Thread: Tell me about..your fingers

Almost exactly the same size. Index finger is maybe half a millimetre bigger. I looked like an idiot for at least 8 seconds examining my hand so minutely... what Daeva's got to say had better be good!

Originally Posted by M-Cat

This is old news.

http://www.livescience.com/health/07...nger_sats.html

This is interesting.

Exposure to testosterone in the womb is said to promote development of areas of the brain often associated with spatial and mathematical skills, he said.

Hmm...Does that mean that if the daddy keeps sexing the mommy during pregnancy she'll give birth to a math geek?

Oh, and my ring finger is longer than my index finger by about 3mm.

I have a very good feeling that this is ring finger/index finger length and gender.
In males, the ring finger is longer than the index finger. In females, it's vice versa.

Oh and the correlation behind finger length and sat scores I believe was proven incorrect. If not, it's more just saying men are good at math and science, and women at reading and writing.

Or if not that simple, than more testosterone = better math, more estrogen = better reading.

Hmm.

This was taken from another site, a forum particularly so I doubt you should put much if any stock into it. I just found it amusing. (Don't get bent out of shape over this, either. )

'...a major determining factor in someones sexuality is the amount of androgen in the womb, gay guys get less, lesbians get more; transversally, straight women get less straight men get more. This is one of many things which contribute to sexuality, however, a quick way to test how much androgen they got is the length of the index and ring finger on their right hand when it's fully outstretched, fingers together, going forward. If the index and ring fingers are about equal than chances are they like guys, if the index is shorter than they like girls.'

ring finger a little bit longer. we did this in school + some other things like this. =P

Originally Posted by Kushna Mufeed

Hmm...Does that mean that if the daddy keeps sexing the mommy during pregnancy she'll give birth to a math geek?

I think it means that the reason I'm so good at math is my unusual level of manliness, actually

Originally Posted by wasup

Oh and the correlation behind finger length and sat scores I believe was proven incorrect. If not, it's more just saying men are good at math and science, and women at reading and writing.

Or if not that simple, than more testosterone = better math, more estrogen = better reading.

Hmm.

I myself never bought into it, I still think finger length has nothing to do w/ anything and that it's a preposterous notion. How do sex hormones affect the length of arbitrary fingers? Maybe I'm mistaken, since I only looked at the thing for half a minute.

Well, true or not, at least it's saying I like boys.

I saw this on Colbert.

For the record, my ring finger is longer... and my middle finger is visibly bent towards my ring finger. I'm thinking it's because of all my years of music, but who knows?

Well it's true for me at least.
Ring finger longer by almost a centimtre!
Interesting though, coz many may think I seem a bit stereotypically gay in the way I act: over-enthusiastic, artsy etc, so no one would say I'm especially manly.
I do, however, really REALLY like girls, so maybe I didn't get much testosterone but a helluva lot of androgen?

Have kind of a butch physique tho, to add to the confusing mix.

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

same. now, what is this meanz?

Originally Posted by Daeva

'If the index and ring fingers are about equal than chances are they like guys...'

Actually, i just looked again...ring finger is definitely longer.
What happens if you like both genders?
I guess it's kinda true though, I prefer women..
Unless it's not true at all, then it doesn't matter what I prefer.

Originally Posted by Jeff777

You should roll your eyes elsewhere

Originally Posted by Daeva

You should roll your eyes elsewhere

This thread meets all my eye-rolling needs. Encore?

Originally Posted by Jeff777

This thread meets all my eye-rolling needs. Encore?

That's nice that it meets your standards, now go find another thread that does. I am sure there are plenty of other threads trying to present something similarly inane on this site, except in a serious manner, that you can go roll your eyes at.

Originally Posted by Daeva

If the index and ring fingers are about equal than chances are they like guys,

That'll work!

Well, I know it's a true correlation between being a male (longer ring) and being a female (longer index). Thus, as the majority of males like females and vice versa, and comparative finger length is incredibly correlated with (probably has a correlation co. of close to 1, is my guess) being a male or female, then yes, obviously it's pretty well correlated to sexuality.

Left hand: Ring finger is ridiculously longer than the index finger

Right hand: Ring finger is slightly longer

And as for the maths correlation, it's true for our family. I'm much more mathematically orientated compared to my sister, and that shows. My sister is very much language orientated, and that shows also.

However, that also confirms the gender idea that boys are better at maths, girls at english as well as the finger-length gender thing.

Originally Posted by wasup

Well, I know it's a true correlation between being a male (longer ring) and being a female (longer index). Thus, as the majority of males like females and vice versa, and comparative finger length is incredibly correlated with (probably has a correlation co. of close to 1, is my guess) being a male or female, then yes, obviously it's pretty well correlated to sexuality.

Yeah for not fitting the mold?

Originally Posted by Daeva

This was taken from another site, a forum particularly so I doubt you should put much if any stock into it. I just found it amusing. (Don't get bent out of shape over this, either. )

You discredited my link to a reputable website in favor of something you heard on a forum?

I don't know why you were getting so defensive anyway, "Don't get bent out of shape over this, either."

Originally Posted by M-Cat

You discredited my link to a reputable website in favor of something you heard on a forum?

I don't know why you were getting so defensive anyway, "Don't get bent out of shape over this, either."

I didn't discredit it, I said this wasn't about the SAT thing you posted. I don't appreciate people coming into a thread I create and doing something I specifically asked people not to do anyways. So like I said, go be a douche else where. If you want people to know all about your reputable site, you can make a thread about it.

And I'm hardly bent out of shape.

Fact of the matter is you made a thread on hearsay from a forum and got pissed when I posted a link that makes more sense than the reason you made this thread.