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unicornweedfairy t1_jefo967 wrote

Reply to comment by PhantomPiGod in Ironic that her name is "April" by joelman0

... but that doesn't work?? July and August are in a row and both contain 31 days.

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PrognosticatorofLife t1_jefppqk wrote

It does work because thats when you switch hands. Knuckle (May), valley (June), Knuckle (july), Switch hands, Knuckle (August).

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Renkij t1_jefpi43 wrote

You haven’t done it have you? Those fall on the index fingers’ knuckles. The space between hand isn’t a “dip” it’s void and null.

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unicornweedfairy t1_jefyuv1 wrote

So now you are arbitrarily deciding which dips count and which don't? That makes literally no sense, and that way of counting is absurd. You can't say it's a pattern, then go and interrupt the pattern 4 repetitions in just to make your little "memory charm" make sense.

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MrWhoG t1_jeg27cc wrote

why doesn't it make sense? you start with the pinky knuckle (january) till you reach the index knuckle (july), then there's no "dip" after that because that's the end of your hand, so you switch to your right hand and start there with the index knuckle. just try it out ;-)

edit: spelling

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unicornweedfairy t1_jeg7r6r wrote

Guess I just don't agree on how to count fingers, since you absolutely DO have a webbing of skin that counts as a dip after your index finger. The only case that could be made for no dip would be for the months of September and October. You are creating random definitions of dips and knuckles to make your way work, therefore it doesn't actually make sense.

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icheah t1_jeg855r wrote

Are you trolling? Or just very, very stupid?

There's no way this wouldn't make sense unless one of the above is true.

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MrWhoG t1_jeg8msv wrote

i'm not sure you understood what we meant. we are not counting fingers but i'm too lazy to explain it. just google "knuckle mnemonic". pretty straight forward once you saw an image.

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unicornweedfairy t1_jegb6eg wrote

I understand exactly what you're saying, and no I'm not stupid. Thumbs have knuckles, and there is a dip between the index and thumb. You can't just discount those because you want to.

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MrWhoG t1_jegkgve wrote

you form two fists and hold them side to side and BAAM thumb knuckles gone. nothing to remember. just hold your fists together and you're good to go. i like this method, very straight forward. but if you prefer to learn this poem thingy. sure, you do you buddy.

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d3m0m0m0 t1_jeguhe9 wrote

Never thought I'd see someone get mad over something so trivial like this lol

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Renkij t1_jegiwy5 wrote

But actually can disregard those.

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Eklassen t1_jegvp93 wrote

Damn, boy. It’s a memory assistance tool not a science lecture. It is easy to look at your knuckles, remember the rules and then quickly figure out the day count. Calm the Aspergers for a minute.

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tuggboat66 t1_jeh50el wrote

But thumbs aren't fingers... I mean, have you ever seen one fing?

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Renkij t1_jeghoxh wrote

You count with your fists closed and next to each other.

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