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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by notnotmike@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[-] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

You got 6 digits on each hand?

[-] guillem@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

You have (normally) 4 fingers with 3 phalanxes each, plus a fifth one (the thumb) to point at each one of those phalanxes.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 3 months ago

Actually you can count to 12 quite neatly on one hand. Simply take your thumb and place it on the bottom segment of your little finger. Excluding your thumb, you have 12 segments on your fingers.

As you count, move your thumb up one segment, switching to the next finger when you reach the top. This way you can count to 12 on one hand.

[-] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

And how would I signal 5 at a distance?

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 3 months ago

You do realize you can still count up to 5 with your fingers even if we used a different numeral system? So you would signal in the exact same way that you do now. Or you know, just shout or something? How often do you need to signal a small number from a distance?

[-] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Me? Rarely, but my stage manager does it at least nightly

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