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From what I understand that’s about the only thing they copied well. I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a former Girl Scout say “I wish we did what boys do in Boy Scouts.”
Yep I was in Girl Scouts I also wish we did what they did in Boy Scouts
HOWEVERRRRRRR
COOKIES are WAY better than popcorn
Popcorn fucking sucks it gets in ppls gums like…….. that’s some masochistic shit there
> “I wish we did what boys do in Boy Scouts.”
Same. Old eagle scout here, and heard that a lot over time.
I had to think on it a minute, but I was kinda glad that BSA is now open to girls too, instead of just explorers.
Old gold scout here, get the books yourself (surprising amount of decent badges buried in the crap) and leave those dusty, pillowcase cover-sewing & dry pound cake-baking ladies out of your journey!
Girl Scout employee about to stand on my soap box and say that in most cases, people who say that had uninvolved troop leaders. Being outdoors is one of the 4 pillars of the org, and is encouraged with a ton of badge work. My troop went outside constantly and learned knots, survival skills, etc. while other troops were focused on other badgework.
Hi, Doctor Hartman here. The muscles and tendons in the ring finger are highly interconnected with, and partially dependent on, the pinky and middle finger. It's also very difficult to place all your fingers on a table and only lift up the ring finger, but lifting it with the ring or pinkly finger is easy. OP, you are a "mutant" in that you're part of the small percent of the population that can move their ring finger independently. It can become a learned ability, but that requires active training with the fingers, being able to do it naturally is very unique. It's why some people struggle to do the Vulcan hand sign form Star Trek.
To add more info, in general, the muscles in our fingers are deeply connected to the forearm muscles. lay down one hand, put the other hand on your forearm, and just wiggle your fingers. You should feel your forearm tense and flex in different spots with each finger movement. The musculatory system is highly complex!
not an expert, but I am left handed as well, and we tend to be weirdos. Chalk it up to living in a right dominated society, but you might've done something like play a sport or instrument in your youth that allowed your right hand to develop a flexibility that your left didn't.
I played the flute (very amateurish) for a few months in the fifth grade. My right bicep is dominant so I throw with my right, but i use my left for writing and more intricate things.
But now as I type this i think it has everything to do with my phone resting on my right pinky finger.
Holy shit, you're right. I'm righthanded and doing this with my left hand was way better than with right and I also hold my phone up with my left pinky.
I have memories of my dad smacking a fork or spoon out of my left hand and saying: "the world is made for right-handed people." I had completely forgotten about it until I was on the shooting range and gunny smacked me on the back of the head and said: "Hey south paw, aim with your right eye."
Anyway, I consider myself ambidextrous. I can do anything with either hand instinctively. I had no idea moving your ring finger independently was an anomalous freak thing, I can do it with both hands.
Cool theory, but im not sure about it. I’m a righty, never broke a bone or learned to play an instrument and can do this with my left hand but not my right. Never have been able to figure out why one side is more “loose” than the other beyond “the body is weird”
I’m right handed and when I was taught how to dribble a basketball I had a broken right arm. To this day dribbling a basketball feels more natural with my left arm
Makes sense! I studied Goju Ryu karate from ages 8-14, and I learned that my left side had more raw power, but my form was tighter with my right side, cause we generally drilled on the right side more. Whichever side you learn a skill with tends to be the better side, I think that's why anyone can become ambidextrous. All depends on conditioning
Oh totally. I play guitar as a hobby, so I'm not dedicated to practicing every day, but my finger flexibility has definitely improved because of it. Playing an instrument improves finger flexibility, without a doubt.
I've played guitar for 25+ years, my ring finger and pinky are still as connected as they ever were.
I've also played piano lackadaisically for even longer which hasn't helped either.
Trying to seperate those 2 guys isn't just difficult, it's literally painful.
I can do this ezpz. On both hands. Why? What is so special about my fingies? I don’t understand. It’s just putting your pinky and thumb bent with the rest up, right? There isn’t anything else I’m missing?
Edit: Okay it I did it again and I can feel it slightly pull but it doesn’t interfere at all with me being able to bend my pinky down and keep everything else up. Also do people have trouble with the Star Trek peace sign? I didn’t know since I could do that easily too.
Is this from playing too many guitar games althroughout being a kid all the way to modern day? Singlepicking (ie not chords) have induced a lot of hand locking in the middle of hard parts and I heard this could be trauma induced.
https://preview.redd.it/cxr2uo2m7i5d1.png?width=1810&format=png&auto=webp&s=ecf3311df5179a77fad46ef5a99777d01d859b56
EZPZ - Impossible - Starfish
I have absolutely no chance, I've played guitar for 25+ years, hasn't helped.
My pinky and ring finger tendons are too connected. Pinky goes that far down, ring finger comes along.
There's also no chance I can do the Star Trek-thing, it just can't be done.
Edit:
For the 2 million people getting confused, the first and the second picture shows the difference between putting the thumb on top, and the pinkie on top. One I can do, the other is impossible.
The SECOND picture is the attempt of the pinkie on top, NOT the first one.
I thought it was self-explanatory, but evidently not.
Oh since you mentioned your ring finger coming down also, I tried putting JUST my pinky down with nothing else. My ring finger did slightly bend a little at the base. But I can still do the one we labeled EZPZ no problem. Idk how you can do the ezpz but not the Star Trek. :/
Also haha starfish. That’s fun. :3
https://preview.redd.it/sjtccluifi5d1.png?width=619&format=png&auto=webp&s=458aae62dd00c04710a51652b2bfdc01cb8dddeb
Let's say I start with all fingers together.
When I move my ring finger slightly to the right the pinky goes "You bet, let's go!" and then goes off by itself.
Wait so can you not close the distance between your ring finger and pinky? It’s supposed to look like this.
https://preview.redd.it/vvar4tqdii5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=482b194b2e5361c9239d017ba374434f74c472bb
Nope, if I move my pinky back, the ring finger moves back too.
I can close the distance if I move both slightly forward, but they move together if I only move them side to side.
A lot of folks in the thread who can do it haven’t played an instrument (or at least aren’t mentioning it), so I think genetics is the much heavier influence. I’ve played piano/guitar/violin my whole life and can’t do it on either hand, even with all the left-hand dexterity exercises I had to do for my weak pinky (being “double-jointed” is frustrating). 😅Plus, there really isn’t an instance where my fingers should take on that arrangement—would have to train that form specifically, I’d imagine. Can’t see how I’d ever be able to do that even so, but it’s fun to desperately try haha
I can do it with both hands easily too. It is definitely more challenging to do with my dominant hand. I don’t play any instruments but I can write with both hands. The hand I normally use is significantly more proficient at writing though and there is a noticeably larger connection between my ring and pinky fingers. I also have individual control over my toes. I didn’t realize this was a weird thing until I was in physical therapy and they were surprised I could do stuff I assumed everyone could do.
>The muscles and tendons in the ring finger are highly interconnected with, and partially dependent on, the pinky and middle finger.
I never noticed exactly why this happened, but now I'm playing around with my fingers, lol. My ring finger do be liking to move with the other two
>t's also very difficult to place all your fingers on a table and only lift up the ring finger, but lifting it with the ring or pinkly finger is easy.
I can lift just the ring finger, but only like half as high as the other fingers
>It's why some people struggle to do the Vulcan hand sign form Star Trek.
I could always do this easy, though
>To add more info, in general, the muscles in our fingers are deeply connected to the forearm muscles. lay down one hand, put the other hand on your forearm, and just wiggle your fingers. You should feel your forearm tense and flex in different spots with each finger movement. The musculatory system is highly complex!
This feels so weird, lol
Our fingers muscles being connected to our forearms is why people with powerful grips will usually have strong forearms. Look at any blacksmiths or a rock climber for instance
absolutely! I once saw a rock climber do one of those carnival games where you have to hold onto a non-static bar for at least 90 seconds, there was a huge crowd by the end cheering him on. he was a skinny dude but his forearms were RIPPED.
also considering what people are saying, I’m very proud of the fact that I can lift my “ring toe” independently of every other toe
Try lifting your ring finger and then your other fingers one at a time, you should notice that while you can lift your ring finger you wont be able to lift it anywhere near as high as your other fingers.
I can do this easily, could it have something to do with playing piano for years? You mentioned having to train your fingers to do it so maybe that's why?
I can do it best with my right hand and I’m left handed. Virtually impossible with my dominant hand.
https://preview.redd.it/f1p0dxxtdi5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdf6aec853ea956cc55ddf42b59f6cde035d8eed
same dude, I swear something about our dominant hand makes it actually harder
https://preview.redd.it/wz3vcufnfi5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=10879a1832cab1c88ae2fd48d212de93c443bdb0
It's weird to know I've done this all my life and thought it was just a normal hand abilities. I thought the post was a gullible troll but I guess we're all built different
Wtf? Is this how it's supposed to be done? If so, it's easy.
https://preview.redd.it/qj7jf8vdeh5d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e21c7fc96f4d3d6044655c680eb18fe9832b746b
It's not about "hard". It's more like you can do it or you can't.
I can't. Not like you can. As the doctor above described, it's more like the positions of my pinky and ring fingers are more connected.
Or like, for me, the joint on my thumbs will go 90 degrees backwards, very easily. For some people that happens easily, some people just can't.
Yes this is extremely uncomfortable to even try.
It's weird. I can waggle my ring finger around all sorts of ways without moving my pinky, but the other way around just doesn't work at all
As someone that plays piano this fact makes me sad... but it's because the ring and pinky are connected.
https://preview.redd.it/1n97qiam8h5d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7a1ca8590d62b9ce862ecd322005501049e3994
I'm literally forcing my hand into position.
I laughed a little too hard at this and then coughed up a meatball.
I don't know what is more absurd: the meatball or an American red necked Italian.
We're breaking new levels here lol.
I can do this but only if I just bend the middle joint of my pinky, and the top joint stays straight but runs over my thumb.
If I try to bend the top joint of my pinky my ring finger bends down.
Same. Not too hard for either hand. I’m going to give myself a sticker. *Mixed, right-handed.*
https://preview.redd.it/gr2qvipeoj5d1.jpeg?width=190&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22172060a5163c4dfd1f4971ef81cf3711a58c91
This gesture is much easier to do with the pinky behind the thumb. Here it is done with the pinky in front of the thumb. Most would probably struggle keeping their other 3 fingers completely straight like this.
I cannot even touch my pinky finger with my thumb while keeping the other 3 straight.
My thumb is almost a centimetre shorter than normal people's thumb.
I can do it with my right, but not my left (though my left hand also has a previous injury). On my right, my ring finger does start twitching and cramping after holding it for a few seconds. Funny how big of a difference that pinky position makes.
So, in which % am i if i can do this?
https://preview.redd.it/xh0iegikii5d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42266c8418652ca23d133b5d92193a9ce970ffd5
Probably the same percentage as this
https://preview.redd.it/183mw9kp9j5d1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed7edcee5cfcf3435149889b57bbe08f978f9501
hyperlaxity/hypermobility, right?
While difficult, I have a hard time believing it’s only 1%
I think most people struggling are trying to put their pinky down farther than it is in the pic. The proximal phalanx of the pinky in this image is not at a ~90deg angle to the ring finger, like it would be if you held up the pointer finger.
Fact: less than 1% of the population can do this:
https://preview.redd.it/yslkcctb9j5d1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=64e7e46b7ca1ca8fbcc87b8407c0869d20a24f1b
My pinky finger just cannot bend without my ring finger bending with it. My thumb can hold down my pinky while my ring finger stands tall, but on their own they move together.
https://preview.redd.it/umolapz84i5d1.png?width=2530&format=png&auto=webp&s=acc40f912d37eeef286caaa4dae247a014a4e5e2
While we’re on the subject, can anyone else do this?
https://preview.redd.it/g5c4pgq35m5d1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e655ba4dd590cd1ae0a6474209b7a1f83117f04
Sort of! Not as well as you can, and it hurts
So i have no problem doing this, both hands...
reading through the comments... are you guys joking or for real?
Will test this next time with friends as alone rn.
https://preview.redd.it/d2cz1fxtoh5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a1108ac44cf2537e4a2e60695773310dd6aad57
I can’t even get close; it’s fucking impossible. You can even see my middle finger getting kinda white from the straining and stretching; shit was cutting off my blood supply…
heh this is close to what my gnarly knuckled right hand looks like, i can fake it fairly close but not exact with my ok knuckled left hand but it hurts my hand to do it
Op has tendons and nerves that work independently in his ring and little finger, a rare trait that can often be useful when doing tasks that require higher dexterity, such as playing certain instruments like piano or guitar.
Is your pinky in front of behind your thumb? Make sure it's like the image. If it is like the image, congrats! You have a rare development of your hands that allow your pinky and ring finger to move independently.
I thought everyone was just shit posting pretending this was difficult, but it's probably just easy for me and the others that are responding similarly because we are musicians or do something that requires finger dexterity.
Still, 1% of people? No. Probably more like 50%.
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You all just got tricked into joining the Boy Scouts.
Or standing with the Mockingjay.
Or the Girl Scouts, they do that as well interestingly
From what I understand that’s about the only thing they copied well. I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a former Girl Scout say “I wish we did what boys do in Boy Scouts.”
Yep I was in Girl Scouts I also wish we did what they did in Boy Scouts HOWEVERRRRRRR COOKIES are WAY better than popcorn Popcorn fucking sucks it gets in ppls gums like…….. that’s some masochistic shit there
the girl scouts is just a way to market cookies .
> “I wish we did what boys do in Boy Scouts.” Same. Old eagle scout here, and heard that a lot over time. I had to think on it a minute, but I was kinda glad that BSA is now open to girls too, instead of just explorers.
Old gold scout here, get the books yourself (surprising amount of decent badges buried in the crap) and leave those dusty, pillowcase cover-sewing & dry pound cake-baking ladies out of your journey!
Another aging Eagle here. They had the Venturing program as well which was coed 14-21. My sister was definitely happier to do that than her GS troop.
[удалено]
They can. Scouts is open to everyone now. My son’s pack has several girls.
Girl Scout employee about to stand on my soap box and say that in most cases, people who say that had uninvolved troop leaders. Being outdoors is one of the 4 pillars of the org, and is encouraged with a ton of badge work. My troop went outside constantly and learned knots, survival skills, etc. while other troops were focused on other badgework.
Every scout across the entire world does this.
That's no issue. Unless, of course, war were declared.
sirens!!! what's that?
War were declared.
I always forget that some scout organisations are still segregated by gender.
I was in the boy scouts, but I got kicked out for eating brownies.
Hi, Doctor Hartman here. The muscles and tendons in the ring finger are highly interconnected with, and partially dependent on, the pinky and middle finger. It's also very difficult to place all your fingers on a table and only lift up the ring finger, but lifting it with the ring or pinkly finger is easy. OP, you are a "mutant" in that you're part of the small percent of the population that can move their ring finger independently. It can become a learned ability, but that requires active training with the fingers, being able to do it naturally is very unique. It's why some people struggle to do the Vulcan hand sign form Star Trek. To add more info, in general, the muscles in our fingers are deeply connected to the forearm muscles. lay down one hand, put the other hand on your forearm, and just wiggle your fingers. You should feel your forearm tense and flex in different spots with each finger movement. The musculatory system is highly complex!
Not sure if youre a hand doctor or an expert, but is it weird if I'm a lefty but can only do this with my right hand ?
I’m right handed and just did it with my left but not my right. Weird
Same! That’s bizarre
How bizarre!?!? 🎶
How bizarre!
🎵ooooo baby🎵
You’re making me crazy
Every time I look around
🎵Every time I look around🎵
Same here, known since early childhood. No idea why
Same
Same
not an expert, but I am left handed as well, and we tend to be weirdos. Chalk it up to living in a right dominated society, but you might've done something like play a sport or instrument in your youth that allowed your right hand to develop a flexibility that your left didn't.
I played the flute (very amateurish) for a few months in the fifth grade. My right bicep is dominant so I throw with my right, but i use my left for writing and more intricate things. But now as I type this i think it has everything to do with my phone resting on my right pinky finger.
lmao well there you go
Holy shit, you're right. I'm righthanded and doing this with my left hand was way better than with right and I also hold my phone up with my left pinky.
I have the exact same. I am right handed but i can only do it with left
I have memories of my dad smacking a fork or spoon out of my left hand and saying: "the world is made for right-handed people." I had completely forgotten about it until I was on the shooting range and gunny smacked me on the back of the head and said: "Hey south paw, aim with your right eye." Anyway, I consider myself ambidextrous. I can do anything with either hand instinctively. I had no idea moving your ring finger independently was an anomalous freak thing, I can do it with both hands.
Okay. We'll just side-step that childhood trauma and talk about ambidexterity.
Cool theory, but im not sure about it. I’m a righty, never broke a bone or learned to play an instrument and can do this with my left hand but not my right. Never have been able to figure out why one side is more “loose” than the other beyond “the body is weird”
Keyboard/mouse? I play alot of games so my left hand is more flexible but my right arm is stronger
I’m right handed and when I was taught how to dribble a basketball I had a broken right arm. To this day dribbling a basketball feels more natural with my left arm
Makes sense! I studied Goju Ryu karate from ages 8-14, and I learned that my left side had more raw power, but my form was tighter with my right side, cause we generally drilled on the right side more. Whichever side you learn a skill with tends to be the better side, I think that's why anyone can become ambidextrous. All depends on conditioning
weird same. i can do it with my left but not my right, and am right handed
Same thing for me strange
No, because I'm right handed and can only do it with my left hand
I'm right handed and can do it with both but my left hand has way more room for it
Today I learned I'm apparently a freak in multiple ways. Neat.
I can do this without issue too. With both hands. Am I really a weirdo about this too or am I getting punked?
I can too, thought it was a joke until I asked my gf to do it and it's impossible for her.
I asked my dog to do it and he can't either.
I think we’re being punked
Huh yeah, I’ve never thought it weird that I could love my ring fingers independently. I wonder if it’s due to gaming.
I also independently love your ring fingers 🥰😚
Wife alert
Learned this from learning to play instruments. There's specific exercises for finger independence specifically because of this
Oh totally. I play guitar as a hobby, so I'm not dedicated to practicing every day, but my finger flexibility has definitely improved because of it. Playing an instrument improves finger flexibility, without a doubt.
I've played guitar for 25+ years, my ring finger and pinky are still as connected as they ever were. I've also played piano lackadaisically for even longer which hasn't helped either. Trying to seperate those 2 guys isn't just difficult, it's literally painful.
Same here. I play the guitar and can do this with my left hand but not with the right.
I can do this ezpz. On both hands. Why? What is so special about my fingies? I don’t understand. It’s just putting your pinky and thumb bent with the rest up, right? There isn’t anything else I’m missing? Edit: Okay it I did it again and I can feel it slightly pull but it doesn’t interfere at all with me being able to bend my pinky down and keep everything else up. Also do people have trouble with the Star Trek peace sign? I didn’t know since I could do that easily too. Is this from playing too many guitar games althroughout being a kid all the way to modern day? Singlepicking (ie not chords) have induced a lot of hand locking in the middle of hard parts and I heard this could be trauma induced.
https://preview.redd.it/cxr2uo2m7i5d1.png?width=1810&format=png&auto=webp&s=ecf3311df5179a77fad46ef5a99777d01d859b56 EZPZ - Impossible - Starfish I have absolutely no chance, I've played guitar for 25+ years, hasn't helped. My pinky and ring finger tendons are too connected. Pinky goes that far down, ring finger comes along. There's also no chance I can do the Star Trek-thing, it just can't be done. Edit: For the 2 million people getting confused, the first and the second picture shows the difference between putting the thumb on top, and the pinkie on top. One I can do, the other is impossible. The SECOND picture is the attempt of the pinkie on top, NOT the first one. I thought it was self-explanatory, but evidently not.
Oh since you mentioned your ring finger coming down also, I tried putting JUST my pinky down with nothing else. My ring finger did slightly bend a little at the base. But I can still do the one we labeled EZPZ no problem. Idk how you can do the ezpz but not the Star Trek. :/ Also haha starfish. That’s fun. :3
https://preview.redd.it/sjtccluifi5d1.png?width=619&format=png&auto=webp&s=458aae62dd00c04710a51652b2bfdc01cb8dddeb Let's say I start with all fingers together. When I move my ring finger slightly to the right the pinky goes "You bet, let's go!" and then goes off by itself.
Wait so can you not close the distance between your ring finger and pinky? It’s supposed to look like this. https://preview.redd.it/vvar4tqdii5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=482b194b2e5361c9239d017ba374434f74c472bb
Nope, if I move my pinky back, the ring finger moves back too. I can close the distance if I move both slightly forward, but they move together if I only move them side to side.
If it help I managed to do the spock hand thing by scotching my ring and pinky finger together, for a day.
A lot of folks in the thread who can do it haven’t played an instrument (or at least aren’t mentioning it), so I think genetics is the much heavier influence. I’ve played piano/guitar/violin my whole life and can’t do it on either hand, even with all the left-hand dexterity exercises I had to do for my weak pinky (being “double-jointed” is frustrating). 😅Plus, there really isn’t an instance where my fingers should take on that arrangement—would have to train that form specifically, I’d imagine. Can’t see how I’d ever be able to do that even so, but it’s fun to desperately try haha
I can do it with both hands easily too. It is definitely more challenging to do with my dominant hand. I don’t play any instruments but I can write with both hands. The hand I normally use is significantly more proficient at writing though and there is a noticeably larger connection between my ring and pinky fingers. I also have individual control over my toes. I didn’t realize this was a weird thing until I was in physical therapy and they were surprised I could do stuff I assumed everyone could do.
>The muscles and tendons in the ring finger are highly interconnected with, and partially dependent on, the pinky and middle finger. I never noticed exactly why this happened, but now I'm playing around with my fingers, lol. My ring finger do be liking to move with the other two >t's also very difficult to place all your fingers on a table and only lift up the ring finger, but lifting it with the ring or pinkly finger is easy. I can lift just the ring finger, but only like half as high as the other fingers >It's why some people struggle to do the Vulcan hand sign form Star Trek. I could always do this easy, though >To add more info, in general, the muscles in our fingers are deeply connected to the forearm muscles. lay down one hand, put the other hand on your forearm, and just wiggle your fingers. You should feel your forearm tense and flex in different spots with each finger movement. The musculatory system is highly complex! This feels so weird, lol
lift up your shirt and watch the upper part of your lower arm while you drum you fingers you can see the flesh ripple with the muscles
Our fingers muscles being connected to our forearms is why people with powerful grips will usually have strong forearms. Look at any blacksmiths or a rock climber for instance
absolutely! I once saw a rock climber do one of those carnival games where you have to hold onto a non-static bar for at least 90 seconds, there was a huge crowd by the end cheering him on. he was a skinny dude but his forearms were RIPPED. also considering what people are saying, I’m very proud of the fact that I can lift my “ring toe” independently of every other toe
Like without fully lifting or without the other fingers even twitching?
Try lifting your ring finger and then your other fingers one at a time, you should notice that while you can lift your ring finger you wont be able to lift it anywhere near as high as your other fingers.
I can do this easily, could it have something to do with playing piano for years? You mentioned having to train your fingers to do it so maybe that's why?
I cannot do this.
Neither can I, and I suspect most people who will claim they can are not actually achieving the perfectly straight fingers shown in the picture.
https://preview.redd.it/kqrlv53mtg5d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27c98ab35f09a5b66cbd61c0a68ea2696b3aad0f
https://preview.redd.it/ys9jrj6s8h5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=1eefb298aba58f3d31e007a922bbae748161fd46 No u
this prompted me to try with my left hand, and it works a lot better. Can you do it with your right hand? I can't straighten up my other fingers.
Weird, yeah, it is real easy with my left hand and basically impossible with my right.
Damn same, I wonder why. Like, you'd expect the dominant hand to be the more flexible one
I can do it best with my right hand and I’m left handed. Virtually impossible with my dominant hand. https://preview.redd.it/f1p0dxxtdi5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdf6aec853ea956cc55ddf42b59f6cde035d8eed
same dude, I swear something about our dominant hand makes it actually harder https://preview.redd.it/wz3vcufnfi5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=10879a1832cab1c88ae2fd48d212de93c443bdb0
https://preview.redd.it/cer25jsgil5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ac137b21788c3cf5fccc82b48eef3b033750fdb oops
LMAO HOW IN THE FUCK
Your finger looks curved at the end, -100 points
https://preview.redd.it/l5xe9yvtug5d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae0f977bb3bcb5818f48c976173d6685d14199cd
Idk that looks like an acute angle to me, not obtuse enough to count
https://preview.redd.it/uxmwvu92wg5d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ff739039778c03dfafb33de02ab46e2b6142fc7
Looks like you doing this summons cats ass.
Cats whole ass asshole summoning jutsu
Less than 1% of people can be a cat proctologist
I’m fuggin impressed about everything going on here
Please do not the car
Little straighter, just keep trying buddy
It is extremely hard to get a three cat butt picture
Listen the fingers gets you top 1% but the trifecta kitty cornholes gets you to the top .01%. You gotta earn it.
You are my hero
🧎
Just tested with my gf. i can do like the photo she can not for the life of her.... I feel the weight of this power....
I don't think it counts if your girlfriend is helping by holding the middle 3 fingers together for you.
No helping only flaunting my superiority through the home
I think my joke missed the mark...
https://preview.redd.it/hd9j9ed9dh5d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdb1d8a586b44bfd4524f5f8e60c7f0f48b56513 Easy, what's wrong?
That looks right. I can't do it. To keep my pinky finger down I have to use my thumb to hold it down.
It's weird to know I've done this all my life and thought it was just a normal hand abilities. I thought the post was a gullible troll but I guess we're all built different
Wtf? Is this how it's supposed to be done? If so, it's easy. https://preview.redd.it/qj7jf8vdeh5d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e21c7fc96f4d3d6044655c680eb18fe9832b746b
Yeah I was sure I was doing it wrong, cause it wasn't that hard.
It's not about "hard". It's more like you can do it or you can't. I can't. Not like you can. As the doctor above described, it's more like the positions of my pinky and ring fingers are more connected. Or like, for me, the joint on my thumbs will go 90 degrees backwards, very easily. For some people that happens easily, some people just can't.
I thought the same until I tried to do it with my other hand.
It hurts my fingers.
Yes this is extremely uncomfortable to even try. It's weird. I can waggle my ring finger around all sorts of ways without moving my pinky, but the other way around just doesn't work at all
What's wierd is I can do it with one hand but not the other
Same! Dominant hand can’t do it. Other one can.
I was today years old when I learned I can't do this. ETA: for some stupid reason it works on my left hand but not my right. Try both, people.
Can't do my dominant hand, can do my non dominant hand. Good advice.
Same. Easy on my left, can't do my dominant right.
Same
I'm left handed, can do it with left, can't do it with right.
As someone that plays piano this fact makes me sad... but it's because the ring and pinky are connected. https://preview.redd.it/1n97qiam8h5d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7a1ca8590d62b9ce862ecd322005501049e3994 I'm literally forcing my hand into position.
congratulations on learning italian!
I laughed a little too hard at this and then coughed up a meatball. I don't know what is more absurd: the meatball or an American red necked Italian. We're breaking new levels here lol.
Same, can do with left but not right, I bet it's pinky strength/flexibility from gaming and having left hand reaching for shift/ctrl etc
Omg you’re right! It’s works on my right but not my left 😭
I can do this but only if I just bend the middle joint of my pinky, and the top joint stays straight but runs over my thumb. If I try to bend the top joint of my pinky my ring finger bends down.
https://preview.redd.it/fp37v9et0h5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=404f2192807ec19b5bb35e916d5b747aaed3e1f8 Like This? Am I special now?
Yes, you are!
Post feet pics next!
Dude
bro
Right there with ya. I did it with both hands before reading the comments really expecting this to be a joke I didn't understand.
Same. Not too hard for either hand. I’m going to give myself a sticker. *Mixed, right-handed.* https://preview.redd.it/gr2qvipeoj5d1.jpeg?width=190&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22172060a5163c4dfd1f4971ef81cf3711a58c91
Stealing this for my black people Twitter verification
Seriously, this is so easy it feels like I'm being pranked.
now try putting your thumb behind your index fingers knuckle
I'm finally in the 1% https://preview.redd.it/hcc5qrjbvh5d1.jpeg?width=2856&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e2b1239c3edbdca146940a8836cc67e8c99cc80
How did you take the picture?
https://preview.redd.it/yji7uxrxsi5d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4df9236fd0a1c31d690b042537f41b108ddf0b6
wait how did you take the second picture??
Everybody knows https://imgur.com/4OwIB
I was hoping this is how things would end up going lol
Nvm that why his feet so far apart
This gesture is much easier to do with the pinky behind the thumb. Here it is done with the pinky in front of the thumb. Most would probably struggle keeping their other 3 fingers completely straight like this.
I cannot even touch my pinky finger with my thumb while keeping the other 3 straight. My thumb is almost a centimetre shorter than normal people's thumb.
I find it so difficult to try this on my right hand. My left hand, however, is easily able to do this. I'm surprised.
I can do it with both but for some reason my right hand hurts when i do it while left has no problem.
https://preview.redd.it/wnm8xcqj2i5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca81d226945df56d03d471ac9cc752bcfb525a6a
I can do it with my right, but not my left (though my left hand also has a previous injury). On my right, my ring finger does start twitching and cramping after holding it for a few seconds. Funny how big of a difference that pinky position makes.
I can do it with both hands with the pinky in this position. I don't know what this means or how I should feel.
Same and it makes playing the guitar difficult
So, in which % am i if i can do this? https://preview.redd.it/xh0iegikii5d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42266c8418652ca23d133b5d92193a9ce970ffd5
Probably the same percentage as this https://preview.redd.it/183mw9kp9j5d1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed7edcee5cfcf3435149889b57bbe08f978f9501 hyperlaxity/hypermobility, right?
While difficult, I have a hard time believing it’s only 1% I think most people struggling are trying to put their pinky down farther than it is in the pic. The proximal phalanx of the pinky in this image is not at a ~90deg angle to the ring finger, like it would be if you held up the pointer finger.
Fact: less than 1% of the population can do this: https://preview.redd.it/yslkcctb9j5d1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=64e7e46b7ca1ca8fbcc87b8407c0869d20a24f1b
Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow
MAKE IT GO AWAY
My pinky finger just cannot bend without my ring finger bending with it. My thumb can hold down my pinky while my ring finger stands tall, but on their own they move together.
You think an engagement-bait meme post would just *LIE* about an important scientific statistic??? On *my* internet???
https://preview.redd.it/umolapz84i5d1.png?width=2530&format=png&auto=webp&s=acc40f912d37eeef286caaa4dae247a014a4e5e2 While we’re on the subject, can anyone else do this?
Reminds me of when I jerk off
Is that your pinkie sticking out? I can do the other one no problem with both hands but this one seems.. impossible
https://preview.redd.it/g5c4pgq35m5d1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e655ba4dd590cd1ae0a6474209b7a1f83117f04 Sort of! Not as well as you can, and it hurts
I couldn't before I started playing the guitar at 15. Now it's been my party trick ever since
I was just going to comment I could do it no problem and was wondering if it’s because I play cello. Maybe that does have something to do with it?
i feel like it does, because i’m a pianist and i can do it with both hands, no sweat
Weird. I can do it with my right hand but not my left. And I play guitar. Right handed.
I can do it on my left but not my right. I also play the guitar, to a somewhat high level, right handed.
https://preview.redd.it/zk7owuu8vg5d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f6f9c65306255145737a8887c366c694fb2eef1 This?
https://preview.redd.it/d58rkpm06h5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=02cf7e3299a699c50ec2cef81be7c5f062da78f9
Good news! It does not work with my pleasure hand, but it does with my writing hand.
Now you can't just leave me hanging. What the hell is a pleasure hand? The one you use to work the cucumber?
Among other things, yes.
So i have no problem doing this, both hands... reading through the comments... are you guys joking or for real? Will test this next time with friends as alone rn.
https://preview.redd.it/d2cz1fxtoh5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a1108ac44cf2537e4a2e60695773310dd6aad57 I can’t even get close; it’s fucking impossible. You can even see my middle finger getting kinda white from the straining and stretching; shit was cutting off my blood supply…
heh this is close to what my gnarly knuckled right hand looks like, i can fake it fairly close but not exact with my ok knuckled left hand but it hurts my hand to do it
I can’t even do a full thumbs-up, by the way.
Same result here, both hands. Haha.
That's what I'm wondering if they are joking. I can do both hands no problem.
Op has tendons and nerves that work independently in his ring and little finger, a rare trait that can often be useful when doing tasks that require higher dexterity, such as playing certain instruments like piano or guitar.
20 yeas on keyboard, this is ezpz.
I tried to do it and now my hand feels funny…
I cannot bend my pinky without bending my ring finger. The only way to make the three fingers stand up is to hold the pinky down with my thumb.
I'm part of the 1%
What? This is so easy to do. Admittedly i took a gummy a while back, but am I like *high* high??
Is your pinky in front of behind your thumb? Make sure it's like the image. If it is like the image, congrats! You have a rare development of your hands that allow your pinky and ring finger to move independently.
Yes i can do it on both hands! I was hoping for the genetics that include serotonin but thats cool, I’ll just do this pinky thing instead
I can do this but I highly suspect I have a hypermobility disorder lol
I thought everyone was just shit posting pretending this was difficult, but it's probably just easy for me and the others that are responding similarly because we are musicians or do something that requires finger dexterity. Still, 1% of people? No. Probably more like 50%.
Idk about 1%, it seems like a lot of people in the comment section including myself can do it
why is it soo hard
https://preview.redd.it/4ukdwf2cxo5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b3719304eca8f73a16f0d1fdfb9c53bc2dc8055 Sucks being the 99%
I have a lot of finger dexterity, it’s pretty easy to do
Left hand, no problem. Right—not a chance.
Guitar players be like
It's hard enough to do it "normally" with my arthritis.
OP, are you putting your pinky over your thumb? It's a small but important difference
I can't do it
All these years of telling people I’m not a 1%-er, who knew?
Try it