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 My wife says that a thumb is kind of a finger is she right or is she wrong? 

#AskNostr 
 ALL THUMBS ARE FINGERS BUT NOT ALL FINGERS ARE THUMBS. UNTIL NEXT TIME.  
 You just had to put me in the shit didn't you? 
 it's true... the old word was "digit" and you use your thumb to count too right? thus 10?

the innovation in fingers happened around the time of the appearance of felines... many types of cats almost have opposable thumbs, domestic cats can grab onto stuff with one hand because they have a sorta thumb spaced far from the rest of their fingers (and they only have 4 fingers on their back feet also btw) 
 it’s not the thumbs fault it’s short one phalanges…stop being a finger elitist against thumbs 
 This plane has no phalange, I want off. 
 Wtf? Of course she's always right. Remember, Happy wife happy life! 
 How many fingers do you have? 
10? Or only 8?

Most people say they have 10 fingers and 10 toes.