Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAre the Roman numerals based on what your hand looks like when you count?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareAre the Roman numerals based on what your hand looks like when you count?Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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-down3·1 year agoIV (middle, index, thumb) VI (thumb, index, middle)
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year 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