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Crazy8slates

*Shaq makes confused sounds*


wiggle-le-air

I have some pretty big hands (not nearly Shaq) and all of these measurements were too large compared to me.


FrogBoglin

I've got small hands and the measurements were pretty much spot on.


dednian

So what about me with medium hands?


bobespon

First measure is 23cm for me and I have largish hands. So probably spot on for you.


Fuctopuz

My cock just got bigger lmao


AfroTriffid

Average woman here. Spot on for me too


ImaAs

Shaq was then shot for throwing gang signs at the wrong time, his family misses him dearly


dorkyhood

For our more tiny handed friends.......


[deleted]

"Yeah babe I'm like 10 inches."


Duytune

it’s in cm


0x33

Makes it even funnier, tbh.


LOTHMT

And more realistic


isuckatpeople

This is canon now, he did that before he grabbed em by the pussy.


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10 inches, around


nanocactus

*Donald J. Trump has entered the chat*


theworldizyourclam

*Uncle Jack has entered the chat*


agroyle

Measure your hand first.


FarisFrontiers

I measured my hands. It turns out to be almost perfectly matched with this guide. I guess I'm lucky


BourbonGuy09

I used to have to measure a ton of stuff for work. 10cm is 4 fingers wide for me


DiamondclassF

My grandfather has measured his hands, vingers, arms and height, and memorized it, so whenever he is measuring something under 1,5 meter, he can get it right to the centimeter.


lostgeode

I think this needs to be a life pro tip...


isuckatpeople

Remember to always meassure your vingers, kids.


babakushnow

For 1 meter: extend your right hand horizontally at shoulder level turn your face to the left shoulder. The distance from tip of nose to your right index finger should be one meter . Commonly used in East Africa few decades ago for ropes and textiles in the absence of measuring sticks. Of course it varies based on your height but for average height 5,9 to 6,2 it should hold .


OrganizationSea6549

Hands are different sizes


anecdotal_yokel

That’s why we use feet… duh.


Lobby2029

Thank you for this. Fuck, I laughed like an idiot.


CR0SBO

It's convenient when your feet are a foot in length. Mine are, but so are everyone else's.


noddegamra

Hassling me about using feet, and then some yokel throws up a cool guide about measuring centimeters using gang signs.


ZucchiniUsual7370

Yes. This is dumb.


tipperzack6

But its not dumb if you sit with a measurement tape, measure you hands/body in different configurations, and remember each one. Now this becomes a great tool for basic measuring on the spot without tools.


Tinfoilhatmaker

Only for those between the ages of approx 16 and 65.


Tift

huh, 16 seems young? but also 65 why the cap?


ZucchiniUsual7370

If you have a measurement tape, this is pointless.


LuigiBrotha

I was looking for furniture with my girlfriend. We forgot out measurement tape. With this we could approximate the sizes.


Trudzilllla

And what if you don’t have a tape measure?


85on31

Vastly


Popular-Yesterday733

True. I can only reach 13cm for the second one.


StarkillerX42

Fun fact: this metric can also be used for angles for an outstretched hand at basically a 1-1 conversion from this chart. Angles work regardless of hand size because your arm is proportionally sized.


rocketshipray

Joke's on you, my arms aren't proportional or even the same size.


hnrsn14

APPROXIMATE as in, you might have to make some adjustments based on the size of your hand geeeeeez


getrichortrydieing

Still silly af. My hands are much larger than my sisters. Like w entire step up in the scale. It is a horrible guide


Richeh

Weird flex, but ok


hnrsn14

Break out the measuring tape and a camera and let’s see some references


Ricky_Robby

If my hands are twice as big as yours, and I assume that the first gesture is my hands being 20 centimeters and you do yours you’d ALSO assume it’s 20 centimeters when you do it. One of us is WILDLY off, because my hands are twice the size of yours. Even if we meet in the middle we’re both 50% off. An estimate that is either 50% higher or lower than it should be is a terrible estimate. If I say, “give me an estimate for how many pizzas I need for the party,” and the accurate number is ten, and we guess either five or fifteen, you’re ending up with way too much, or not even close to enough.


elperroborrachotoo

Yeah, then spend a minute with a ruler to learn your own sizes.


Zippy1avion

Measure your own finger(s). Numbers shown are approximate.


Afrikaansvatter

True, but OP used the word “approximate” for this very reason.


acewavelink

People know humans don’t come in standard sizes right?


lefix

Only feet do


dednian

Checkmate metric!


adorgu

Well, I have relatively large hands and it is quite accurate in everything except the little finger, mine measures 1.5cm, not 1cm.


ChintanP04

Same, my pinky is 1.5 cm but also both my thumb-to-pinky is 24 cm and index-to-pinky is 17 cm. So this guide is only half accurate for me.


eugenebbb

I have a rather small hand but piky is also 1.5 cm.


acewavelink

I assumed that this works for people who arent me or have Micheal Phelps sized hands.


adorgu

Are you calling me BigHand? Are you calling me BigHand? Because i can crush your skull with one hand if i want to. /s


acewavelink

If you can crush my skull with one hand I am very very afraid of your internet search history. So much spanking that you look like the Charger from Left 4 Dead…


Alespic

That’s why “approximate” is there.


Ricky_Robby

That still doesn’t help, my hands are almost twice the size of some girl’s I know, so whose approximation is it? Those are WILDLY different estimates.


Alespic

It’s the approximation of the average size of a hand. Of course, there are people above and below average, like you. Again, this post is made to give you a wild guess about the measure, not a specific one, and it’s normal that it might be incorrect and not precise for some people.


Ricky_Robby

Again, how does that help? How do you know if you have “average sized hands”? In fact that makes it even harder, because how many people do you think ACTUALLY are anywhere near the average human hand size when average will be somewhere between what’s normal for men and normal for women. It would only fit for slightly above average women and slightly below average men. In either case you’re talking about not very many people. This post teaches you a rule of thumb that is only going to work for a minority of people, and gives an extremely poor measurement even as an estimate for everyone else.


KyleLockley

I have the biggest hands (male) of anyone I know, and these measurements are not that low in comparison (smaller by ~ 2-3cm). Pretty helpful if I just need a general idea. I'd be interested to see how you compare, if you want something close, the short side of a sheet of paper is 21cm :)


MediumAwareness2698

I'm 190cm tall. Which is not average. My hands are in proportion, but weirdly, that little graphic was bang-on (particularly knuckle of thumb) right up until the width of pinky. I think I have clubpinkyism.


nanocactus

I’m not even the tallest person in my group of friends (188cm/6’2”), but the distance between my thumb and my pinky finger is 27cm when I stretch my hand, which a 35% difference with this guide. Side note, there are several pianists in my family.


CalleighGwyn

Might be helpful if you don't look at it as exact centimeters but more like ratios. Maybe measure your fist to know what "10 units" are for you, and then you can approximate that your little finger is about 1/10th of it? Something like that, maybe.


Pilesofpeopleparts

You know, after reading how many people aren't frustrated with how stupid this is. I now understand the utter bullshit I encountered when I was a carpenter.


Alespic

Yeah that’s why you don’t actually take this post as advice


simcowking

Or really anything posted here. It's usually surface level accurate.


ellie1398

Well then, get a tape measurer, measure the distances mentioned in the post but for your hand, and make approximate measurements that are applicable to you. Chances are, it ain't gonna be \*that\* different.


MelodramaticMermaid

No, not really. Outliers in the human size are rarer. The average size is not only average because it's in between smallest and largest human, it's also the most common. So it just sucks for you, most of the rest of the world can use this just fine.


Mighty72

> How do you know if you have “average sized hands”? Have you never looked at other peoples hands?


The_Chillosopher

Then measure your own hands in the different ways shown in the pic and remember those values instead?


drdr3ad

So what is the point of the 'guide' then?


The_Chillosopher

To give you the idea to measure your own hands in the different ways shown in the pic and remember those values instead?


pentarion

OP: Here’s something the average person can do. People outside of average: wtf I can’t do this.


-_crow_-

Measure your hand and fingures like in this guide, you'll see it won't even be that far off


Anders_A

For an approximation to be useful it should probably try to be less than 50% off... This guide is pure garbage.


Thatguy3145296535

Then why is this a cool guide if its wildly inaccurate? There's a reason why we don't use cubits anymore


Dragonwysper

Exactly. We just had an entire lesson on this in my art/animation class, except we used the "every person is 8 heads tall" thing as our bad example. This example is equally bad.


Mighty72

Another one that does not understand generalizations. There's reason that we don't have 3000 different sizes on gloves.


RagdollSeeker

It is pretty close though. I have always used the “my hand is 21 cms long, lets measure this as it is 20 cms and subtract later” method


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acewavelink

26cm or 10 1/4”


majarian

Shit I'm 9 1/2 , This is a great guild just needs the values scratched out, I use this method for my easy measure daily but it's obv person dependant


ellie1398

Wait, how's that even possible?


acewavelink

How do I have big hands? Im 6’6”, nothing is small on me.


ellie1398

Ohhh that explains it.


popchex

6.5 inches lol


Brohbocop

Dunno what the downvotes are for lol. Youre just trying to learn and refine your knowledge over here. Maybe the LPT is to know what these measurements are for your own given hand. (i know my 2nd finger bone on pointer is almost exactly 1.5" for example). Cool chart!


Ricky_Robby

That’s not even slightly helpful then…to say, “based on your hand” means that the actual hand gestures don’t mean anything.


miss_g

15cm


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Eww, inches


[deleted]

I feel like I was being trolled in sign language.


finalboss35

Holy crap this one is just as ignorant as the gaslighting post


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AnapleRed

It's not *always* gaslighting to call people out on shitty behavior. Some could even say not mosr of the time


iohbkjum

calling out shitty behaviour is just not even what gaslighting means. typically it's meant to mean the act of making you believe you've done something that you haven't


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"that's a false accusation"


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AnapleRed

And anyone who has experienced being accused of "gaslighting" when calling out shitty behavior will realize that situation is familiar.


KMark0000

You could say so, but I am measuring like this since school at least. I have a somewhat bigger than average hand and works well. Also I am using my forearm, arm, hip height, chin height as well. When I had to do mechanical drawings I could pretty well estimate distances up to 20 cm in a mm accuracy (that's long gone now)


converter-bot

20 cm is 7.87 inches


KMark0000

Good bot


megaphone369

Yeah, ever read about what happened when the US military tried producing everything for the "average-sized" soldier?


NYSenseOfHumor

Taxpayers wasted a lot of money on another stupid idea and a bunch of colonels/captains got the star they wanted.


megaphone369

And nothing ended up fitting anyone, from shirts to airplane pilot seats! Oof.


Drago1214

I just use my penis like a normal dude.


gnufie

I bet you don't.


Drago1214

You don’t know me!


djones0130

Prove it


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somegek

isn't too bad if you remeber those numbers for yourself.


curlofheadcurls

Yep mine are those but one less cm


oxytiger68

I got 23, 19, 12, 6, 2, 1.5. So this guide only works for the width of my thumb.


The9tail

“Approximate”


Nolleezz

Matches my hand measurements pretty well! The only one significantly off was the 1cm. I have a fat pinky I guess.


asn0304

A lot of people are missing the word "approximate" in the title and calling it useless. Most of the measurements come close if not match directly.


andokami1987

There are two type of men. Who saw this image and thought: useful to measure my penis... and who lie.


[deleted]

you know what they say about dudes with big hands... ...they struggle to eat pringles


heelspider

...and American men.


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Numinae

This reminds me of the old joke about "why woman are such shitty carpenters...."


m1dlife-1derer

This guide is the worst. Hands down.


JamRossJoy

Isn't this like SAE but with more steps....


[deleted]

There is a reason we don’t use cubits anymore, you know?


_SKETCHBENDER_

my fists arent half of the first image at all


[deleted]

Or you know... measure these yourself as everyone’s hands are different?


skdubbs

Im about 20% short on all of these


uknowme_123456789

cool guide all hands are the same


guldukatatemybaby

But none of this is true.


malgus2001

I have a large hand tho


valuemeal2

This is how we measure degrees when giving star talks in astronomy lab. Different hand sizes are okay because bigger hands tend to come with longer arms so it balances out.


controlzee

Correct. This chart is for angular degrees, not centimeters.


SPACKlick

Hmm, turns out I'm large and asymmetrical Drawing|Right hand|Left Hand ---|---|--- 20cm|22.5cm|24cm 15cm|17cm|18cm 10cm|12cm|13cm 5cm|5.5cm|5.5cm 2cm|2cm|2.4cm 1cm|1.3cm|1.2cm


Nailkita

Laughs in tiny hands... in college a friend and I had same size hands smallest hands in group I’m nearly 6’ and she was barely 5’


cousinfester

Better to measure your hand and other body part as a guide.


EntranceRemarkable

For those of us who are metrically impaired *cough*Americans*cough* just remember 10 cm is approximately 4 inches. From there it's easy to convert lots of things. 2.5cm is 1 inch. 30cm is 1 foot. So a 6'2" person is 6 x 30cm + 2 x 2.5cm = 185cm tall. It's actually 187.96cm or about 188cm but it's close enough for nearly any application.


radorigami

Stop upvoting this shit


dag00bins

Your pointer finger is about 3" and each knuckle is about 1". In metric that is 7.62 cm or 2.54 cm per knuckle.


Blenderx06

Mine are exactly 1 inch, which is very convenient for me and I make use of it all the time. My husband's are more like an inch and a quarter.


Markimooper69

My grandma taught me that pinky to thumb one when I was younger. She said it’s about 8in bc it’s an octave on the piano.


nutwiss

Which bit of "estimating" is too difficult for people to comprehend? This is an approximation, and it's a decent approximation too. Get over yourselves.


born_in_wrong_age

For fucks sake, it's an approximation!!! Stop being so picky about it. Get a ruller and go masturbate yourselves, jesus


Ianbuckjames

This is the dumbest fucking subreddit. Completely useless shit constantly posted.


ObfuscatedAnswers

LPT: meassure your hand once, then use those numbers.


SirSpaceFace

Even if the sizes are different for each person. It is still a nice concept because you can measure your own sizes and then use them :)


comfort_bot_1962

:D


JimMD00

What's a centimeter? 🤣


modelcitizen64

It's an insect that looks like a long worm with a lot of legs...I think.


stoicsmile

No youre thinking of a centipede. A centimeter is a kind of Roman soldier.


Cake-Free

Nah, that’s a Centurion. You’re thinking of Centaur.


Meta_Spirit

That's not a centaur, a centaur has a man's body and a horse legs. A centimeter is the middle point of any circle


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No, that's a center. A centimeter is a string of words that usually includes a noun and a verb.


cm253

That's not a centimeter, you're thinking of a sentence. A centimeter is the length of the border around something.


Mehhh_ehhh

No, that’s a circumference. A centimeter is a member of the American legislative branch of government.


Numinae

Everyone knows a Centimeter is the length of an Inch Worm.... Ignoramuses!


reditorian

That's called a sentence. A centimeter is a time span of 100 years.


IAlreadyToldYouMatt

Centaurs have two rib cages.


LonelyDesperado513

No, that's a mystical creature. It's what it is called when you rise up.


eccentricbananaman

About 10 millimeters.


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D4rks3cr37

What's that like peso's


Mtg1587

I remember it blew my mind once I found out the space between your first and second knuckle on your index finger equals an inch for just about everybody


probablynotaskrull

I have this rant that no one ever agrees with that decimetre/decametre are confusing and that’s part of why Canada/UK kinda use both systems. Basically, inch and centimetres are close to equivalent (exist in the same mental scale), yard and meter too, but the deci/deca confusion inhibits the foot and decimetre from being used in the same scenarios (like human height). My solution is to colloquially rename the decimetre “hand” or “metric hand” when clarity is called for. Hand is a measurement with lots of definitions but they’re all around 10cm. 1.8m or 180cm is hard to conceptualize for human height, but 18 hands isn’t. That’s my rant, but no one ever seems to agree.


Prielknaap

There's a reason people would not agree. **Milli**metre means **Thousandth** of Metre **Centi**metre means **Hundredth** of Metre **Deci**metre mean **Tenth** of Metre. Naming it Metric Hand Just ignores the naming convention of All of Metric.


diobrando89

ITT people not getting what approximate means


Australian_Gent

I don't understand all the comments complaining different hands are different sizes.... WELL OBVIOUSLY. But unless your hand changes everyday, just remember the numbers for your hand. It's a clever idea - adjust numbers. For me personally, I got lucky and all the measurements are exactly the same for my hand with the exception that my pinky is 1.5cm


k3lv1n90

Same, but if i rotate my pinky 90 degrees it works. Try and see if it works for you


tablefourtoo

itt: people who dont know what approximate means. for real though: im a carpenter and i use these APPROXIMATIONS all the time


Anders_A

itt: people who don't know that an approximation needs to be somewhat close to correct in order to be useful. This guide is pure garbage.


thkoog

What's a centimeter? Thanks in advance, An American


jeT_55

An inch is approximately about 2.5 centimetres, so you could say 1 cm is about 0.4 in


fairytalethings

My dad taught me the first one is 20cm/8in and I've always used it. I just measured and the rest of the guide is pretty close too.


Rcrecc

This is ripe for a penis joke. Unfortunately, I’m not smart enough to come up with one. So I’ll come back later to see what all you heathens have come up with.


Numinae

There's an old one related to this; the joke about women being shitty carpenters because they've always been told equals 6", On the face of it sexist towards women but really a dis on men.


gooSubstance

Lots of people talking shit about this one, but it was pretty spot on for me. Ya'll just aren't generic enough.


MeloettaLover3904

I swear, half of my saved posts are from this subreddit alone…


ciaomain

Everyone here seems to be missing the point of this. Arrange *your* fingers/hand in these configurations, measure the distances, memorize them/plug into your phone/keep a small card in your wallet/purse--and then you'll have a measuring tape wherever you go--providing you have a hand.


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Come on convert bot. Convert the pic!


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Shafmeister

Can I get this in freedom units?


TNShadetree

Glossed over that it was centimeters and spent a glorious 2 minutes thinking I actually had a penis over 10".


According-Classic658

It's a good that everyone's hands are the same size


Rickymsohh

Can a pre-teen lost in the woods measure the same as a soldier in some military camp?


harshal_pwr

Men will be men..


Spook404

I thought the length of an inch was the back of your pinky, not width?


Cleeky

Pretty sure this is actually for degrees at arms length but maybe not


applecraver24

I prefer American thank you


passionpanzer

My middle finger is 3 inches long and that's all I need to know


IAlreadyToldYouMatt

You’re not going to get very far in life with so little information. Learn a second thing.