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Yikes, broken finger on Mac's Web Ad

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JAT

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WTF is this thread about? Buying a.....finger?

I don't get it, either. That pic doesn't look abnormal to me. I had a friend once who could bend all 8 fingers back to touch his wrists, now that was a little much.
 
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tbrinkma

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As a guy who saw the picture, and picked up a post-it pad about that size, I can tell you, fingers *do* bend that way. Nothing to be worried about.
 
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katie ta achoo said:
yes, but he is bending his finger at the knuckle, not at the joint that binds it to the hand.

As a hand model, I can tell you: fingers do not bend like that.
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Yes they do. Do you all not see the way the knuckle is pointed outwards? That means that the joint is bending normally, only the finger itself is twisted slightly where it meets the hand. This is really only possible when pressing it against the middle finger, or the object you are holding, like she is clearly doing in the image.

I will admit, however, that it does like rather painful... ;)
 
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katie ta achoo

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someguy said:
Yes they do. Do you all not see the way the knuckle is pointed outwards? That means that the joint is bending normally, only the finger itself is twisted slightly where it meets the hand. This is really only possible when pressing it against the middle finger, or the object you are holding, like she is clearly doing in the image.

I will admit, however, that it does like rather painful... ;)
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The knuckle isn't pointed out that far.

I tried out what you were describing because I'm at home sick and waiting for Barry Manilow to come on TV.
So I drew an iPod on some post-it notes and awkwardly took a picture or two.
(ignore the overly-fancy nails. they're for halloween.)
Picture 1.jpeg
Here, just holding it normally. As can be seen, the portion of the finger from hand to knuckle are parallel.

Picture 2.jpeg
and here, I tried to bend my hand around like in the picture. (It hurt like all get-up and my tendinitis is flaring up due to the weather. owie!) the fingers are no longer parallel in the hand-to-knuckle section.

what it looks like happened to me, the person doing the modeling was covering up too much of the iPod's "face" and the graphic guy moved the finger over just enough so that it would be shown.

I've put way too much thought into this and hurt myself in the process. it looks like my work here is done.

*pops aspirin and walks away*
 
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katie ta achoo said:
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Everything about that post made me laugh, but it proved very little. Everyone's body is different, and while my fingers don't typically look like the person in the ad's fingers when I hold things, I don't have any problem moving them in that way if I purposely try to. This is why I say it's not a deformity, just kind of weird. If I had a camera, I'd demonstrate. :)

That said, you would think whoever took this shot would look at it and go "Hm, that looks kind of awkward. Perhaps I should use a different shot...". :eek:
 
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katie ta achoo

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someguy said:
...like she is ...
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just noticed this now. I thought the person in the pic was a man?

someguy said:
That said, you would think whoever took this shot would look at it and go "Hm, that looks kind of awkward. Perhaps I should use a different shot...". :eek:
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definitely! he should know ahead of time that after the pic gets released that it'll be picked apart by mac rumor sites! :)

monke said:
Definitely not, they should have katie ta achoo's hands. :p
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I think the NDA would just about kill me. :)
 
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katie ta achoo said:
what it looks like happened to me, the person doing the modeling was covering up too much of the iPod's "face" and the graphic guy moved the finger over just enough so that it would be shown.
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That's what I thought too — the knuckle looks a bit smudgy and weird.

(I call FAKE! ;) )
 
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katie ta achoo said:
The knuckle isn't pointed out that far.

I tried out what you were describing because I'm at home sick and waiting for Barry Manilow to come on TV.
So I drew an iPod on some post-it notes and awkwardly took a picture or two.
(ignore the overly-fancy nails. they're for halloween.)
View attachment 60951
Here, just holding it normally. As can be seen, the portion of the finger from hand to knuckle are parallel.

View attachment 60952
and here, I tried to bend my hand around like in the picture. (It hurt like all get-up and my tendinitis is flaring up due to the weather. owie!) the fingers are no longer parallel in the hand-to-knuckle section.

what it looks like happened to me, the person doing the modeling was covering up too much of the iPod's "face" and the graphic guy moved the finger over just enough so that it would be shown.

I've put way too much thought into this and hurt myself in the process. it looks like my work here is done.

*pops aspirin and walks away*
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Mmmm, nice scratchy nails... :D
 
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JAT

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What is also being missed is the pressure on the man's hand in the pic in question. He is pushing against that finger, that is why it is at a weird position in relation to the other fingers. The pushing/pressure is to open the Shuffle clip to hook it onto the jeans.

Presumably the strange looking angle is just the way his finger is, and the fact that it is twisted slightly.

And yes, Katie's hands would be a better choice. :D
 
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JAT said:
What is also being missed is the pressure on the man's hand in the pic in question. He is pushing against that finger, that is why it is at a weird position in relation to the other fingers. The pushing/pressure is to open the Shuffle clip to hook it onto the jeans.
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someguy said:
Yes they do. Do you all not see the way the knuckle is pointed outwards? That means that the joint is bending normally, only the finger itself is twisted slightly where it meets the hand. This is really only possible when pressing it against the middle finger, or the object you are holding, like she is clearly doing in the image.
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It wasn't missed. :)
 
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