Pinky Problems
Got a smartphone pinky? Nope, no one cares.
For all the years I’ve been using a smart phone, apparently I’ve been holding the thing wrong. I prop the bottom right corner of my phone right on the knuckle of my pinky finger, and I watch YT videos, text my pals, and scroll until my ‘That’s it’ timer rings.
Now, my right pinky is crooked. Bent like a witch’s broken broom. My phone has created a little crater right where it rests on my finger.
My first thought when I noticed my crooked pinky was, wait till mom sees this. She’s gonna be like, haah! can’t even hold your phone right.
I recently bought the Samsung S21 just because it’s way lighter than my earlier OnePlus 9. I’ve traded four hours of battery life to be kinder to my hands. The crater’s filled a bit but it’s still quite there.
And guess what, I’m told by the internet that it’s okay to have a crooked little finger. They’ve named it the Smartphone Pinky and got done with it. The people at Illinois Bone and Joint Institute say that a cell phone is not large enough to do any bone damage or stop blood circulation. In fact, they say if you’ve got a crooked little finger, it’s your own damn fault for using your phone too much. And the only real harm of having a smartphone pinky is that you don’t have a life IRL.
