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Aug 25, 2017 9:11 PM
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Manoog
WTF? My whole life has been a lie
ManualWindowedSubmarine
How do you think I feel?! I just learned how to snap after 21 years!!!
popuptent
I just told my dad and he responded by setting his newspaper down. Calmly " damn your dumb"
popuptent
You're*
ErnAyaHouTX
Stupid post, been trying this for 20 minutes
marchofthefuckyous
I read this to my friend and he can now snap his fingers. Said he couldn't before. God's work this is.
IUseMyDickAsAPillow
Spadey
I've done it without rubbing my fingers together and my friends declared me a witch to be burned at the stake on occasion.
kimannhd5464
I am wasting way to much time on this post
CrossBetween
What is a "snap"?
what047
Unlike all the super helpful shit posts before and after this one
eagleandy93
I was thinking about this last week
sorrytobepedantic
You can make the noise without your thumb. Just by slamming your finger on the same part of your hand
EnderPanda13
I can't even snap so this is useless to me
Xenarion
Wait, isn't that obvious?
obligatoryguy
What the fuck.
Odinson1600
I've gone 24 years without ever being able to snap. This post made it click for me and I snapped for the first time. I feel like an idiot.
Vyrro
I can't snap my fingers or whistle...
NovaNexus123
izzmonster
Do eggs?!
ChameleonFacedGoon
Gets me every time lol. What is this from?
OneShucklak
March of the Penguins
drunkbs
Super Mario Brothers 2 on the NES
drunkbs
Miracle on 34th Street (the 1947 version)
JohnnyDeppression
For me it hits my ring finger. Ultimate test, can you do it with your thumb hitting your middle finger?
iamthisguy247
I'm starting to think the sound is from it hitting the palm/ring finger combo.
aGrumpyPotato
I can do that by waving my hands and hitting all four fingers to the palm, without touching the thumb. I call it my one-handed clap.
FusRoDoodles
I can only do it with my middle finger. My index produces no sound
IAmLessThanThree
No! It's Berenstein!
IKnowEnglish
I am legitimately confused. The snap is the sound of your middle finger hitting the index finger. How does it hit your palm?
FireBreathingStockBroker
Your index finger isn't even involved i can point at you woke while i snap.
MysticalPidgeon
Wat?
GrandmaSlappy
If you can snap, snap once then observe where the middle finger lands. Protip, the meaty base of the thumb counts as palm.
IKnowEnglish
Oh my god. I get it now. I am now the man who tweeted this. We are one in the same. I feel awake for the first time in my snapping-life.
YesYouJustLostTheGameAgain
Now everyone around me is giving me funny looks. Probably because I'm masterbating while snapping my fingers
FirstAidPoetry
*masturbating
joeysun
The two lower fingers form a cavity with the palm. Middle finger hits the top. It resonates. That's why it sounds hollow.
mymorningstraightjacket
And now my dog can't figure out why I've been summoning her for 5 minutes.
christinamakescomics
As someone who has never been able to snap, I've had several people teach me this in doomed hopes that it would help me snap.
Atlas819
Reading through these comments, I thought I was alone. I'm not crazy!
IceFireXD
Actually, it's the echo created by the cup of your hand. Keep your ring and pinky fingers extended and try to snap. It's almost silent.
trinxter
Hitting thumb muscle to be exact
monkaypants
indeed
KrystenRittereyerollingatshitposters
Genuinely can't tell how many of you people are kidding
keyonne
Having read all these comments I now understand why it's so hard to teach my students how to snap.
ISwearImNotAHorcrux
Nah you didn't know it either, stop lying
KrystenRittereyerollingatshitposters
I did not. Then I googled it and it said the sound of a click has two parts, the snap and the impact on the palm and i was like yep, no shit
Nifty255
Imagine that you came to a bad conclusion as a VERY young kid that is SO unimportant to your survival that you have no need to check facts.
FreshPrinceofDenmark
Do all of these people not know how to snap, or have they seriously been snapping for years and never noticed this?
LoveTheShiningWire
The term "snap your fingers" makes you think only fingers are involved. Until someone points it out that's what you'll think.
KrystenRittereyerollingatshitposters
It's boooooooth yoy can clearly hear it if you hold it next to your ear
LoveTheShiningWire
True but the point to snapping fingers is to get someone attention or to make a loud pop. Can't do that with just fingers :P
KrystenRittereyerollingatshitposters
You also can't do it with just the palm slap bit. Booooooooooooooooooooth
Gonnaderpya
Not joking holy fuck I'm stupid
TehButternaut
Looks like you were the one getting derped...
LapisScarab
It's neither inborn nor necessary knowledge, so it's not surprising that a lot of people don't realize it.
redbob5k
if u can snap i cannot see how you didn't know
PhiIIipJFry
I think you'd be more likely to know if you couldn't snap
Thefluffernutter
Because snapping is easy and most people don't have to spend any time thinking about it?
NeynasGhost
I can't snap my fingers at all. My sister can, and she laughs at me.
CinemaPizza
Same
NeynasGhost
I....I knew this was gonna be a reply from out of left field because I didn't have any recent comments it made sense with...but 3 YEARS?
PolarHailStorm
Assume snap position, place a finger from the other hand over the two curled fingers, blocking the middle finger hitting the palm: then snap
thaicats
Great Scott!
CaffeineManic
You snap the middle finger? I snap the ring finger!
PolarHailStorm
I suspect this is down to finger length and dexterity, as mine would hinder me should I try piano or something similar.
PolarHailStorm
The sound will be muted. You can also try snapping with the last two fingers not curled in, which mutes/dampens it more.
ValiantlyFlailing
honestly dude i'm guessing 0%. Ppl do things on a daily basis and don't think about it. Like at eclipses ppl stare at the fking sun. morons
what047
cough trump cough
Xekrcomg
Fuckin nice... Said that out loud after reading this
randomdrifter54
Worse there were reports of people putting sun lotion in their eyes to stare at it.
Tornadotaco
I just noticed imgur has no gifs of trump. I'm fine with that.
PhunsukhWangdu
ARabidDingo
A dude I went to high school with couldn't snap because his fingers were so long it didn't hit his hand properly.
AintNobodyGotTime4That
This whole comments section is a train wreck
LordoftheDance
It's like... you know it's the finger hitting the palm... but you just want to believe it's a sonic boom caused between the two fingers.
Sadboys2020
TIL I'm retarded.
roguechikken
TIL we are both retarded
what047
There's more than just the two of you.
bloatedplutocrat
ReginaldButterwinkle
I've never been able to snap with my left hand. Now I can. My life has been a lie. I'm 36. How did I never figure this out..
aguacatedeldiablo
I'm 37, I figured this out no later than college, still can't snap with my left hand.
Gonnaderpya
Fuck throw me in the same category
fr1080f
I really want to learn how to "fuck throw" someone.
Zantek2
Sex in a suplex position? Probably not a "throw" per-say, but it was the best I could come up with.
HolyHellJezebel
Ditto
TheNameIsEaston
This is probably why so many people can't snap, they focus too much on how you start the fingers and not the actual process of snapping.
TheNameIsEaston
Same with whistling, they focus too much on the lips than the "resonating chamber" you make with your tongue.
TheBestRussian
Wait.... it's not the lips??
TheNameIsEaston
You can have your lips right, but if your tongue/mouth isn't formed right you can't resonate the frequencies. 1/2
TheNameIsEaston
2/2 When people blow it has a high pitch sound to it which is on the right track but you gotta fondle the shape of the air in your mouth.
TheNameIsEaston
AND the water drop sound.
Shamalamadingdongz
well, wait until you hear where babies come from...
JustAnotherknarF
Me too.
BallisticPenguin
Same
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
everyone else learned that the moment you opened your mouth to speak.
BabyYodasChickenTendies
Username relevant as I didn't ever realize this either...
Muppetwarior
Me too, buddy. Me too.
JailNurse13
Yep. Right there with you
watchmeruboneout
PhoeniixHearts
Am I the only one that snaps with their middle finger?
Volimar
Nope, I do too. I have no idea what these people are talking about lol
itsjustafatkid
iamthisguy247
No. Not even kinda.
discollama
I snap with my ring fingers. It makes people irrationally angry when they notice. And they hit the side of my thumb, not my palm.
logicallyillogical
I can't make it work with a different finger
PhoeniixHearts
I've seen people snap with their ring fingers more often then their middle.
ifyouoralovedonehavebeendiagnosedwithmesotheliomayoumaybe
I can, not as well as I can with my Birdy.
YouTestedMyReflexesAndItTurnedOutFINE
I snap with my thumb and middle finger. I never knew that this was irregular
TheDinner
I can use most of my fingers
WirenutsInYourButts
Nope, middle finger snap supreme here, the other fingers cover the palm.
natflax
I hope this is a troll bc lolol
FootJuice
?
pennyb1
Nope
LordoftheDance
EVERYONE SNAPS WITH THEIR MIDDLE FINGER YOU DUMB CUNT, DOWNVOTED.
diamondrottie
I was under the assumption that was the correct way
TanithRosenbaum
Huh? What other finger would you use?
Andalite
What other finger would someone use?
nohabloespanol
Dude, I never knew either. I just attempted it this way and I can finally snap my fingers. Wtf, thanks dude!
JumpedtheGun
What finger have you been trying to snap with, your ring finger? Pointer? Both of those just feel so awkward.
nohabloespanol
Pointer, i thought all this time that's how it was done
JumpedtheGun
I gotcha. I suppose some people can do it that way. Middle finger is just the only one that feels right to me. To each his own, I guess.
TwistedPsychosis
Yup, you and only you
OgreEye
The only way I can snap is left handed with both the ring and middle finger; for some reason I can't get just one to work
MichiMikey
Umm is that not the finger youre supposed to snap with??
Fairdinkums
I've never seen anyone not snap with their middle finger
ItsaLeiopleurodonCharlie
I can only snap with my index finger.
SlightlyRelatedToThePost
I've seen one person snap with their index. I've never been able to replicate it myself, it's just the wrong angle. He may have been a demon
somethingdark
I suppose the sound that I can make with my index finger technically constitutes a snap, but I'm more used to using my middle finger.
Panixs
I can only do it with my ring finger ;)
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
Well, I'll be. It's better with the ring finger. FFS, I'm 36.
DeusExSpockina
I can do both and the snap sounds different. Ring finger is sharper, middle is deeper.
TerraLeigh
Me too. :-)
TheBestRussian
Same. Can't do it with the middle finger.
FusRoDoodles
I thought this was the only way. Wtf
Venomous474
I snap using both my ring finger and middle finger at the same time to make a quick double snap.
greenking13
Well, I just tried, and that's pretty interesting. Thank you!
PoopTrainDix
Oooo, just tried and I like!!
lyricallove
I'm using this from now on.
ZombieZooZombieZoo
I have to snap with my ring finger. Can't with my middle for whatever reason.
FusRoDoodles
That is so weird. When I use my other fingers it makes no sound
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
Same
SombreroWieldingLawmaker
A friend of mine can snap with all of his fingers. It's bizaree
SombreroWieldingLawmaker
Bizarre**
doxielove04
Doesn't everyone?
AtsaMattaForYou
http://imgur.com/p2BLHGr
BritishBatman
you and everyone else on the planet. Although I can snap my all my fingers on both hands
Emprak
You've mastered the pinky snap? Teach me your ways!
BritishBatman
hyperflexiblity and way too much practice
temperedtorture
Wait people don't snap with their middle finger?
AJurrsDiction
I use my ring finger
ilovefupas
Respect
what047
I can't tell if you misunderstood the post, or just raking in the easy points...
BannedGuy
Shut up idiot
whyyougottabesorude
Let's be honest, we know this isn't your OC so you're also raking in easy points
what047
I wasn't judging, I just can't figure out which one it is.
ZedEhBee
I thought this was the only way. This is the "wiping your ass standing or sitting" thing all over again
Quelquefois
Excuse me what?
EmbraceTheOne
I will never understand wiping while standing. HOW??? Don't your cheeks squish together??
CephalopodLodge4
Sitting, between the legs, back to front
Patlabor
... Back to front? Mother of Zod why?
CephalopodLodge4
Idk, That's just how i do, is there a different way?
Patlabor
I mean, front to back would be the different way, and also the way that has no chance of accidentally getting poo on your balls/in your vag.
paulpounder
Standing is the only way
Patlabor
Right. You stand up, put one foot up on the counter...
CammyD
Its like the "eat babies raw or cooked" debate all over again. Enough, people!
SupineClouds
*cookie dough
AzzyBedlam
Wait, who the fuck wipes standing?
GavinScreaming
A bunch of idiots
countryg33k
What... seriously? You wipe while sitting?
bloodlustunicorn
Shit. Here we go again.
Mekanismen
I'm pretty sure I used to, but then I realized that doing it sitting down makes more sense
Swe3tJe3bus
I do!
Davidnfilms
Who snaps with another finger?
paulpounder
dontdieoutthereitsdangerous
My band teacher snapped with her pinky, weirdest thing ever
sarcasticravenclaw
I do that! It's the only way I can get a sound :\
Alozar
It's my strongest finger. I can't get any kind of sound out of my index finger.
TheLetterKay
How else would you do it?
fandsor
Nope, I do.
IFavouriteEveryPostISee
I snap by just hitting the palm of my hand with my middle, ring and pinky finger...
ninjadick24
Aren't you supposed to use that one?!?!