Comments on: Images of "the worker's hands," 1942 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anders Candell http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1453165 Anders Candell Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1453165 Me too. In Sweden it's called "shoemakers´s thumb", and according to Wikipedia, it´s " "Hitchhiker's thumb" in english. It's not a medical condition, but a naturally occuring variation. Me too. In Sweden it’s called “shoemakers´s thumb”, and according to Wikipedia, it´s ”
“Hitchhiker’s thumb” in english. It’s not a medical condition, but a naturally occuring variation.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452835 Stefan Jones Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452835 These injuries and deformities are nothing, <I>NOTHING</I>, to the hideous pain suffered by the brilliant creative geniuses responsible for progress who are held back by regulations and so called "workplace safety rules" foisted on them by socialists, pirates, parasites and bureaucrats.  ^ | Satire These injuries and deformities are nothing, NOTHING, to the hideous pain suffered by the brilliant creative geniuses responsible for progress who are held back by regulations and so called “workplace safety rules” foisted on them by socialists, pirates, parasites and bureaucrats. 

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]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452720 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452720 Ehlers-Danlos FTW. Ehlers-Danlos FTW.

]]> By: BongBong http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452682 BongBong Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452682 How about "Facebook Thumbs"? How about “Facebook Thumbs”?

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452680 vrplumber Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452680 Protective gloves are key in construction jobs, especially when handling caustic chemicals or welding. Of course, soon we will be able to have awesome cyborg replacement hands; so these problems will be relegated to history. Protective gloves are key in construction jobs, especially when handling caustic chemicals or welding.

Of course, soon we will be able to have awesome cyborg replacement hands; so these problems will be relegated to history.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452506 blueelm Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452506 I think it is. My thumb is like that all the time.  All my fingers bend back pretty far, but my thumb is pretty much just always like that.  It makes it hard to text on an iphone. I think it is. My thumb is like that all the time.  All my fingers bend back pretty far, but my thumb is pretty much just always like that. 

It makes it hard to text on an iphone.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452489 bcsizemo Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452489 Wood splinters hurt, but they are nothing compared to a metal splinter...OUCH. Wood splinters hurt, but they are nothing compared to a metal splinter…OUCH.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452488 bcsizemo Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452488 I can too.  I always thought it was one of those things like attached earlobes...some people can do it, some can't. I can too.  I always thought it was one of those things like attached earlobes…some people can do it, some can’t.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452442 Matthew Petty Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452442 "You've got city hands, Mr Hooper. You've been countin' money all yer life" "Y'know I don't need this. I don't need this  'working class hero' crap!" I got a blister from yard work on Saturday. It really hurts. “You’ve got city hands, Mr Hooper. You’ve been countin’ money all yer life”
“Y’know I don’t need this. I don’t need this  ’working class hero’ crap!”

I got a blister from yard work on Saturday. It really hurts.

]]> By: Jellodyne http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452440 Jellodyne Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452440 I can do that with my thumb I can do that with my thumb

]]> By: Sarah Shevett http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/images-of-workers-hands.html#comment-1452420 Sarah Shevett Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166729#comment-1452420  old rancher says "She treats her hands  like they belong to someone else"..  old rancher says “She treats her hands  like they belong to someone else”..

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