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My 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by idefix@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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So proud of him!

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[–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Ackchyually humans have 10 fingers, indexed 0 to 9

[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We taught our daughter to count starting at zero. Her kindergarten teacher was not amused.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Counting starts at one, indexing starts at zero.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't want to spoil their fun, but I'm glad you did. That kid's going to experience an embarassing moment of parental disillusionment the first time they try to be clever with a halfway competent math teacher.