When you count with your fingers which finger do you use for number one

[countablenewt@mastodon.social]

@MostlyBlindGamer Actually kinda surprised thumb is so popular

[mostlyblindgamer@dragonscave.space]

@IndigoPRNG yes, but which finger is 1?

[luluhelle@ohai.social]

@MostlyBlindGamer pinky, but I think I might be odd here.

[mostlyblindgamer@dragonscave.space]

@natty exactly. It’s much sillier and more fun to ask this than “where are you from.”

[dhobern@scicomm.xyz]

@MostlyBlindGamer

When I'm counting for my own benefit and the number is in the range 0-10, 1-5 are right-little to right-thumb, and 6-10 are left-thumb to left-little. I am right-handed.

If I'm emphasizing numbers while talking, 1-5 is right-thumb to right-little, and 6-10 is again left-thumb to left-little.

[milla@mastodon.art]

@MostlyBlindGamer I recently had a somewhat heated disagreement about this with our 3-year-old, apparently someone at daycare starts from thumb while I start from index and thumb is the last one. I can't physically keep my pinky down with all others up...

[bardmoss@autistics.life]

@MostlyBlindGamer
Pinkie, ring, middle, index (4), then thumb

[luluhelle@ohai.social]

@miramarmike @natty @MostlyBlindGamer according to that, I'm middle Eastern method. Sorta. I have Dyscalculia, so I had to figure out a way of sneaky way of counting with my fingers without being ridiculed. I touch my thumb to pinky to indicate 1, then trace thumb across each finger, sticking thumb out to indicate five at the end. If that makes sense?

[tarix29@tech.lgbt]

@MostlyBlindGamer index is 1, thumb is 5. I guess it stuck with me from ASL

[tarix29@tech.lgbt]

@dingodog19 @MostlyBlindGamer if I'm gonna do something wonky like this I usually just treat my fingers as binary digits. that gets you to 31 on one hand, 1023 with both

[mostlyblindgamer@dragonscave.space]

@dhobern how interesting that you do it differently depending on context.

[dingodog19@sfba.social]

@tarix29 @MostlyBlindGamer just be careful when you get to 8