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

submitted 4 months ago by notnotmike to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And how would I signal 5 at a distance?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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