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Full History - 2018 - 10 - 26 - ID#9roy2c
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Whats your response to “How many fingers am i holding up?” (self.Blind)
submitted by Imdarkj
This might only happen to people like me with some vision, but i find it offensive and wanted to find an appropriate response.
SunnyLego 27 points 4y ago
My eye Dr told me to flip your middle finger at them and ask the same question.
Amonwilde 10 points 4y ago
I do that sometimes.
pokersnek 8 points 4y ago
🖕(middle finger emoji) THIS MANY!
Wysiwyg25 16 points 4y ago
I’ve been asked that a lot. Mostly in elementary school. I would just make up some crazy number like 500 and if they say anything, just say “I’m blind. What did you expect?”
Mairy_Hinge 13 points 4y ago
"What a coincidence! I asked your mother the same question last night!"
Zamyatin_Y 4 points 4y ago
"and the answer was always 'not enough!'"
God-Macabre 3 points 4y ago
I love this.
AllHarlowsEve 6 points 4y ago
My answer was always "enough to go fuck yourself with." but only a few people would ask me.

The polite answer would be "More than you should to someone who can't see your hands" or "I don't know ASL."
God-Macabre 6 points 4y ago
Meh, nothing really to be offended over. I don’t care lol but that’s the attitude I have. The vision impaired fella who doesn’t care. :P
ThingsAreVeryBlurry 2 points 4y ago
I'm on the same boat, I don't get why people are bothered by it. I just believe people are curious about it.
God-Macabre 1 points 4y ago
Agreed. I think it’s because it’s the only way they can think of to test you and even been shown by optometrists.
Count_Your_Macros 5 points 4y ago
I'm not blind but my suggestion would be always try to guess randomly between 1-10 and the odd occasion that you get it right and they ask how you knew, I'd fuck with them and say "You're sausage fingers are so fat even blind people can see them."
delha4 4 points 4y ago
That is offensive to me and my vision is fine.
quanin 3 points 4y ago
I used to say "If I guess correctly do I get to break them?" For some reason I can't quite put my finger on they didn't think that was funny.

Mind, it didn't offend me, I just had shit to do and didn't have time for it.
Wafflez13 2 points 4y ago
So usually people do this right up next to my face and my vision is bad but not bad enough to not know how many fingers they are holding up so say they were holding up 3 fingers i would say hmmm i see 3 fingers and one asshole
xenogensis 2 points 4y ago
Ask your mother how many fingers I used last night.
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