Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agoAre the Roman numerals based on what your hand looks like when you count?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11file-text
arrow-up11message-squareAre the Roman numerals based on what your hand looks like when you count?Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 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-up0·4 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-up0·4 days agoIV (middle, index, thumb) VI (thumb, index, middle)
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoNobody in the history of the world has ever held those three fingers up to mean four or six
By turning your hand around.
…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)
Nobody in the history of the world has ever held those three fingers up to mean four or six
What