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Why I hate the index finger (1980)

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255 points consumer451 | 2 comments | 19 Nov 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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throw4847285 ◴[19 Nov 24 20:07 UTC] No.42187552[source]▶
Well it worked for Roland Deschain...
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excalibur ◴[19 Nov 24 20:20 UTC] No.42187669[source]▶
IIRC Roland lost his middle finger as well and had to pull the trigger with his ring finger.
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1. psunavy03 ◴[19 Nov 24 23:50 UTC] No.42189340[source]▶
"I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind."
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2. throw4847285 ◴[21 Nov 24 15:31 UTC] No.42205286[source]▶
Nobody does it like King. Despite not being considered in the canon of literary fiction, I feel like he's going to endure as one of the most imaginative, thrilling, and flat out brilliant writers of genre fiction, alongside Christie, Tolkien, and Philip K Dick.