Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoAre the Roman numerals based on what your hand looks like when you count?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareAre the Roman numerals based on what your hand looks like when you count?Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-23 days ago…what? I am staring at my hand and turning it back and forth and I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about
minus-squarePearOfDees@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoOh fuck… I get what you mean, i mean who knows they could’ve done this, although i can’t say for certain due to not being there nor being a historian lol, it cause also just be a coincidence or a shower thought. 🤔
minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·3 days agoIV (middle, index, thumb) VI (thumb, index, middle)
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoNobody in the history of the world has ever held those three fingers up to mean four or six
…what? I am staring at my hand and turning it back and forth and I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about
Oh fuck… I get what you mean, i mean who knows they could’ve done this, although i can’t say for certain due to not being there nor being a historian lol, it cause also just be a coincidence or a shower thought. 🤔
IV (middle, index, thumb)
VI (thumb, index, middle)
What
Nobody in the history of the world has ever held those three fingers up to mean four or six