Constant Pain@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI can count on my fingers the number of appendages I have at the end of my handsmessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down16
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareI can count on my fingers the number of appendages I have at the end of my handsConstant Pain@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaresubignition@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe joke is that thumbs typically aren’t referred to as fingers (yes I know they technically are), implying that the OP only has 8 digits.
minus-squarefestntlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoi have never heard people refer to thumbs as a thing by itself and not just another finger
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoEnglish is weird. They don’t count toes as fingers either.
huh?
The joke is that thumbs typically aren’t referred to as fingers (yes I know they technically are), implying that the OP only has 8 digits.
i have never heard people refer to thumbs as a thing by itself and not just another finger
English is weird. They don’t count toes as fingers either.
damn, imagine only having 8 fingers