Poll: Are thumbs fingers?

[Blindswordmaster]

I believe them to be.

 

[delet]

Yeah, sure. They're tiny little limbs at the end of your hand, just like the other fingers. I don't see why they should be disqualified from finger-status.

 

[child of lileth]

I'm pretty sure they count as fingers.

 

[Bloodstain]

They're extremities on your hand? Check.

Yep, they're fingers.

 

[RatRace123]

No, thumbs are digits. I dunno why, I just know that they're not fingers.

 

[Mimssy]

They're a digit on your hand. The only thing really special is the intermediate phalanx is not present in the thumb (that goes with the big toe too).

 

[Quaxar]

What idiot came up with the "thumbs are no fingers!"-theory anyway?

Of course they are, who dares question me?

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Let's talk about something else.....THIS THREAD IS NOW DIAMONDS!!

 

[Mimssy]

No, thumbs are digits. I dunno why, I just know that they're not fingers.

Fingers and toes are digits. Digits are just the most distal parts of your body.

 

[Volstag9]

Ah the great Debate! to quote Dr. Herbert form the Simpsons, "a thumb is not a finger."

so... No.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

Is your big toe a toe? Now that is the real mystery!

 

[twasdfzxcv]

Depend on your definition of finger.

 

[Dexiro]

Thumbs and fingers are both digits but thumbs are not fingers.

 

[snow]

What idiot came up with the "thumbs are no fingers!"-theory anyway?

Of course they are, who dares question me?

I dare question you!!! So... How are you doing?

Yeah I believe them to be fingers. They just hold a special ranking because most other species don't have them.

 

[teqrevisited]

I'd count them as digits but they are basically just a slightly different looking finger, so yes.

 

[The87Italians]

Let's talk about something else.....THIS THREAD IS NOW DIAMONDS!!

Anything is possible with Old Spice. I'm on The Escapist.

OT: Of course there fingers, if they weren't you'd only have 8 fingers and everything you learned about counting would be wrong.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

No, thumbs are digits. I dunno why, I just know that they're not fingers.

Fingers and toes are digits. Digits are just the most distal parts of your body.

I have two tickets to that thing you love.

OT: Yes i think thumbs are fingers, but more importantly. Who said to put a "b" at the end of thumb?

 

[grimsprice]

Do we call it a "thumb finger"? then its not a finger, its a thumb. Thumbs and fingers are both digits.

 

[Pielikey]

Yes probably

 

[Sacman]

no because it doesn't serve the same purpose as fingers. it's like calling your nose a third eye...