Spider Fingers
Posted Oct 4, 2011, 12:29 AM UTC
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I bet them bitches could play some guitar!
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Nah, those are pianist hands.
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Psh. They'd be better bassists.
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Oh come on, they could easily play an octave plus a 4th, probably a 5th. Why waste it on something that only has four strings :P
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This is why.
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I have to say, my fingers are about that length (they call me salad fingers) and I play piano.
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Interestingly, most pianists don't have larger than average hands. Rachmaninoff was a notable exception.
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Damn you for making me look stuff up. You're right, though the pianos 150 years ago had thinner keys than modern ones, which I guess is why I have to fudge some chords when I play Liszt, even though my hands might be slightly bigger. However, bigger hands would certainly make learning La Campanella a bit easier.
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I have arachnodactyly. I play guitar and bass, and I can just stretch 6 frets on a long scale bass guitar.
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I see nothing creepy here, just a family of piano players :D
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Judging from the long, slender bodies and faces of the people, this could also be Marfan's Syndrome
Some people think the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten had it, due to the artistic representations of him that show him with elongated face, arms, spindly legs and long fingers.
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Lincoln did
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Or at least they think he might have.
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Slenderman solved.
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Third guy looks a good bit like Lovecraft.
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salad fingers has a family!!!
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makes me think of El Greco
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They should be Baseball Pitchers
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Good for playing guitars.
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very..slender..
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I gotta say...the thumbnail was a lot creepier than the actual image
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Them pianists
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i'm surprised no one's hands are on fire
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"I like the way the rusty spoons feel against me shudders saladfinga's
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I like it when the red water comes out. That will be all.
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think of the shadow puppets they could make!
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Give them a guitar.
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i have this kind of disease and its called arachnodactyly.
That's the sexiest of all the dactylyies.
How obvious is it? I hope that isn't a dumb question, but I'm wondering if its something that is like "woah check that out", or more like its only if you hold your hands certain ways that it is obvious. Is it congenital?
If you can do this then you probably have it.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__aynJuNxKuk/So9OYhjCdfI/AAAAAAAAACY/Gz1VQuIqosY/s400/5201851f3.jpg
Note that your thumb must be sticking out well past the palm like in the picture.
It is not too obvious in most cases.
I definitely have this then, I can stick my thumb, including the knuckle, past my fingers :|
I can as well... interesting, I've never heard of this.
I was going to suggest a differential diagnosis of Marfan's disease.
This is not a diagnosis of Marfan's, just Arachnodactyly (It's just long fingers) . Most people with long fingers do not have Marfan's.
But tall, slender, long faces are also indicators of Marfan's. They all also look alike so I'm assuming this is a family (thus genetic - thus also potentially making it Marfan's).
Yes, probably true for the people in the photo.
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