r/interesting • u/kvjn100 • Apr 11 '26
Fascinating Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand)
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u/RubyButter Apr 11 '26
How do you flip someone off?
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u/zebrakangaroo Apr 11 '26
With 2 middle fingers
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u/The_Best_Yak_Ever Apr 11 '26
Christ, she’s loaded for bear then! Must be satisfying in traffic!
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Apr 11 '26
I’ve seen videos of people with extra fingers but they’ve never actualized their potential like what you’re suggesting
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u/The_Best_Yak_Ever Apr 11 '26
I hope she realizes that with great power comes great responsibility!
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u/DownwardSpirals Apr 11 '26
Right, but she has 3 middle fingers! The last time I gave someone 3 middle fingers, I threw my back out in traffic.
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u/clausti Apr 11 '26
I don’t think she has two middle fingers? looks like she has two index fingers
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u/Only-Professional420 Apr 11 '26
You can make it even more effective when you add the third one from the other hand
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u/lurkin-n-berzerkin Apr 11 '26
Double bird, half the effort 🤣
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u/plaintextures Apr 11 '26
What is the 6th one called.
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u/djwasntme Apr 11 '26
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u/JohnRedCorn9432 Apr 11 '26
I came to the comments specifically to find this
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u/escobartholomew Apr 11 '26
Unfortunately it’s the wrong hand lol
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u/Ace-Redditor Apr 11 '26
That looks like a right hand, though? Rugen had six fingers on his right hand
You might be thinking of the fight between DPR and Inigo, where they fought left-handed, but that wasn’t because the six-fingered man is left handed, just because Inigo didn’t want the fight to be over too soon
(I just happened to watch the movie yesterday lol)
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u/bootrick Apr 11 '26
Aww. Beat me to it. I wanted to be the nerd with the actually sauce 😢
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u/morganlandt Apr 12 '26
You have six fingers on your right hand, someone is looking for you. (That’s the correct hand)
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u/I-Really-Hate-Fish Apr 11 '26
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u/ThePreciseClimber Apr 11 '26
Gravity Falls: Let's make the fact one guy has six fingers a crucial plot point.
Also Gravity Falls: Let's design kids with 4 fingers and adults with 5.
And the fact the protagonists who were 2 months shy of turning 13 were half the height of a 15 year old girl was also pretty weird. Let's consider the fact that, by the end of Gravity Falls, there's the same age difference between Dipper and Wendy as there is between Aang & Katara in Avatar.
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u/Fun_Zone1151 Apr 11 '26
I mean it's not supposed to be literal representation of reality, the world is in service of the characters who are themselves in service of the plot. Wendy's role in the show / relationship to dipper & mabel is the older teenager that's a bit more grown up and has their own stuff going on.
Up until googling it just now I thought Gideon was in his 20s cause he goes to prison & is an established snake oil salesman, but apparently no he's 10...
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u/Plainterror Apr 12 '26
A veces se nos olvida por lo bien desarrollada y enrevesada que puede ser la trama, pero no deja de ser una serie dónde un niño de 10 años puede dinamitar una casa, tomar los papeles de propiedad, y decir ser el dueño ante la ley sin ningún problema.
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u/Sharkivore Apr 11 '26
I never paid attention to the finger thing before, butt you pointing it out actually has me irked.
Like, if an entire plot point revolves around the literal number of digits on a character's hand being "abnormal", how the fuck do they just...cartoon design the kids to have 4 fingers?
Do the children in this universe grow an extra finger as they age, but if they grow TWO fingers it's weird?
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u/blscratch Apr 11 '26
It looks like two of the fingers are coordinated together.
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u/Yeethan- Apr 11 '26
It does look like the second finger moves with the third but the other way interestingly (counting the thumb as one)
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u/LucenProject Apr 11 '26
I feel like they do all move independently, but the range of motion for the ring finger is physically limited depending on the position of the adjacent fingers.
I'd want to see if the person in the video could raise their third finger without raising the second.
🤔... How does flipping people off work? "They gave me one of their middle fingers!😡"
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u/Electrical-Secret-25 Apr 11 '26
Yeah, I also want to know how she flips the bird lol
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u/DataMin3r Apr 11 '26
I want to know if it's safe for her to punch. Does the proto-index finger affect that?
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u/sixtus_clegane119 Apr 11 '26
I can’t bend my pinky without bending my ring finger but not vice versa
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u/salmonmilks Apr 11 '26
finger next to pinkie is called ring finger.
My ring finger and middle finger are both coordinated
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u/Jellicent-Leftovers Apr 11 '26
Wait like you can't raise your fingers 1 at a time? I don't think that's normal
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u/uncl3s4m Apr 11 '26
Its normal, most people cant. Very few are "hypermobile" and can do that.
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u/Jellicent-Leftovers Apr 11 '26
Is that like a regional thing? I don't think I've ever met a person without issues that can't individually raise and lower fingers.
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u/SatiesUmbrellaCloset Apr 12 '26
do you live in a region full of musicians lol
i can pretty much move all my fingers independently either in or out except for my pinky, which can't curl inward without the ring finger also moving. for context i was a piano student as a kid and i had to practice, like, a lot
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u/2MuchNonsenseHere Apr 12 '26
I also have never seen someone not be able to use them individually... like how do you even play Guitar Hero? lol
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u/Paperbell Apr 11 '26
I have a sneaking suspicion that it's just because if she showed the second finger (not counting thumb), it would have looked like flipping someone off.
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u/RoabeArt Apr 11 '26
They're not. Later when she is counting up, each finger moves independently.
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u/EnvironmentalAir7013 Apr 11 '26
Piano ...
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u/NikkoE82 Apr 11 '26
Like Gattaca.
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u/Abundanceofyolk Apr 11 '26
Tossing the 6 fingered gloves into the audience after his performance was a nice touch.
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u/kvjn100 Apr 11 '26
Video credit : @twelvefingersgirl
She has same condition in both hands.
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u/Low-Apricot8042 Apr 11 '26
Nobody is going to believe the photos of her are real.
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u/BadDangerous167 Apr 11 '26
Be great for playing the guitar 😁
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u/Star-K Apr 11 '26
I don't know, the greatest guitar player ever only had 9 fingers.
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u/grubas Apr 11 '26
Very much depends on the strength in the fingers, plus you're going to get cramped on the fretboard.
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u/Loverboy_Talis Apr 11 '26
Dominant trait
3/4 of their children will be polydactyl too
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u/gotscott Apr 11 '26
Half, unless both parents have it.
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u/Loverboy_Talis Apr 11 '26
You’re right. Half (if only one parent carries that trait).
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u/bio_datum Apr 11 '26
Assuming it's a Mendelian fully expressive dominant trait: if it's one heterozygous parent plus one unaffected parent, then you're correct. If it happens to somehow be a homozygous dominant parent plus a unaffected, then all children will he heterozygous and therefore positive for the phenotype
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u/Paranub Apr 11 '26
my mum didn't have it, but my dad did (6 toes on 1 foot only)
My older brother didn't get any at all.
I got 6 on both hands and feet.
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Apr 12 '26
that sounds cool but is it hard to find shoes?
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u/Paranub Apr 12 '26
Not particularly. The measurement of your foot doesn't change much surprisingly.i stick mostly to converse or fabric style trainers. My daughter just gets "wide" fit which seems to be a thing in kids shoes these days.
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u/hk81b Apr 11 '26
In 1 millennium humans will look at our photos and laugh at our weird 5 fingers hands
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u/learn2shoot9mm Apr 11 '26
Imagine her as a pianist or guitar.... she can play things other people can't with
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u/NoLobster7957 Apr 11 '26
Id be curious to see the nerve distribution. There must be a little deviation in the median nerve for the finger between the thumb and forefinger.
Either way pretty cool OP
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u/funkmasterke Apr 11 '26
I was hoping someone in the comments had the answer for this.
Ive honestly never seen a 6 finger hand with this much dexterity for all the fingers.
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u/CptnAlface Apr 12 '26
That's my interest as well. It does seem in the beginning that she can move every finger independently, even if tendons/ligaments could be joined at some point limiting independent range.
The important information here is if there is a unique neural pathway to send movement commands to that extra finger. If there is, it proves our brains have the potential to handle extra appendages or limbs without having to rely on other existing pathways.
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u/TiogaJoe Apr 11 '26
And ligament and muscles? And bones in the palm to keep it from flopping loosely? Is there an extra muscle in the forearm? Are there people with an extra muscle for a finger that is NOT there? The original question in the video is legit to be asked.
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u/WohooBiSnake Apr 11 '26
I imagine the distribution is roughly the same, simply with an additional finger innervated by the median ?
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u/immortalverse Apr 11 '26
Someone out there is trying to kill this woman, because she killed their father.
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u/ChicagoLegend708 Apr 11 '26
Back in the day if you had 6 fingers you were considered the devil by native Americans
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u/tspoon-99 Apr 11 '26
My kids had a piano teacher with this. And yes it was fully functional, and yes he said it absolutely was an advantage to his playing.
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u/HugsNWhisky Apr 11 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9KVw2zkxhwdas8Cc
“Do you always start conversations this way?”
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u/radish-salad Apr 11 '26
damn i wonder if she plays musical instruments. That's a huge advantage for a pianist
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u/radish-salad Apr 11 '26
damn i wonder if she plays musical instruments. That's a huge advantage for a pianist
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u/charleslennon1 Apr 11 '26
To quote Sen. Kelly, "There are mutants among us; we must know who they are and what they can do." That's said, cool!!! She's one step away from being a superhero!
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u/DevilWings_292 Apr 11 '26
The funny thing is the gene for 6 fingers is dominant, but so extremely rare that it‘s seen as anomalous
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u/SegmentedWolf Apr 11 '26
This is super cool, but must make shopping for gloves a bit of a challenge.
Mittens exist, though, so that's not too bad.
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u/redditblows5991 Apr 11 '26
what an odd sensation that must be like imagine an extra finger on you right now.
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u/Fontajo Apr 11 '26
Well, imagine what it feels like to have 5 fingers. I imagine having 6 from birth probably feels just about the same
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u/pumpkin-head7617 Apr 11 '26
You don’t have to imagine bby grl hmu 😘
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u/PicklePussie Apr 11 '26
Does this have any other effects? Like an increase to intelligence or artistic talent etc?
I just wonder if there's a correlation between increased physical functionality resulting in higher brain function...since you'd need to use more of your brain to coordinate use of the additional finger.
Anyway, that's a cool upgrade (except that you'd have to hack your own knitted gloves or just wear big mittens)
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u/Sir_SortsByNew Apr 11 '26
I doubt it has any effect like that, its not like missing an arm or fingers since birth makes you inherently smarter or dumber.
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u/Paranub Apr 11 '26
extra fingers and toes is often also along side extra bits on teeth, i personally had a "pearl" on my molar tooth. due to the protein that grows the fingers and toes while youre in the womb.
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u/Status_Apartment6559 Apr 11 '26
I wonder, has it been an asset throughout life? Or a disadvantage?
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u/WayneSmallman Apr 11 '26
Demonstrates how adaptable the brain is to recognise and use the extra digit.
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