Fingers Memes

EUREKA! The mathematical breakthrough we've all been waiting for! Count from 0 to ∞ with just five finger positions! Notice how we brilliantly skip from 3 straight to infinity—because who has time for all those numbers in between? This is what happens when mathematicians get too lazy to count past 3 but still need to reach infinity for their proofs. The secret technique they don't teach you in school! Next week: how to represent complex numbers using only your elbow!

Ever notice how our entire number system is basically just us counting on our fingers? Humans have 10 digits, so we use base-10. But if aliens evolved with 12 fingers, they'd probably think our decimal system is as primitive as we find Roman numerals! Base-12 (duodecimal) would actually be mathematically superior—it's divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6! Meanwhile, we're stuck with a system where dividing by 3 gives us those annoying repeating decimals. The extraterrestrial mathematicians are probably laughing at us right now. So next time you struggle with fractions, remember: it's not your fault—you're just two fingers short of a better numbering system!