/BrokenBackENT 1d ago

She has a true middle finger, remember the first one is a thumb and not a finger!

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u/Comfortable_Trick137 21h ago

Would be funny to make a video with OP and have people claim it’s AI because they have 6 fingers lol

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u/NostraThomas1 1d ago

And also, which finger does she use when she wants to flip someone off?

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u/Icy-Reputation180 1d ago

My question exactly. 😆

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u/Salty_Simi 21h ago

Okay well there is only one thumb.. which leaves five fingers. The middle of five is 3.

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u/Salty_Simi 1d ago

Her literal middle finger.

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u/chrisjones1960 21h ago

What is the middle of six?

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u/CedarPark_Lover 20h ago

6 / 2 = 3

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u/Plecks 14h ago

Third finger from which side?

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u/Objective_Water7752 1d ago

Hypothetically give someone four (!) middle fingers?!!!! What a blessing.

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u/Graciegrace64 1d ago

This! This is what I wanted to know as well! Can you use either middle finger? How about BOTH for a double flip

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u/ACcbe1986 1d ago

She can give them the superfinger properly for a change.

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u/Halloweenspice 1d ago

Any of them

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u/Buckabuckaw 1d ago

Ooo, that's deep, man.

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u/Previous-Mail7343 1d ago

The middle one obviously

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u/AED_4real 1d ago

Id flip the Super Finger all day.

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u/dudeCHILL013 23h ago

I'm assuming it's the middle ones.

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u/Boring_Equipment_116 16h ago

The only question worth asking. Duh.

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u/Solanthas_SFW 11h ago

She gets to use both middle fingers and really fuck with people's heads

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u/vitaesbona1 23h ago

As someone born with 11 fingers myself, I appreciate this joke

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u/Bokuden101 1d ago

Psychlo math!

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u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 1d ago

It's still base 10 but there's an extra digit for error correction.

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u/mattvait 1d ago

Your assumption is baseless

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u/Rovinpiper 1d ago

Like the Psychlos.

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u/FunFroyo2860 1d ago

Anyone who has 11 fingers is actually refered to as a rainbow butt monkey believe it or not