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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Your middle finger is only your middle finger if you also count your thumb as a finger. Which I find hard to accept. @showerthoughts πŸ–•

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[–] griefreeze@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (9 children)

What do you consider the thumb to be if not another finger?

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Its a thumb. Its its own thing. If we had only ~~5~~ fingers we would be INFERIOR BEINGS

glares at spider monkies

Edit: apparently sponkeys have 4 fingers on their hands and thumbs on their feet

[–] dotson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

how is a thumb different from a finger?

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Its a thumb. Its oppsable. If you had 2+ thumbs on each hand we would probably differentiate them more

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, that's why we can only count to 8 using our fingers

[–] dotson@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

how does being opposable make it not a finger?

The Sangheli in Halo actually have two fingers and two thumbs on each hand.

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Are your fingers not opposable? I can move all of my fingers and touch the other 4?

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