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People Can’t Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More ‘Unexplainable’ Pictures
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People Can’t Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More ‘Unexplainable’ Pictures

People Can't Understand How This Guy Took A Pic Of Both Of His Hands, He Shows Them And Spreads Even More ConfusionPeople Can't Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More 'Unexplainable' PicturesPeople Are Confused How This Guy Took A Picture Without Holding His Phone, He Answers With Even More Puzzling PicturesGuy Teases The Internet By Taking Pics Of Both His Hands And Explaining How He Did It With Even More Confusing PhotosGuy Baffles The Internet By Posting A Pic Of Both Of His Hands, Explains How He Did It With Even More Confusing PhotosPeople Can't Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More 'Unexplainable' PicturesPeople Can't Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More 'Unexplainable' PicturesPeople Can't Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More 'Unexplainable' PicturesPeople Can't Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More 'Unexplainable' PicturesPeople Can't Understand How This Guy Took A Photo Of Both Of His Hands, He Explains It With Even More 'Unexplainable' Pictures
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When reddit user gxace posted a picture of his palms, he didn’t know he was opening a Pandora’s box. His reason was simple; gxace wanted to show that due to a joint disorder called Arthrogryposis, he can’t bend his fingers and therefore they have no wrinkles. But after a few oohs and aahs, the post took an unexpected turn. Probably half-jokingly, someone asked the OP how he managed to take the photo hands-free. And let’s just say that things escalated very, very fast.

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And for those of you who are still interested in the initial topic of the post, Arthrogryposis is a term used to describe a number of rare conditions characterized by stiff joints and abnormally developed muscles. It is not thought to be a genetic or hereditary condition and the exact cause of arthrogryposis is still unknown.

There are, however, a number of different theories, proposed to explain it. One states that arthrogryposis is caused by obstructions to intrauterine movement during pregnancy, another says that it may be a result of an early viral infection during a baby’s development while the third one assumes that arthrogryposis is the result of failure of the central nervous system and/or muscular system to develop appropriately.

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In OP’s case, he lacks the strength to bend his fingers at the top two joints (making a fist). “I can still move and bend them otherwise and I have full range if motion everywhere else,” he wrote. “I have a pretty mild form of Arthrogryposis, so [for example] typing isn’t difficult strength-wise at all.”

“I’ve adapted quite well,” he continued. “Certain things are difficult, such as opening bottles or cans (I’ve kind of been using my teeth to do this for a while, and I really should stop that). I hold heavy bags in an odd way since I cannot grip them normally. I usually rest them on the top of my hand and bend it upwards at a 90-degree angle. I probably do other weird things too that aren’t coming to mind at the moment. Most people aren’t aware of my disability because I don’t really bring it up and I’ve adapted quite well to it.”

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Rokas Laurinavičius

Rokas Laurinavičius

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Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can also just prop your phone at the desired angle with the camera app open and say "cheese". At least that's how I would do it with my LG Stylo 3. Not sure if all phones have that feature.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can also just prop your phone at the desired angle with the camera app open and say "cheese". At least that's how I would do it with my LG Stylo 3. Not sure if all phones have that feature.

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