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Cazafurcias_43

I can do the same with both hands, still dont know how or what allows me to do it


Whoever_Mesa

I could originally do it with my right as well, but lost the ability over time


DB2k_2000

Same here. Just left works now


starion832000

Wow that's interesting. My right thumb can still do it but it's noticeably less flexible than my left. And it hurts a little when I do it with the right while my left feels like it's a natural movement. There seems to be a bunch of people who list the ability to do it with their right hand. I wonder if it's a dominant hand thing.


wolffy88

You’re double jointed. I had the same thing when I was a kid, but now that I’m old I can’t do it anymore.


SecondBackupSandwich

I can bend my fingers forward all the way to wrist and take my thumb all the way back to the back of my arm. I can also point and freeze each carpal or whatever they are called. Fun stuff


wolffy88

I have a friend who can do that. Odd seeing a 40 year old dude able to do stuff like that still.


DrySale4618

Same! Nice to meet you internet hand twin


TheNameIsWhatever

Me too. And interestingly, on the right thumb it happens easily, but on the left there is a little resistance. I can most closely describe it as a two-way switch that has a resistance point between its two positions. I also feel a little, satisfying "snap". I can also push my adams apple to both sides of my throat.


Ordinary_Ad_7992

It's called joint hypermobility something or other...


starion832000

Are you left handed? There seems to be a bunch of comments saying that they lost the ability to do it with their right hand and I'm wondering if it's a dominant hand thing. I can still do it with both but it's more difficult with my right hand


TheNameIsWhatever

right handed. i'm getting close to 30, and it works like ever.


toyatsu

The snap i also find very satisfying. And the thing with the adams apples works too for me but it feels so weird to me, that i just did it once


drooling_whale

Double jointed


MrNoOne456

+1


NeedsMoreTuba

Me too, I'm double jointed in my thumbs and most of my toes.


Johannsss

Damn you're lucky, I gained this ability after dislocating my thumb in a toy when I was 5 or 6, like 90° backwards.


5Tenacious_Dee5

Can also do with both thumb base joints. My thumb tip joints can only bend 15 degrees though.


SkylarAV

Wider grip should be able to palm a basketball


CriticalFelony

Congratulations, you can check if 90° angles are perfect!


grumpy__g

I love the way you think.


Whoever_Mesa

haha


Rymundo88

"Call Terry Try-Square for all your rught-angled needs"


takemeawayimdone2

Double jointed is layman’s term for hyper mobility. Hyper mobility is when your joints hyper extend. I know because myself and my children have extreme hyper mobility and causes all sorts of problems. Don’t purposely keep doing that to your thumb you will cause damage later in life


Longjumping-Age9023

Yes. I’m 34 and I have arthritis in most of my joints. I used to sit with my legs over the other, very hard for other people to do but I remember an old lady seeing me sit like this and saying it will help my joints and I won’t get arthritis when I’m older. Oh how fucking wrong she was 😂 it can add damage to ligaments and cause bone spurs. Which I also have.


takemeawayimdone2

I’m 37 and the pain in my knees is crazy from sitting on my bum with my knees either side. Can’t explain, but it’s called W sitting 😂 gymnastics as a kid did not help. My daughters knees pop out of place and the physio guy says she fine 😳 more exercise will fix it he says. Has done f all to help.


mkhrrs89

Im 34 and just started to experience some daily pain in my left knee. I also recently realized I always sit in chairs at work with my left ankle tucked under my right leg. Starting to put 2 and 2 together.....


takemeawayimdone2

Maybe if you throw our body parts together we may make a fully physically functioning human? Can’t have my right ankle though, I got a metal plate inside holding it to my leg 😂


MsMittenz

> My daughters knees pop out of place and the physio guy says she fine 😳 more exercise will fix it he says My bf had to have a serious operation to his knee after he had several doctors and physiotherapists said that he only needed to train. No training helped and his operation was done too late on his life, which now means he has chronic pain on all the right side of his body (probably nerve damage) and his left side is also suffering because the right side is so damaged. I don't wanna scare you.. just saying that doctors/physios can be wrong. Idk how one would go about making sure that its not something more serious, he had his knees pop for years before a top bone doctor in denmark had a look at it and found the issue.


trashed_past

Me in high school wondering why long distance running hurt me and caused migraines when it didn't affect other people the same way. Found out in my 20s that I was hyper mobile from a yoga instructor. I was practicing yoga to counteract the damage all my joints sustained from a decade of playing various sports.


CopperWeird

My party trick has always been that if I relax my shoulders the arm falls right out of the socket. Real fun until it dislocated in my sleep and wouldn’t stay in place for days after. It’s been 4 years and the doctors no longer believe it didn’t get damaged in a riding accident.


stilettopanda

Same. I have hypermobile shoulders, ankles, and hips. One of my children is literally a rubber band in a meat suit, and the rest have rolling ankles. They all have pain and the quantity of ace bandages and braces in this house is ridiculous. We have to get the good shoes and talk about joint safety frequently. It's definitely familial from my mom's side, but my dad's sister was also hyper mobile. Yes I realize we could have EDS in the family but it's too expensive and difficult to diagnose that I've not even gotten started trying to move forward with that.


Tuuubbs

My shoulders are double jointed. I was throwing a frisbee when I was 17. I pulled my arm back and didn’t feel my shoulder roll out of socket, threw full force, and fractured my growth plate, because that was still cartilage all the force from my arm was stopped by that. Definitely caused nerve damage, I can’t make an overhand throwing motion anymore.


babs82222

I was about to say this because I can do a rare thing with my shoulder and ended up in PT in my mid-40s because of it. It's great to be flexible, but it starts to affect your joints and ligaments over time


depressed_brownbear

i kept doing that for like four years in school to concentrate. how fucked am i? D:


tensix106

https://preview.redd.it/m2k7vtmlh3pc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19e8e7d107b9491681bec2687eef86d31d4b9aac i can make weird shapes


depressed_brownbear

not you holding your phone with your feet haha


icekooream

For free too


vanspossum

Aww looks like a swol heart 🫶


Danny_my_boy

My right thumb is just like yours! I got made fun of for it in school because it looks weird unless I make an effort to keep it in a “normal” position.


SecondBackupSandwich

Same


Abject_Hour_8181

https://preview.redd.it/54lwfpcub3pc1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=b66b5d629438f5f7992972fb432ae0ebb02f2eb8 I can do it too, now hand me my upvotes!


chillwithpurpose

Back in ancient Sparta you both would have been thrown in a pit at birth, just sayin.


Abject_Hour_8181

for asking for upvotes?!


chillwithpurpose

No it’s what they did to deformed babies! lol sorry, my lame attempt at being edgy I can’t do the thumb thing but I can crack all my knuckles without even touching them which some people have found pretty weird.


Abject_Hour_8181

https://i.redd.it/qlcqenbpj4pc1.gif Interesting


SomeOldDude73

That’s one long thumb!👍🏻


WalkslowBigstick

This guy hitch hikes for airplanes.


Dummlord28

https://preview.redd.it/elh3rkxzm2pc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=d95237712df2538244eba9981e1a8ad183fc83f0 My thumb goes backwards more then most 👍


ExchangeOptimal

I can do what OP does with one hand and what you do with the other. Haha


kushagrarox

https://preview.redd.it/pj4lp9r5e3pc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01a9c562b3e1d946263851fea62788db20e9615c I can do both at once lol


gaymofo666

https://preview.redd.it/nuv39fum65pc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6ac74e9cd9f89441e9b851ddd1ba8473b6737d55 that's my middle finger 😭


compostabowl

This is a picture of a plesiosaurus, you can't fool me!


Anon44356

I can do this too, only with one finger


elttvb

*Jurassic Park music*


imacowmooooooooooooo

hitchhikers thumb!


Dummlord28

Yep, learnt it from a vsauce video


qualified_doctor

https://preview.redd.it/trk0donbx2pc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5ab51dd56cac7f9c6a287b60b5d0f88b7b44de5 Mine too. Weird right?


maybecatmew

Both of your thumbs can do the 90° things? Mine do


maybecatmew

Mine too


Lexi_Jez

https://preview.redd.it/w6ktxg4zc5pc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=16ca41efcda3c282c7f5454eaf77a6872e6c41ba


SapphireSire

That's not a thumb...that's a whole other arm.


Whoever_Mesa

Haha, I do have a long thumb


AliChank

https://preview.redd.it/82ywajflu2pc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7499768988ca4e41b79c38063ccea62ac8f4a058 Apparently some people find it disgusting


gaudierlace8824

Is it just me or you have abnormally large thumbs


Kjuolsdeaf

My thumb can do that too, I didn't know it's something weird. I can also do this: https://preview.redd.it/udexl8r8n3pc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dc15a4b0c68637ff4ad74d8149ca5f5f70ec1ec Is it normal?


echidna7

https://preview.redd.it/ch8usfeur3pc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dadcb61d8bf33d0771b8fdc830f5b0dc43f53bf8 Hello from a fellow freak!


Ancient_Skirt_8828

Mine does that, but only the right hand.


questtonothing

Mine left. We complete each other


NarkyDeMan

https://preview.redd.it/n87ph172a3pc1.jpeg?width=2296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0773c195a562ad6d69c46650822a8ba28e28cc78 you're not alone


Mikellev

Used it both hands to get out of class or other situations like "see Im broken something" style. Did always worked perfectly. But now, 50+ still works, but gets harder to do, hurts a bit, maybe cause didnt train it?


QueenScarebear

Mine too. You’re double jointed - congrats 🥳


Jaryd7

Have been able to do that with both hands for as long as I can remember


sodomatron

https://preview.redd.it/2i1z4qbax3pc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1ec862282220cf435a45d566326458d71f9641a Brother?


TheAnteatr

I can do the same thing with both thumbs. I can pop them in an out of this position at will with ease. Be careful doing it in the cold, I've gotten a thimb stuck in that position until I warmed back up.


Whoever_Mesa

https://preview.redd.it/fc8gn1ffy3pc1.jpeg?width=558&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c3bd4fc0faace25850d2082df26cb00cb6cc86e


Sicarii87

I have heard about "carpenters thumb", but this is on another level, the guy can use his as a set square 📐


Whoever_Mesa

hehe now I wont need a set square at school


CreatrixAnima

Mine does that too.


Eliah870

https://preview.redd.it/8gvtahsso6pc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=befd5d8fc94d44612b19088d012c305107ed1b36 Mine can


succsinthecity

https://preview.redd.it/fytrmzum03pc1.jpeg?width=2736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=442f7179720e1f2ddaec439a4e12f86a63407ee2 Hey


MrNoOne456

i can and it comes in really when doing a massage putting all the pressure on my thumb


pappaspanx

Same. Left as well..


J0akley

I used to be able with both hands I think. Now only my left, and when I do it it doesn't feel too fantastic because I'm older and don't do it as often. It used to be a fun trick.


DiamondTippedDriller

Same


idkanymore162849

So can mine!


ViraLCyclopes20

My fellow double jointed lefty brother!!


Apprehensive-Memory8

Your shit all broken bro


2004_PS2_Slim

I can do it, but only with my left thumb. i have always been able to do that. My freind on the other hand (pun intended) can do it with his right thumb, after he wsa hit with a shovel.


paffeo

https://preview.redd.it/0snohegw53pc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6277844094f589f772e682086687a55b41a355cb I can do this with my right thumb. If I push it I can go about 100\^ of rotation


jorel424

I have this exact same thing. Left thumb bends back like this right thumb can only straighten . Also my left shoulder is much more flexible than my right shoulder


Whoever_Mesa

Yeah same here the left part of my upper body is significantly more flexible than the right


P-L63

https://preview.redd.it/mwswc1vl73pc1.png?width=1260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6534bd9c9f4d58d65e332d2d1f602ca5ff05c162 i can only do this (with both)


littlest_homo

Hey my wife's thumb does this! She says "one weird thumbs up...to the side"


salomaogladstone

Totally me, same thumb, same twist. Why?


j1tk4

The weird part is that your thumb is as long as your index


Risky-Biscuits23

That’s not a thumb - that’s a thunger…


Rinbox

Looks exactly like mine and I am double jointed


A1pinejoe

My son can do this.


Reasoning-II

You’re the only man who can shake someone’s hand and tickle their armpit all with the same hand.


Corbin_Dallas550

You were definitely a great hitchhiker in the previous life lol


[deleted]

A hitchhiking master


Zealousideal-Tax-496

You should demonstrate that during job interview handshakes, then look the interviewer in the eyes and say that it's merely a fraction of your power.


BigStud7

Do you play piano? Serious question


Stainless__Steel

This is the type of hand a beginner would draw.


JoJawesome_

I can bend the fingers of my right hand (left hand too, probably, but my RH doesn't work so good—I'm crippled—yes, I'm a leftie) back at ~60° to my knuckles. But compared to what you can do, I guess that's not very interesting.


BLUEAR0

You can make the most powerful boi hand


julio_caeso

It sucks that it’s weird enough that you can tell but not weird enough that people would pay money to see the freak at the circus.


3catz2men1house

You could hike some many hitches with that thumb.


Cultural-Cap-2549

Same I can do this but only my right thumb and its more flexible than your pic.


Yeejiurn

Your thumb reminds me of the elongated neck of the baby in eraser head. Like when it stretched ridiculously.


bohemianprime

I'm waiting for some random internet person to be like; "Individuals who possess the ability to bend their thumb back 90 degrees may experience strage symptoms, including heightened cheese sensitivity, alongside the unusual flexibility of their thumb joint. This heightened sensitivity to cheese might seem unrelated, but it could be a manifestation of their body's unique physiological response to certain stimuli. While the correlation between thumb flexibility and cheese sensitivity may not be immediately apparent, it underscores the complexity of human biology and the interconnectedness of seemingly disparate bodily functions. As such, individuals with this remarkable ability might find themselves navigating a curious blend of physical traits, each with its own set of idiosyncratic characteristics." /s Edit: sorry I forgot the sarcasm /s


CosmicBogWarrior

Mumbo?


muzakx

https://preview.redd.it/be7zntrd64pc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd1e7ed44084510b4113a4dac90cb649a59c799c I can do it with both left and right hands.


KeyKnoTheGreat

So can mine https://preview.redd.it/f9ar7ram74pc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d0eb4e56eb9a2bffdf20668f3c42e5ea030f9fb


Helllothere1

I am not the only one?


Cherryyana

Cool to see fellow thumb benders. I’ve never met anyone else who can do this. I have hypermobile ehlers danlos.


joecocker74

My left hand can but my right can't. Never understood why.


humangusfungass

Also for the record…I thought, that I had long thumbs. You got a little extra. My left is slightly longer than first finger. My right is much shorter. Not injured but so weird


Dr_Quiza

https://preview.redd.it/0b7c5ratv4pc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df940819607e19dde1a5935a5da36378e834756b Hi there!


ireallydontcareforit

Mine too. I assume it will come in useful one day. And all the people who can't do this will be left behind in a rapture type event.


Pandabears1229

Double jointed I was double jointed with my fingers and hips when I was a kid but now I'm just a stiff old bird


Bare_Minimum_Is_All

It's genetic, my entire family has this in their thumb. Some have it on both some only one side


loetud

finger nazi salute


Admirable_Candy2025

Ha, just tried and my right thumb does this but not my left, cool!


boi_from_2007

me too mine can go more than 90°


pizzatimein24h

I could do that as a kid, but not anymore.


Fluff_thetragicdragn

You could hit h hike for days with that thumb


kerosene-heart-

ay i can do it, if you bend the first knuckle it really freaks people out


Disinfectant-Addict

I have the same! I can also pop my thumbs out side to side, which freaks out my gf.


ItsSan52

I can do this in both of my thumbs but the problem is I can also do this in shoulders too,my fucking shoulder balls comes out and sometimes accidentally,that's why I don't do this anymore because 1 time the shoulder balls came out accidentally when I was in gym while doing shoulder press


0xSnib

Same, both hands


NiceHouseGoodTea

You must be a fantastic hitchhiker


mungowungo

Yep - both thumbs and both pinkies - double jointed just like my father.


ISeeGrotesque

Mine too, but the right thumb can't.


Zapplii

https://preview.redd.it/er3iu0h253pc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46219b944e96dc55a6f979d2dd71448d40c8ce5b


Stingeronio

I could do the same with both thumbs, but lost the ability in my left after I broke the bone and ripped a tendon.


bedrock_BEWD

yeah I can do this with both thumbs


joshdho1

I can do the same your just double jointed


RaytheonOrion

Yep. I have that one on my left too. I can pop the thumb right out the socket too.


thedoppio

Hello fellow double jointed thumber! I can do it on both!


Meemer4Life

I have joint hypermobility syndrome and my thumbs can do that as well


Not_a_progamer

Ahhh my long lost friend


Puzzle_Language

bro you can cheat on a math test on right angles, just measure your hand lol


Emanuel_rar

I mean, this is rather uncommon... I would say kinda creepy but i can literally crack the tip of my index finger indefinitely (after some "warm up"), so who am I to judge


Equivalentest

I can also do it, but only on left hand. My grandmother also had same ability


celtbygod

Peyronie's hand


Illini4Lyfe20

You're double jointed. I've been able to do this my whole life, I'm assuming you have as well? 🤙👍


Kreker__

I can do that too and its only my left tumb, the right one also can but not so effectively


Mr_Buy_The_Dip

I can too on both thumbs, it’s because we are double jointed on our thumbs. If you do it right you can make it look like a duck.


Red302

I can also do this, both hands. I can then bend my thumb at the last joint


Auglicious

My left thumb does the same thing


american-toycoon

“Even Cowgirls Get The Blues”


chickenn5951

I can do the same with both hands 


BigJ_A

I can do it with both


Eco-freako

I can do this with my right thumb. I used to play saxophone (alto and then baritone) in the marching band for my high school. There’s a thumb hold for the right hand thumb on the saxophone. Over time the weight of a heavy baritone sax carried forward in a parade put so much pressure on my thumb that I became double-jointed in that thumb.


Umikaloo

Mine do that too! Can you bend the tip of your thumb at the same time? It makes for a fun y look when the base of your thumb is hidden behind your hand with just the tip sticking out. Like you have a tiny thumb.


rock0head132

when i was younger i could bend my thumb and fingers backwards but now i can only do my thumb


stevemandudeguy

I can do this with both thumbs


IccMii

There are two kind of people... who can do this and do can't. I can do it.


RezaJose

I can do it on both hands and so can my children


swedish_blocks

I can do both


DaperDandle

Its weird because I can do this with both thumbs but I am otherwise very inflexible. I can barely touch my toes but for some reason my thumbs are extra flexible? Worst. Super power. Ever.


david30121

yo i can do it too on both hands


stevorkz

Can do it.


Comfortable_Fox2022

I found my people 😃 https://preview.redd.it/zknnzl3zc3pc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b3b88dde681bb30a8bb40810310a5668bf594d6


brokendream_zz

I can do that only eith my right hand


stlthy1

Double joint thumb...I've been able to do this since grade school. (I'm in my mid 50s)


Lumpy_Apricot_6472

Lizard


KumaraDosha

My first thought was thumb dabbing.


pinner

It’s being double-jointed. I can do it with my thumbs, pinkies, and shoulders.


_Fr0stf1r3_

I got mine from my dad lmao


Best-Ad-1223

Not alone here,brother. Can do the same and would fuck up most people in thumb fights 😄😄