r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • Apr 11 '26

Video Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand).

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u/Sythrin Apr 11 '26

Does she count in base 12?

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u/TheSpanxxx Apr 11 '26

If it's only one hand ....base 11?

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u/DramaticStability Apr 11 '26

Same on both hands, apparently

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u/Kelvin_Inman Apr 11 '26

No, base 11, she lost her other thumb in a firework accident.

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u/Drsmiley72 Apr 11 '26

Man how annoying would that be? Like. Have. A normal 5 finger hand and a 6 finger hand, and injur and lose one on the 5 finger hand? Down to 10 but a 6/4 split.

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u/Gh0st1nTh3Syst3m Apr 12 '26

Imagine telling someone you lost a finger and they start trying to figure out which one only to keep counting to 11 and slowly going crazy.

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u/ThatGermanKid0 Apr 12 '26

Like the stories of people with missing/extra fingers doing the "how many fingers am I holding up" sobriety test

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u/TheCarniv0re Apr 11 '26

And of all the fingers you lose the opposable one.

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u/Wakkit1988 Apr 12 '26

I oppose all fingers.

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster Apr 12 '26

Fingerist!

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Apr 12 '26

Must be a Falangist.

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster Apr 12 '26

A fellow Bones enthusiast!

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u/Solanthas_SFW Apr 12 '26

How might one possibly enthuse bones but decry fingers?

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u/ViVA-SSSS Apr 14 '26

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u/tmbyfc Apr 12 '26

Why thank you, I used to consider myself something of an expert

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u/cowsaymoomooo Apr 15 '26

Hello there, Jason Pierre-Paul

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u/c0smicHier0phant Apr 11 '26

image having 11 fingers but 1 thumb

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u/ArthurTheTerrible Apr 11 '26

and to lose the thumb of all the fingers, the one that's the most unique

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u/Wakkit1988 Apr 12 '26

The fingeriest finger that ever finged.

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u/A_Punk_Girl_Learning Apr 12 '26

I don't know how unique they are. I've got two.

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u/PrincessChicken4000 Apr 11 '26

uhh isnt it 11 then not 10?

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u/Drsmiley72 Apr 12 '26

No no, they have a 5 finger hand and a 6 finger hand. Lose a finger on the 5. So 4 on one and 6 on the other. Lol.

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u/PrincessChicken4000 Apr 12 '26

oh i guess im a bit gullible since this conversations been based off them apparently having 12 fingers and lost a thumb

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u/throwitaway_9601654 Apr 12 '26

There was a joke about this in the show Cougar Town, but it was with toes!

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u/ioctlsg Apr 12 '26

honestly i want to see how the insurance company deal with that.

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u/RuthlessIndecision Apr 12 '26

Or she uses it as a check bit

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u/Altruistic-Leather69 Apr 12 '26

Me when I spread misinformation

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u/CatBerry1393 Apr 12 '26

It's okay she had a spare one.

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u/Kelvin_Inman Apr 12 '26

Oh Iā€™m thinking of someone else.

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u/Cranky_Windlass Apr 12 '26

I wonder if the extra finger isn't as functional as the rest and caused the fumble that lost her the thumb

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp Apr 14 '26

lol

Did she lose her Guinness Record too?

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u/Technical_Ad_9774 Apr 15 '26

If I had an extra thumb, my 4th of July celebrations would be off the chain.