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For example, I'm a white Jewish guy but I've adopted the Japanese practice of keeping dedicated house slippers at the front door.

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[-] milicent_bystandr@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I count with my thumb on my finger sections (what do you call them?) rather than my fingertips. So one hand comfortably counts to 12. (You can do a similar version, with a little more stretching, to count to 16... but I can't be bothered, and besides, I like 12.)

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Did you learn this during a brief vacation in ancient babylonia?

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ever since this rusty Delorean got abandoned outside my cul-de-sac, I've enjoyed regular visits to ancient Babylonia.

[-] Open@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The power of the superior base 6 system was within our palms this entire time?!

[-] beeng@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Two hands, base 12 the mostest superior

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

One hand for base 12; two for 24! Actually I just use one hand, so my left hand would probably become a second digit. 144 counts on my fingers ftw!

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