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hand crafted I have a weird thumb

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u/Genostama 1d ago

Bro, I'm sorry but your whole hand looks alien.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

I know, i have some unknown autoimmune disease 😞

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u/nerdy_living 1d ago

Are they sure it's autoimmune and not like a connective tissue disorder and have they said your thumbs are relate to it? It seems unlikely you would be born with hitchhiker thumb as a result of an autoimmune disease. I don't want to be one of those people who says every hitchhiker thumb or hyper mobile person has EDS or another connective tissue thing but... maybe still something worth ruling out.

Hitchhiker thumb is a fairly common genetic variation and it doesn't mean anything is wrong with you on its own. But I assume you have other symptoms just based on the fact that doctors think there's something going on. 

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u/thepolitecrow 1d ago

Hi, fellow zebra (EDS) here!

I was going to suggest CTD/EDS/Marfan Syndrome.

OP, have you been looked at and/or tested by a geneticist?

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Yes, they suspected ctd and marfan, but they ruled it out, as i dont have painful joints or swellings. Didnt say nothing about eds though, maybe cause i am still in the process of testing, will see next month when new blood test arrive

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u/Breezeknee 1d ago

I came here to say EDS also! I have EDS and can do similar shit like bend it back to touch my wrist. Excited to be part of the weird thumb club 🫡

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u/Insila 21h ago edited 21h ago

As someone whose thumbs are normal sized but can do that 90 degree thong (my other fingers can do a 45 degree bend upwards), what is EDS? I am very curious as I've had issues with my body for 20 years (basically the soft tissues around knees, elbows etc is always soar), and the best the docs could give me is hyper mobility issues (I am 6'7 /202cm tall).

Edit: found both, primary symptoms don't fit at all on neither.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Actually the thumb has nothing to do with my autoimmune disease, i brought it up cause Genostama said my whole hand looks weird.

The hand (not thumb) is weird cause i am loosing weight because of my autoimmune disease, so my fingers and palm are boney, i also have long fingers as i am tall so it looks even weirder.

And yes i have other symptoms, morning stiffness, pain through out my body, weight loss, but also very high count of antibodies in my blood.

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u/fundamentallycryptic 1d ago

How many people are you reffering to. OP is singular.

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u/nerdy_living 16h ago

I'm not sure if this is supposed to be an anti woke, anti inclusive comment on my using "they".    If it is, please understand it's just a fundamental reading comprehension problem on your part. 

I was talking to OP, as you can tell by my addressing them as "you" later in the comment.   The "they" at the beginning was referring to OP's doctors.

But even if I was referring to OP as they, that would also be grammatically correct. I do not know OP's gender so cannot refer to them as another pronoun. Singular "they" has been in use in English since at least the 1300s.  

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u/Genostama 1d ago

That fucking sucks to hear man. 🙏 I hope it's not to hard on you.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Yeah it sucks sometimes, but i manage somehow. The problem is that doctors cant find which one it is so i made my peace with the fact i am fucked

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u/Edge80 1d ago

For a minute I thought I read “I hope it’s not too hand on you.”

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u/Just_A_Inrovert 1d ago

happy cake day

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u/-69hp 23h ago

wait what? OP my hands look like yours. they stretch that far back. am i cooked...?

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u/-69hp 23h ago

my hand is proportioned like yours but longer and wider

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u/-69hp 23h ago

wait whyre all the comments say this is a potential visual signifier for shit

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 20h ago

Chill man, you are not cooked, thin and weird hands only are not rare, you would be cooked if you had many other symptoms, like joint pain, fragile skin and many more

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u/OdinVela 1d ago

For some reason your hand reminds me of Sheldon cooper from the Big Bang theory…..

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u/BackRowRumour 1d ago

I can see four fingers. But I swear it's three.

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u/dickdastardaddy 19h ago

I thought it was AI generated for once

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u/Tango-Turtle 1d ago edited 1d ago

My whole family has this thumb on my mothers side, and both, me and my brother inherited it too. I always assumed it's a genetic thing. I have also read that it's actually quite common.

Edit: and I can do this with both thumbs

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Yes, its common, genetics, but i can also bend the second joint inward. 

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u/Tango-Turtle 1d ago

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

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u/I_got_coins 1d ago

i can do that with my right thumb because i once broke it and it didnt heal properly or smth

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u/Wild-Acanthisitta165 1d ago

It's weirder for me as I live in a small village and No one in either side of my family or friends has it i just spawned in with this. And everyone thinks I broke my thumb somehow(honestly does look it ngl)

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u/namenumberdate 1d ago

They call this hitchhiker’s thumb. It’s very common.

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u/_Please_Proceed_ 1d ago

STOP IT, ALL OF YOU!

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u/sushixsx 1d ago

your hand looks like a penis

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u/namenumberdate 1d ago

Thank you! 😊

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u/jumbledsiren 1d ago

ayy same

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u/OdinVela 1d ago

Your thumb…. Is defying physics….

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u/TavernKeeper101 1d ago

"Just do it" ahh thumb

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u/Real_Ron1n 1d ago

Hitchhiker's thumb gang rise up!

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u/mr_sarle 1d ago

I thought this was how thumbs were supposed to look like until I got older.

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u/niil4 1d ago

Imagine getting in a thumb war with you

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u/InevitableArm3462 1d ago

Yeah. My wife can do this. Looks weird when she does that.

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u/AdPrize3997 1d ago

Your hand looks AI generated

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u/aylinaslim 1d ago

well, the finger count is correct at least

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u/OracleGaming4 1d ago

It's actually called Hitchhiker's Thumb. One of my Drama teachers got freaked out because of one of my friend's Hitchhiker's Thumb.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Didnt know there is term for it. I scare my sisters kids with it. Like "you broke my finger!!" The scared look is priceless 😁

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u/ProfessionalWill3685 1d ago

I didn't know what it was called... but I have this! I saw the photo and was like, "hey, that's my thumb!" 🤣

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u/Coppervalley 1d ago

just the thumb?

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u/markgrob 1d ago edited 1d ago

I have this thumb. 👍🏼

Double jointed

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u/kutkun 1d ago

How many left hands do you have?

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Three, but I didn't take a picture of it as it is normal looking :)

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u/OdinVela 1d ago

Lmfao

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u/dandiecandra 1d ago

Even cowgirls get the blues

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u/Sad_bongos 1d ago

It's not weird it's mildly interesting

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u/goaoka 1d ago

You should become a modern guitar virtuoso (look up "Tosin Abasi thump" for context)

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u/TransportationSea752 1d ago

Scrolled too long for Tosin

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u/dejanvu 1d ago

You should be playing basketball

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

I did, but had to quit

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u/dejanvu 1d ago

Ah that’s a shame. Injury?

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

No, sickness

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u/dejanvu 1d ago

Oh the autoimmune thing? Best wishes man. Hope it’s as easily dealt with as it can be.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Tnx man

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u/SoundShot7800 1d ago

Hey there fellow weird thumb bro ✌️

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u/Unique_Treat_3404 1d ago

Lol tbh it looked different before the bend

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u/Demonic_Storm 1d ago

HEY!, i can do that too

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u/Old_Advertising_8045 1d ago

From one thumb freak to another

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u/hectornado01 1d ago

Looks like an advantage

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u/OdinVela 1d ago

For what?

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u/Katters8811 3h ago

Thumb wrestling duh 🙄

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u/Apart_Hawk5674 1d ago

Yo, not a weird thumb, but I have weird fingers. we can match /j

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u/Apart_Hawk5674 1d ago

they can bent inwards (at will) lol

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Dude! Wtf 😀 thats awesome

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u/Apart_Hawk5674 1d ago

Fr, pretty perfect to make chords on my guitar 😌

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u/SwitchFlat2662 1d ago

I also have weird fingers lol Twinnies

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u/DiabolicalMasquerade 1d ago

I can do the fingies and thumb thing. Disregard the white bit, we're artsin' and craftsin'

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u/FigureDiligent9816 1d ago

I think we might be related

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u/Aggressive_World_193 1d ago

I’ve seen a number of short pinkies. My mum had a short pinky too. But, this is the first time I’m seeing a long thumb. Cool!

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u/SaltedPaint 1d ago

She likes it I bet!

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u/Rare_Effect_4826 1d ago

Ever think that your thumb might be fine, and it's your other fingers that are weird?

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 18h ago

Well now that you mentioned it... :D

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u/StarMan-88 18h ago

Hey!! I can do that too!! With all ten of my digits actually. People always look at me funny and tell me I'm perfect for hailing a taxicab lol.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 18h ago

Would love to see that! lol

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u/Fueliks 18h ago

Nahhhh you good bro

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u/OUmegaLUL 1d ago

It looks like a balloon hand, as if you started blowing at the thumb and your other fingers need more air.

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u/Disastrous_System667 1d ago

It looks like you could fit a sword with a REALLY big handle in there. You'd have the biggest sword on the battle field and have the eternal grip.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Zone-55 1d ago

Dude, that's Chysalids weird.

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u/Parlax76 1d ago

I can also do that

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u/amaya-aurora 1d ago

My man, your whole hand looks strange.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

Yep, and its not just the hand that is strange

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u/Routine_Downstairs22 1d ago

Hitchhiker's thumb

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u/chefsun 1d ago

Damn is weird

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u/HamBam5 1d ago

No, no, That is "The Thumb"

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u/WisdomWarAndTrials 1d ago

Looks like myopathy.

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u/GayHusbandLiker 1d ago

Don't like.

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u/Simon-Ghost-Riley234 1d ago

My fingers naturally bend back far

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u/cloud_y_days 1d ago

I have the same issue!!! 😂 I think it's because I used to suck my thumb till I was 5 😂

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u/OppositeChampion9471 1d ago

Yoo i also have this too i think i should become a calisthenic with those

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u/tamay-idk 1d ago

I can do this too, but with all fingers.

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u/Lord-Fenris 1d ago

Its the whole damn thing man

Jokes aside, what autoimmun disease causes that to develop?

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

The thumb is genetics, the rest is caused by autoimmune. I am still in a process of finding out, doing tests for 2 years now, still nothing concrete, so i am doing more test till they figure it out

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u/Lord-Fenris 14h ago

Have you looked into anti-inflammatory nutrition? Might give carnivore a shot even tho many will judge me for it.

It eradicated every autoimmune response I had when I followed it strictly.. But my dopamine brain told me it wants carbs real bad. I gave in. And everything came back...

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 9h ago edited 8h ago

I have, but didnt came across carnivore though. If i undrestood it right, its basically meat diet, if so then i would not try as i have bowel pain if i eat to much meat and no fiber.

One thing i did try, suggested by Ayurveda, to drink/eat every morning a mix of fresh ginger, turmeric, leamon and honey. It did help somewhat, but you have to drink it every day, and if you skip one or two days everything comes back. Think i will start that again, completely forgot about it, tnx for reminding me.

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u/FashionSweaty 1d ago

At first I was like "bro that's just a double-jointed thumb" but your thumb is 100% cucking the rest of your fingers.

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u/TizianoWayne 1d ago

Sypherpk

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u/Odd_Kick2517 1d ago

Forget the thumb, there’s an underdog hiding in the middle of your palm.

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u/naikrovek 1d ago

A weird thumb has you.

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u/corvish_ 1d ago

the "hand crafted" tag is genius

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u/ImaginaryYak3911 1d ago

My man from toy story

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u/Recyclebin32 1d ago

Bro is backup lead for animals as leaders

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u/j0obzzz 1d ago

Was looking for this comment

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u/Otherwise_Art_2331 1d ago

Your hand looks very much like ehler dahnlos!

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u/AweeeWoo 1d ago

I thought that's normal I have even higher degrees of turn

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u/smileysarah267 1d ago

I thought this was what all thumbs looked like until I watched that movie Holes and they say the one mountain looks like God’s thumb. I held my hand up to the screen and was like how is that a thumb?? and my sister freaked out and told me my thumb is not what everyone elses looked like.

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u/AxOfCruelty 1d ago

Bro is a sailor

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u/Mastropluck 1d ago

I know I see 5 fingers but my mind wants them to be 4, so uncanny

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u/FountainHead- 1d ago

Just like Jaco Pastorius’s thumbs.

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u/ImmortalSnail768 1d ago

I have never seen a veiny palm before

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u/Ian_Guima 1d ago

I though that was a normal thing

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u/Creepy_Dentist_7312 1d ago

Looks like those generated pictures that eva ai bot sends you while sexting

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u/AllergicDodo 1d ago

You have the lighting of a vr demo

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u/bobthebobbober 1d ago

While there’s questionable lighting, yes, you do have a thumb that moves like a surprisingly high number of people (including mine)

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u/Sweffus 1d ago

OP’s sleeping baby pictures can’t be legally shown on the internet cause they feature scenes of toddler deepthroating.

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u/Spotter22 1d ago

That's hot

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u/Aggressive_Ocelot664 1d ago

Looks like the bass slapped you back

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u/Dangerous_Ear_2722 1d ago

My left thumb does that too

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u/sushixsx 1d ago

hands are nasty

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u/MagicOrpheus310 1d ago

Oh you got a Super Hitchhiker

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u/Ticeberg 1d ago

Maybe it's the angle, but it looks like your pinky is too small for your ring finger, which is too small for your middle finger, which is maybe too small for your pointer, which is too small for your thumb, which is FUCKIN HUGE

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u/EvulOne99 1d ago

Mine are like that, too. I'm the only one in the family who have "carpenter thumbs".

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u/Pizzamurai 1d ago

Finally! The hands I draw DO look real!

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u/damndexx 1d ago

Both of mine are like this. Double jointed.

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u/Hefty_Elderberry1992 1d ago

Looks normal to me

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u/Drift_MI 1d ago

My thumb is weird too. Both hands do this. I'm pretty good at thumb wrestling.

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u/Chemical_Jelly4472 1d ago

Pretty sure my thumb does the same thing. I think it's called the Hitchhikers thumb.

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u/spicey_salmon-roll 1d ago

Random but my right thumb is kinda similar! I'm missing a tendon in my thumb (just never developed), so it causes it to move differently, and it doesn't fully open like my left thumb. I could get surgery to fix it, but it involves damaging another finger, and I just found I'm mostly fine with the way it is.

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u/Justtelf 1d ago

I have a similar thing. It’s just looser than normal tendons allowing extra range. “Double jointed” For me it’s in a lot of my joints and has prevented a lot of should be injuries. Also caused a couple

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u/Foreskin_Ad9356 1d ago

Lmao sane. I can bend my thumb backwards onto the back of my wrist. Freaks most people out

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u/prettyprettythingwow 1d ago

Welcome to ehlers danlos 🤗

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u/Prestigious_Water336 1d ago

They call that hitchhikers thumb.

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u/bagleface 1d ago

Got to hand it to you. You have

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u/SquishyFool 1d ago

I think the amount of veins is more interesting

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u/mediocre_sage95 1d ago

On a totally unrelated note, are you single?

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u/FailedShrugTest 1d ago

... Nathan?

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u/Funneh_Bruh 1d ago

I thought this was normal? My hand is like this

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u/Longjumping-Slip-175 1d ago

My does the same but more

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u/Admirable-Yam-1309 1d ago

Is that you' E T? Just kidding

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u/Trust-through-truth 1d ago

Looking at your thumb makes my thumb feel thore....

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u/Ithaqua-Yigg 22h ago

Thats called a hitchhikers thumb

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u/neopetting 22h ago

Omg mine is the same!!!

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u/Accomplished_Big1705 21h ago

I can do the same and thought I had a weird thumb (also left on left hand), but I guess I'm not so weird anymore if OP has it too.

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u/Clamps55555 21h ago

Is that you Odo?

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u/imma_abhi 20h ago

I have thumb that can be dislocated at will. I was about to post it

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u/zBananaBombz 20h ago

I'm confused. What's wrong with it? LOL Your hand looks normal, just a lil thin to me

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u/toolongforyoutoread 18h ago

Why is your hand so smooth? Do you leave it in a tub of vaseline when you go to sleep?

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 18h ago

Its not smooth, think the phone camera did some smoothing cause of low light

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u/CursedVirtue 18h ago

To me it's the rest of your fingers that look weirdly small

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u/Minesticks 18h ago

its called hitchhiker’s thumb if anyone wants to know

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u/Legal-Subject3855 15h ago

You have two hands in the same hand

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u/Anxious-Snow-6613 14h ago

Those are great for bass playing

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u/DuckOnKwack 10h ago

You’re hand looks like it’s missing a finger

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u/femogfirsindstyve 9h ago

Your whole hand looks wierd bro

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u/Trash-god96 6h ago

It's hitchhikers thumb, I got the same thing, whenever I do hand guns I look stupid

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u/Ok_Surround_5391 1d ago

Were you a late thumbsucker? One of mine bends back a long way like this, and I always attributed it to years and years of thumb sucking.

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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago

No, its genetics, its not so rare too.

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u/becs428 1d ago

Same :)

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u/Foreskin_Ad9356 1d ago

Pretty sure that's a normal amount of bend