When you count with your fingers which finger do you use for number one
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@MostlyBlindGamer@dragonscave.space pretty sure this is a heavily cultural thing that varies a lot
@natty exactly. It’s much sillier and more fun to ask this than “where are you from.”
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When you count with your fingers which finger do you use for number one?
Boost for no reason.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.
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When you count with your fingers which finger do you use for number one?
Boost for no reason.@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...
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When you count with your fingers which finger do you use for number one?
Boost for no reason.@MostlyBlindGamer
Pinkie, ring, middle, index (4), then thumb -
@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?
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When you count with your fingers which finger do you use for number one?
Boost for no reason.@MostlyBlindGamer index is 1, thumb is 5. I guess it stuck with me from ASL
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Use base-5: start with index, when you get to 5 put your thumb up and your other fingers down. Now thumb+index is 6, etc. You can count to 9 on one hand. If you use your other hand as 10s, you can count up to 99.@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
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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.
@dhobern how interesting that you do it differently depending on context.
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@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
@tarix29 @MostlyBlindGamer just be careful when you get to 8
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