oh! gyuh! see they're otherwise too close to something anatomically correct and imo that's why the fingers are totally jarring.
― a weird clown in the dark (arby's), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I am totally okay with Goofy having three fingers
http://www.beckersbakeryanddeli.com/images/Cakes/Goofy%20Finger.jpg
This is too human...or...something...to have three fingers
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6ldKTkMu_UU/SrHNmCuGPQI/AAAAAAAAAHs/c4myNSiTodc/s320/roxanne01.jpg
but both are in the same movie. Confusing!
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG sorry about giant Goofy, everyone knew what he looks like anyway. :/
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
The Simpsons are cartoon humans that look good with three fingers.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
and not only wrt to human likeness but like i think there's something with how distorted or simplified a caricature and you can only really get away with three fingers within a certain threshold
― a weird clown in the dark (arby's), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
the simpsons are nearer funnypapers type caricature? and yellow? yeah it works with them for some reason.
― a weird clown in the dark (arby's), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Tintin OTOH would look totally fucked up and wrong with only three fingers.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Three fingers but the anime influence has made many US cartoonists expand to four fingers on their characters in an effort to make them appear more "realistic".
― That's not a "laugh track", it's an audience and you're in it. (MintIce), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Princess TamTam otm
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Of course "Princess TamTam" sounds suspiciously like a cartoon princess anyway...
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
the thumb is a finger btw
― e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://reason.com/assets/mc/psuderman/2010_01/rahm-priority.JPG
― http://tinyurl.com/vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Three fingers is fine as long as they're big enough. The male character in 'Rock and Rule' you posted above looks like an accident victim or amputee.
― Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es. (Michael White), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:59 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
in what world do the simpsons have three fingers?!?!
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
All of them?
http://www.makeyousmile.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bart_simpson.gif
― Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
oh I didn't realize you weren't counting the thumb
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Springfield, Shelbyville, Capital City, and THE SIMPSONS ARE GOING TO JAPAN!
― The animal magnetism of Tim Pawlenty (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
abbott threads
― http://i54.tinypic.com/11l4yvn.gif, Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:16 PM (3 years ago)
― http://www.ilxor.com/glyloop.mp3 (Aerosol), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
oh forgot about that
― http://www.ilxor.com/glyloop.mp3 (Aerosol), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
THE THUMB IS A THUMB!!! Thumb thumbs things.
― That's not a "laugh track", it's an audience and you're in it. (MintIce), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1891830317.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
awesome graphic novel which explores the horrible secret behind WHY cartoon animals have three fingers, not four
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i54.tinypic.com/11l4yvn.gif posts
― ╭∩╮⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠╭∩╮ (jeff), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
― That's not a "laugh track", it's an audience and you're in it. (MintIce), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:26 (Yesterday)
All this could have been avoided by using the word 'digits'
― The Jolly Roget's Thesaurus (S-), Thursday, 25 November 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
It could have turned into a discussion abt toes.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Thursday, 25 November 2010 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:11 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yeah for real, the title is confusing, i refuse to take part
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 25 November 2010 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
and i had so much to contribute
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 25 November 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I fixed this title btw, sorry pedants
― Abbott, Thursday, 10 March 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://davidknapp.mosaicmercy.com/wp-content/uploads/simplyecclesia.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/homer-and-god.jpg
The theological implications are immense!
― EDB, Thursday, 10 March 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
omg title fix went awayI feel innefectual
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Thursday, 10 March 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
let's cross out hand digits that this fix stays
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Thursday, 10 March 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Three fingers bad. I mean it doesn't always bother me as a reader but in my own work it's gotta be four.
― I love Du but I've chosen Balloon Guy (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 March 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I drew cartoons with three fingers until I hit puberty and I decided four was the way to go. *growing up*
― Buff Orpington (Abbbottt), Thursday, 10 March 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
The putting aside of childish things SIGH
― I love Du but I've chosen Balloon Guy (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 March 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 10 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 11 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
closure
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 June 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
rong
― contenderizer, Monday, 11 June 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
I've since learned no one likes a distant poll closing date
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Monday, 11 June 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
I've also learned come people think of the thumb as a 'finger'
― Word of Wisdom Robots (Abbbottt), Monday, 11 June 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
come people
I call the thumb a finger because of a trivial pursuit question over 20 years ago. Just because it's short and squat and single-jointed and opposable, why discriminate? Thumbists.
― Jesu swept (ledge), Monday, 11 June 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link
Wouldn't it be weird to have a thumb that was exactly like a finger?
― George Peppard Steak (snoball), Monday, 11 June 2012 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
imo, three fingers + one thumb is embedded deep in cartoon DNA, whereas four fingers and a thumb should be considered mutant and freakish anywhere outside of Prince Valiant or Mary Worth and other strips of their ilk.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 01:12 (eight years ago) link