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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Your middle finger is only your middle finger if you also count your thumb as a finger. Which I find hard to accept. @showerthoughts πŸ–•

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which I find hard to accept.

How?

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Probably because of its unique structure. It is slightly different than the rest of your fingers. I wouldn't consider it different enough to exclude it from being a finger though.

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[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

"middle finger" is "the finger in the middle of the digits" not "the finger on the middle of the fingers"

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have three fingers named fingers.
Index finger, ring finger and middle finger. The middle finger is in the middle of the three. Thumb and pinky are both outliers.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

If you had to pick either one of those fingers to call the "middle" one, it's pretty obvious which one better fits the description.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah? Well πŸ–•

[–] pacology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Have you ever thought that it's called the middle finger but it's actually the long finger?

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Long finger

[–] guy@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got shocked when I learned my SO had learnt we have only four fingers. And a thumb.
I mean..

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah seriously don't tell my wife this. She still counts on them and it's going to go badly…

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