@MostlyBlindGamer@dragonscave.space
Post #751466
2026-03-21 16:07 UTC
Replies (28)
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@afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-03-21 16:15
@MostlyBlindGamer thumb is zero
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@stevo399@dragonscave.space 2026-03-21 16:22
@MostlyBlindGamer Interesting. I use my pinky on my left hand. Thumb is number 5. Thumb of right hand is 6, and 10 is pinky on my right hand. It makes sense to me to do it like that since it's straight left to right.
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@storydragon@dragonscave.space 2026-03-21 17:42
@MostlyBlindGamer I am actually surprised and slightly shocked that apparently this is not universal. :dragon_eyes:
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@pentup@mastodon.art 2026-03-21 17:44
@MostlyBlindGamer I do thumb, but 4 is really awkward (when I put up the ring finger, the pinky wants to go too) so I'm actively trying to change to thumb-last. I'm doing pinky first, but index first would work.
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@lina@tech.lgbt 2026-03-21 18:23
@MostlyBlindGamer depends on what is the maximum i'll be counting to 5+? thumb <=4? index
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@natty@astolfo.social 2026-03-21 18:26
@MostlyBlindGamer@dragonscave.space pretty sure this is a heavily cultural thing that varies a lot
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@purrtato_hexagon@autistics.life 2026-03-21 19:41
@MostlyBlindGamer I'm genuinely surprised so many people voted for thumb! I'm team index finger (left hand). My left thumb is number 5 and my right thumb is number 6. So interesting how there's so much variety!
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@tankgrrl@hachyderm.io 2026-03-21 20:21
@MostlyBlindGamer Pinky on right is 1, left thumb is 6.
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@dingodog19@sfba.social 2026-03-21 22:01
@MostlyBlindGamer Use base-5: start with index, when you get to 5 put your thumb up and your other fingers down. Now thumb+index is 6, etc. You can count to 9 on one hand. If you use your other hand as 10s, you can count up to 99.
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@IndigoPRNG@cathode.church 2026-03-21 22:03
@MostlyBlindGamer The one and only true way to count using fingers is to count in binary.
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@dalfen@mstdn.social 2026-03-21 22:14
@MostlyBlindGamer whoops I voted wrong by accident... meant to hit "other"
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@fitzbew248@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-03-21 22:16
@MostlyBlindGamer pinkie.
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@countablenewt@mastodon.social 2026-03-21 22:25
@MostlyBlindGamer Actually kinda surprised thumb is so popular
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@LuluHelle@ohai.social 2026-03-21 22:34
@MostlyBlindGamer pinky, but I think I might be odd here.
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@dhobern@scicomm.xyz 2026-03-21 22:44
@MostlyBlindGamer When I'm counting for my own benefit and the number is in the range 0-10, 1-5 are right-little to right-thumb, and 6-10 are left-thumb to left-little. I am right-handed. If I'm emphasizing numbers while talking, 1-5 is right-thumb to right-little, and 6-10 is again left-thumb to left-little.
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@milla@mastodon.art 2026-03-21 22:57
@MostlyBlindGamer I recently had a somewhat heated disagreement about this with our 3-year-old, apparently someone at daycare starts from thumb while I start from index and thumb is the last one. I can't physically keep my pinky down with all others up...
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@bardmoss@autistics.life 2026-03-21 22:59
@MostlyBlindGamer Pinkie, ring, middle, index (4), then thumb
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@tarix29@tech.lgbt 2026-03-21 23:01
@MostlyBlindGamer index is 1, thumb is 5. I guess it stuck with me from ASL
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@johntimaeus@infosec.exchange 2026-03-21 23:30
@MostlyBlindGamer Depends on what and how I'm counting. Decimal or hex, index finger following ASL, left hand is the tens or sixteens column. Binary counting up, thumb. Binary converting to decimal, left middle finger.
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@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-03-21 23:34
@MostlyBlindGamer Thumb = 1 ... All digits = 5 Just fingers = 6 ... Pinky = 9
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@jackcole@mstdn.social 2026-03-22 00:14
@MostlyBlindGamer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger-counting
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@wcbdata@vis.social 2026-03-22 00:22
@MostlyBlindGamer I've done both, but I'm not sure what makes me pick one at the time...
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@softicecreamlesley@famichiki.jp 2026-03-22 00:27
@MostlyBlindGamer This is cultural, so your results will only reflect that instead of giving a “correct” answer. Americans will say “index”. French will say “thumb”. Japanese, when counting on fingers, show “six” by placing a pointed index finger into the middle of their other outstretched palm.
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@gooseliketyping@corteximplant.com 2026-03-22 05:31
@MostlyBlindGamer thumb, but four is the other four fingers extended and then I move my thumb again for five. I've been told that's strange. I count multiples of six on the other hand, so using only my fingers I can count up to 35 instead of 10.
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@bbbhltz@framapiaf.org 2026-03-22 08:46
@MostlyBlindGamer Usually thumb, except if I'm in front of students. Then I use the Chinese method because I always have at least one student from China and it can lead to a whole conversation about intercultural stuff and international business, etc. Best one is getting students to decide if the "making a circle with index and thumb" means OK, Zero, or something awful.
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@mees@sunny.garden 2026-03-22 09:03
@MostlyBlindGamer could be either. Pinky is a less used option. When using both hands, left hand starts at the same finger the right one ended at. When signalling to other people, index first.
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@Orb2069@mastodon.online 2026-03-22 12:16
@MostlyBlindGamer This being a shibbolith was a plot point in "Inglorious Bastards", IIRC?
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@NinjaNia@beige.party 2026-03-25 13:42
@MostlyBlindGamer Depends. I mostly use my thumb but it will also depend on who is present. When others are present I automatically use my index finger because that is ASL for 1 so I slip into that.