How much of human history can be reduced to the influence of our fingers? Our mechanical, creative past can be recognized in the role of the opposable thumb: the digit whose cooperation with the other fingers facilitated control over our environment. Our more conflict-driven, destructive behavior may be represented by the tallest of the digits: the vertically-structured middle finger that has become the default medium of expression by members of the boobeoisie!

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