I use my middle finger first. I like telling people they're number ONE.
Counting on your fingers
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Yes, i do sometimes count on my fingers because i am an idiot.
Math is NOT my friend.
Math is NOT my friend.
On occasion I will but usually I do it by just "twitching the finger" whether in eye-shot or not and just "counting" the movement in my mind.
I do count on my fingers on occasion, starting with the index finger of my right hand. The thumb is last.
However, I occasionally count in binary on my hands. I showed my kids how to do it once, and they thought it was pretty cool that they could count to 31 on one hand and 1024 with both. My 12- and 10-year old daughters were most impressed and learned how to do it too. They love to show their teachers and classmates. (We generally very quickly go past 4 without drawing attention to it, for obvious reasons.) When they ask me if I'm a nerd, I have to answer yes.
However, I occasionally count in binary on my hands. I showed my kids how to do it once, and they thought it was pretty cool that they could count to 31 on one hand and 1024 with both. My 12- and 10-year old daughters were most impressed and learned how to do it too. They love to show their teachers and classmates. (We generally very quickly go past 4 without drawing attention to it, for obvious reasons.) When they ask me if I'm a nerd, I have to answer yes.
I do count on my fingers on occasion, starting with the index finger of my right hand. The thumb is last.
However, I occasionally count in binary on my hands. I showed my kids how to do it once, and they thought it was pretty cool that they could count to 31 on one hand and 1024 with both. My 12- and 10-year old daughters were most impressed and learned how to do it too. They love to show their teachers and classmates. (We generally very quickly go past 4 without drawing attention to it, for obvious reasons.) When they ask me if I'm a nerd, I have to answer yes.
Pfft. I count in hexadecimal with my hands.
When I count on my fingers I often use binary.
That guy's fingers must be amazingly flexible!
Never, but one of the few things in my life I actually have a talent for is doing math quickly in my head.
You shouldn't say that, it's more probably just a certain hardwiring that some people have and some people don't. My girlfriend is a walking encyclopedia of art history and literature, but she can't do basic math to save her life. Even things like calendars confuse her when she is trying to find out how many days are between two events. She is never sure what dates to include and she gets lost if she has to go past a month.
Me,I am a whiz at math, but I seem to struggle with other things like career, love, life. You know the unimportant things.
^^ I'm like that. I'm a pretty smart guy, with lots of knowledge and I can understand complicated concepts, but there's a black hole in my brain that sucks in numbers. Which is a shame, because I love things like quantum physics that would really be enhanced by a knowledge of mathematics.
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