if you can do this you have hypermobility

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@charlotte what about this?

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@hubofeverything yeah, you are not supposed to overextend much if at all

@charlotte what about this

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@charlotte considering with my other hand I get *maybe* 20°, if not less, I don't think this is normal

@vikxin how far back can you bend your pinky?

@charlotte hm

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@charlotte nah this doesn't seem normal

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@vikxin yeah no, hypermobility moment

@charlotte my other hand is marginally more sane though

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@vikxin that’s interesting that it only affects one hand

can you overextend your elbows?

@charlotte I've actually known this hand was weird for a long time haha, but not as weird as some people's. My right hand isn't weird, afaict. Only my left hand.

@charlotte not afaik. I'm pretty sure it's only the fingers too, not the wrist.

I got my hand stuck in an elevator door (like, sliding open between two plates stuck) when I was 3 or so, maybe that's what happened? Not sure which hand it was, but I think it was the left one.

@vikxin yeah, maybe you damaged your joints with that

@charlotte I honestly didn't even make the connection until a few months ago, despite the fact that I've known my hand was weird for decades and the injury itself was in the early 90s.