I am a 23 yr old guy with a human claw. Ask me anything.

Have you ever considered getting a doctorate just to make Dr. Claw jokes?

That is an excellent idea.

You would fit right in at a metal concert.

Never been to a live concert....ever.

Yes, I would be the # 1 rocker.

I think I need to be a band leader and make my hand our first album cover.

When you said claw, I literally thought you had a giant metal thing, with sharp knives for fingers that you could rip people's hearts out with.

I'm not mad, I'm just slightly disappointed.

Who said I couldnt rip out hearts....?

Have you ever masturbated with your right hand?

Just as a sub. The pleasure is slightly overbearing.

I notice your "bad" hand is your right hand...did you find it unnatural to write with your left hand? I mean could you tell that you would otherwise be right handed, but had to teach yourself to be a lefty?

Yea, good point there. I was born right handed, so writing left handed for a long time was unnatural and very difficult for me. Long story short, Lots of training and patience, now my handwriting is .....decent.

Here you go.

Excellent. I have a memeeeeee

Impressive. I swear to God I can't even brush my teeth with my left hand.

I'll have to upload a pic of my right hands writing compared to my left.

What about shaving? Is it basically like gambling with your life every time you go to shave? I couldn't imagine shaving with my left hand. I'd end up looking like leather face for sure. Basically I only use my left hand for fapping (convenience with the mouse)

Since I'm really coordinated with my left hand, shaving is reallly easy.

I have like mega strength in my left arm now from relying on it so much to do everything. A delivery guy and myself hauled a clothing closet up the stairs the other day. Me one handed and him double handed. Let's say he was quite surprised.

How do people react to seeing your hand?

It's mixed. You should have asked how they react when they shake it.

Wait, what? They shake it? Why? What happens?

Well since its my right hand, and usually I just dont care what they think, yea they shake it.

Best reaction was when I went to a bank in America and this big rasta guy in a suit with dreads and all that came out to help me. He shook my hand, and he literally jumped out of his skin. teeheee.

My principal in HS had a claw. I instinctivly went for the left handed shake at graduation, thinking that was what he would want (his right was the claw). Awkwardness ensued

Yea, that was a silly move for you haha. I bet that was awkward, but then again some of us with the claw get kicks out of making these kind of situations. :)

Awesome, please bring as much awkwardness to the world as super-humanly possible

Will do, its needed.

How do you properly shake your right hand? Would it be rude to grab closer to the wrist but give a firm handshake or give a wimpy insecure handshake where I awkwardly grab your permanent hang ten sign? I'm just being honest about how I would react.

my thumb kinda will just go over the space between your thumb and index finger while my other digit will just kinda jam into your center palm.... i heard its kinda weird but still firm.

I find it funny how you refer to it as the claw lol, or maybe it's just really late and it's not that funny

Nah its pretty hilarious^{^}

he literally jumped out of his skin
literally jumped out of his skin
literally

I do not think this word means what you think it means.

Whatever man.... although Im gramatically incorrect, everybody seems to understand and I frankly dont give a shit

Are you really unable to stop it from tickling people or was my Grandad lying to me?

No ....it has a mind of its own.

Are you aware how easily it would be for you to perfectly jab somebody's eyes?

Also, have you ever considered taking a hand-gun training class while pretending your left hand doesn't function? Just so you can witness how people would react.

My third and final question; I've been drinking. Have you been drinking? If so, what's your favorite alcoholic beverage?

Jabbing eyes is a specialty of mine.

Hand gun training.... a little hard in a country (Korea) where guns are illegal.

Im a gin man.

I figured you'd ignore my drunken comments, so thank you for responding.

Gin is one of the only liquors I haven't tried. I keep getting lazy about it. While we're on that topic, what common brand do you recommend?

I think the reactions would be better in Korea. When you pull the trigger either a "bang" sign or confetti would come out.

Stick to Bombay saffire or beefeater for gin tonics.... get some roses lime or just a slice of lime.... yum

Can you snatch a salmon swimming upstream with that bear claw? (I assume you have a pretty good sense oh humor, given that helmet you got).

Catch a salmon... screw that I go for the bear, snake style his throat and take allllll his fish.

You are super cute, which your magic claw only enhances;

Im taken ladayssss.

Thanks anyways.

Have you discovered any practical uses for your "human claw"? Things that mere humans could never comprehend doing with their simple hands.

I used to use it as a goal for flicking pieces of paper through in High School, the teacher's face was priceless when she caught me doing it. Other than that, my hand makes a damn good yogurt pot holder, beer opener, and ..... potentially the ultimate shocker ;)

Holy fucking hell that is officially THE Ultimate Shocker. Do the ladies request it?

Requests, yet to come.

I think porn would have been a better field for me if I really wanted to exploit my situation

so have you or have you not done it?

Oh, its been done!

Has your "claw" (if you're not offended by that terminology) impeded you from following your dream job, or have you been discriminated against in any other sense?

My "claw" has never kept me from doing anything I wanted to do, unless I was foolish enough to want to learn to play a saxophone. Never been discriminated openly, only by silly bitches in high school. My dream job is to just help people so .... I'm a teacher now so. I guess I'm there haha.

My nickname was "Toes" during University for 2 years, nobody knew my real name. For real.

That's some rough shit, man. The worst I've had to deal with is immature ass holes calling me fat. Props to you for not letting that bring you down. Cheers.

Yea, in elementary and middle school it was pretty rough. I had some days where I just hated being me. Super dark shit really when I think about it. I'm so glad that those days are far behind me. I had one kid really pick on me for the longest time, so I basically took his little finger with my "claw" and bent it backwards until it broke. Outcome was good, that fucker didn't bother me ever again. You are lucky man, you have a chance to change your situation now if you want. Although sometimes I think about what it would be like to have two normal hands, I don't think I could do that. I have a girl that loves me for who I am and I really love my hand. It's me and I don't give a damn about what others think really.

I teach in SK too. The kids are not nearly as subtle about physical things as they are in the west (I get told I have a big nose daily). How do they react to you?

I let them ask questions in the first class and then they know abiut it from then in. After that its just ..."Teacher you so handsome... talll... big eyesss wowww"

Is your GF Korean?

Yes. Very much Korean.

Good point, I watched this little tid bit the other day aimed at inspiring people to do "what they want" and "follow their dreams" Great inspiring little clip, and it was ruined with a comment in short: " My son is in a wheelchair, how can he follow his dream of something unreasonable due to his is impaired ability" Part of me was annoyed that she would taint this video with that film, that she should instead be focusing her and her sons energy on doing what he CAN not being all mopey about what he CANT do. Sure I don't understand what hes going through, but still I feel that feeling sorry for himself is the most debilitating aspect of his circumstance.

Yea its always what you CAN do not what you cant. I get frustrated but I never give up.

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um .... no

sorry to dissappoint you .....

Do you have spidey powers?

You betcha.

And my coteachers think I take a bus to school, oh, what they don't know muahaha

How are you typing this AMA? Do you have a one-handed keyboard, or just a unique typing method?

Again, this is another video I need to do.

For the most part I only use my claw for the letters IOPJKLM and then every function key to the right of that.

I type fairly quick considering my situation.

Follow-up on that: Lets say you play a PC-ego shooter, are you using your right hand on the mouse, or using your left hand on the mouse?

pc shootera are a NO GO :(

Do you fap with that hand or afraid the claw might pinch it off?

Having my goodies pinched off is always a risk I have to take, but for the most part its just used as a sub while I change the video.

have you ever slapped somebody with it and screamed "raaawwr" ?

Probably... drunkenly

Fellow claw here. Looks like you have more dexterity in yours though, lucky! I have no joints in my digits.

Ah man im sorry to hear that but yea when i was in rehab after the op. my mum told me that she didnt even attempt to help me as she thought it would prevent me from being as good as i am today. Did you have to wear weights on your wrists as a kid to keep your muscle mass on level with your other arm

mygod you're gorgeous...

wooo^{^}

I played baseball with a guy that had a similar hand (he actually pitched for the Marlins, Chad Bentz, albeit briefly, that's a story for another time) and he gave the most powerful titty-twisters EVER. Have you ever tried rippin some nipple? And if so, how'd that go?

I give some nasty titty-twisters too.

The outcome was .... not pretty.

Do you have a preferred reaction when people notice? Ignoring it, light hearted joke, question?

Also, it's hard for me to tell from the pictures, do your fingers close in? Do they oppose each other, or your palm?

My usual reaction is just to ignore it, but if I'm a little drunk I usually slam them with a joke.

I never attack anyone for any reaction, obviously some people might be quite shocked so I give them some room for that.

Yea the fingers close in, opposing each other. I only have motion on my ring finger's middle joint though, the knuckle is fixed. The thumb though is opposite with full knuckle motion and no joint movement.

I think Merry_Bastard meant how would you like others to react to it ? I'd be quite interested in knowing. Whenever I meet someone with abnormal physical features I pretend nothing is different, but I'd really like to just say something about it to get it over with.

Well Id prefer for them to kinda ignore it and the politely ask me later about it.

Just wondering. Assuming you are straight, do you play with girls with your "claw." I see it could be used as an awesome shocker in more ways than one.

Play, play.... alll day

They love it.

Came here to ask this.

The fingers you do have are very strategically placed

Yea, I had a fantastic surgeon. The small finger on the right is actually a bunch of bones put together to form what is called a static post. It helps me hold a knife for when I use a knife and fork ( which is rare now that I live in Asia.)

What is the biggest challenge that you face in your day to day activities?

buttoning my left sleeve on my work shirts.... I have literally ripped shirts off in frustration, that is if I'm having a really bad day.

Luckily I have a wonderful girlfriend to help me.

What was your current best friends reaction to the claw? Has it lead to any amazing experiences?

I think my current best buds reaction was something along the line of ...." Oh shit, you got a claw... it led to this in high school.... god i was skinny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tkc7S0cAbM

Please use this to get ladies

Once they see the control I have of this bad boy..... the ladies are overcome by curiousity. ;)

Do you play baseball, and if so, can you throw a killer split-fingered fastball with that hand?

Nope.... I throw like a kindergarten girl with my right hand.... :(

what's it like to live in South Korea?

It's pretty cool, I teach as a Native English Teacher here so the life is pretty chill.

Decent cash and low stress.

Many people complain, but I have no idea why, most people here teaching would have a lot more stress in their home country.

Any differences in how people treat/act around you in SK compared to where you used to live?

I mean being a foreigner you must get stared at a lot so it might be hard to tell?

Yea since Im a big tall foreigner in SK, usually people just stare at me first and then when they meet me its the hand that they notice.

I have a lot of practice concealing my hand, so I know how to go unnoticed.

Extensive use of the ol' "hand in pocket"?

Yeaaaa.

My girlfriend hates it... shes always yelling at me to take it out. Im glad she does, good confidence booster.

How strong is your claw compared to your other hand strength?

its about 2/3 the strength. which is good enough for me

What part of Korea? I live there too

Daegu. The best part.

Hey man, I currently live and teach in daegu as well! Chilgok, more specifically..do you frequent any bars around here? You should come to Beatles bar in chilgok sometime!

Im in seongseo .. west daegu... come down here its much better ^{^}

haha been to Seoul much?

Yea. Ive been quite a few times and despite all it has to offer, I really prefer my smaller city. Im still in training haha. Seoul is awesome. I love the club scene up there^{^}

Ever thought about getting a prostestic?

Never, ever, ever. I love my hand, I think having a prosthetic is a horrible idea for me. I think people with them get judged more.

Yes. But yet again, judged or not, you seem to be a man of independance. Not giving a single fuck of what insignificant people think of you, I respect that. Thus, from a practical point of view, wouldn't a prostetic hand come in handy? (Had to make that last pun)

haha im sure if it was like star wars shit.... id give it a go

If the technology becomes super advanced would you consider exchanging you claw for the bionic palm?

Never.... claw for life.

It seems from your replies so far that you both have a girlfriend currently and have had some prior luck with the opposite sex. Can you provide some more detail about how women react to you as a potential partner?

I think my prior partners put some though to it and decided for themselves they were cool with it.... Most were cool with me being upstairs but obviously thought it was too kinky when i tried to go down south with the claw....there were exceptions.

On a scale on 1 - 10, how afraid are you that NK will go to war?

3... the rest of Korea... by that the South Korean people.... 1

Can you describe the surgeries you've had? You mentioned that they took your toes to form the claw: has losing your toes had any impact on you?

I had two major foot to hand transplant surgeries. I dont realllly know all the details since my mum doesent really like to talk about it and my Dads in like Africa or something ... and i live in Korea. All i know is that they were both split into multiple surgeries maybe 2 at most with each surgery lasting about 6+ hours each. I was so young so the nerves and joints and all that were pretty immature so they were easy to link up. I guess rehab did the rest.

Feet are good, i just have a gap where the other toe used to be on each foot

Any creative Halloween costumes involving the claw, or did you just want to be Batman like all the other cool kids?

Grew up in rural England... didnt do too much trick or treating but im sure i would have wanted to be batman for sure.

Is the affected hand your writing hand?

Nope,although it was naturally my writing hand, I now write left handed and have done since I first started writing.

Do you play video games? what are your favorites?

I did. Mostly racing games and call of duty did it for me

Do you/your friends make a lot of zoidberg jokes/references?

Nope.... i dont really know who that is.

Fyi ... didnt have a tv growing up

I pop my fingers like crazy. May be a bad habit. I eventually started popping the joints in my toes. Do you pop the joints in your toe-fingers? I must be OCD if that's the first thing I think about.

Shit i shouldnt but i do.... bad habit

Do you ever slip 'the shocker' to to your girlfriend?

....maybe

What has driving been like?

Do you have full coordination of your right hand?

Driving is a breeze. No problems, I can even drive stick. ^{^}

Do you have full mobility with your right hand?

Yup, full mobility. There are a couple joints that don't realllllly work but I get by without them and I dont think they would make much of a difference anyways.

What is the most difficult everyday task you have to do?

As stated earlier.... the hardest thing would be shirt sleeve buttons.

I've got an older friend that has something similar to this and she said it was a side effect of a medication that her mother took while pregnant with her. Any chance this is what happened with you, and maybe your mom A. doesn't realize it or B. just doesn't want to tell you?

Asked her multiple times and I am not one of those.

I Hope you strive to do everything with supreme confidence, passion and intent that this is not a disability; It is an advantage.

An idol of mine, one of the highest ranked and greatest Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners ever has a "claw hand"; Something he never let stand in the way of his goals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzrugD9R3nQ

Man, Ive always wantes to learn a martial art... that looks awesome.

your sense of humor is awesome and you must make for a great teacher.

Eh the kids like me .... I think.

;)

If it was banding in the womb, would you have been born with some scar tissue there around your fingers? And was this something your mother knew before you were born, i.e. could your hand be seen on an ultrasound?

As far as I can remember, the hand could not be seen. I had a rather poor upbringing so Im sure that my mum didnt visit the doctors toooo much. As for the scarring.... Im sure if it was there its gone from all the surgeries.

Interesting how both fingers resemble thumbs.

(Actual question) I see scar marks. They from an operation? http://i.imgur.com/avZrKQI.jpg

Yup those scar marks are from the two very long operations i underwent when i was an infant.