Constant Pain@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoI can count on my fingers the number of appendages I have at the end of my handsmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down16
arrow-up199arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaresubignition@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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-up3·3 months agoi have never heard people refer to thumbs as a thing by itself and not just another finger
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoEnglish is weird. They don’t count toes as fingers either.
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
The fingers of the feet