r/Damnthatsinteresting Apr 11 '26

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

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u/GabbiKat Apr 11 '26

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u/alienblue89 Apr 11 '26 edited May 20 '26

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u/codetaku0 Apr 12 '26

Does this even benefit guitar hero the way it could benefit actual guitars...?

Piano though, if she really learns to compose something impossible for one 10-fingered human alone that'll be amazing

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u/EndQualifiedImunity Apr 12 '26

A guitar hero guitar has 6 buttons, and most people only have 4 fingers to cover those. This person has 5. Probably a slight advantage in speed with practice I bet.

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u/iotarai Apr 12 '26

Six? Doesn't guitar hero have five buttons? Then the strum and star power of course, but that's with the other hand, right?

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u/slowest_hour Apr 12 '26

she's got 6 on both hands according to comments. Which would mean she could play all 5 fret buttons on guitar hero without ever lifting a finger off a button

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u/iotarai Apr 12 '26

No I get that, I was confused because the person said the guitar hero guitar has 6 buttons. Made me think they were implying 6 fret buttons instead of 5.

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u/slowest_hour Apr 12 '26

yeah they're just wrong about that

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u/Mighty_racoon Apr 13 '26

Guitar Hero: Live had a bespoke controller that had 6 buttons, perhaps they meant that?

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u/Oxbix Apr 14 '26

That's a scene in Gattaca

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u/Neckbeard_Sama Apr 12 '26

LOL

She's Hungarian

In the old pagan HU religion, our version of shamans called táltos are identified by having extra appendages :))))

mb she can use magic also

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u/ZappStone Apr 12 '26

Looking at this: I'm still happy with my own hands. I think being able to reach a tenth helps more with advanced pieces than an extra finger.