Hmmm. If the 10% was good for everything, and then I could sell items to make a profit… sure!
Could I make it my little toe on the left foot though? It doesn’t do anything but get caught on stuff anyway, so I figure if it’s going to get ripped off, it may as well be for a good cause…
Jerry Garcia managed to be a pretty good guitar player with half a finger missing (bottom half of his right middle finger), but I’m not a great player and I wouldn’t risk it. And that’s just a glib reason.
You don’t use them when typing? I use them for the shift keys (or at least the left one). I suppose I could sell all but both first and left little fingers and right thumb
I’d lose the left little finger for 10%. It’s a uselss digit. Tell ya what, I’d trade in 8 of my toes for another 10%. I don’t use those either (I only occasionally use the big toes to pick up objects or push buttons on things out of hand-reach.).
I might; if it was the right pinkie; I have a bad habit of using too many semicolons; this sounds like a good way to break myself of it and save a little money on the side.
I would definately lose both of my pinkies for the 20% deal. I mean, I don’t use them to type or anything. Actually, right now I don’t have a functional spacebar so I’m poking the hole with a screwdriver after every word.
Think about it. 10% or even 20% may not seem like much if you’re buying, say, a candy bar. But what about that $100,000 house you have your eye on? Wouldn’t it be great to shave off an extra $10 or $20k?
No way. I make money playing the piano - making $150 at a wedding this very Saturday, actually, and about half of my meager college-student-income comes from my piano students. I need those pinkies, and all the fingers in between.
Oh yeah, and I kinda like playing the piano. That too.
The re-sale thing is pointless for a hypothetical exercise. Otherwise, we’d just ask whether you would lose a finger for limitless amounts of money, which is a patently stupid question. I’d love to come to all sorts of conclusions about the materialism of american society, given the greater willingness generally shown by US Dopers to lose a finger for material gain. But that would be equally stupid.