I cured my thumb shifting problem (mildly painfully)

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF PEOPLE LAUGHING AT ME, IT'S TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE.
In this Mumbo Jumbo Minecraft video, I chain my hand to my desk to prevent myself from pressing shift with my thumb. After being voted 2nd weirdest Hermit on the Hermitcraft server behind Ethoslab, I have decided to cure my thumb shifting problem. Can 2 hours of playing with my hands tied up change a lifetime of thumb shifting? Let's find out.
Filming channel: / thatmumbojumbo2
Instagram: / officialmumbo
Twitter: / thatmumbojumbo

[@ThatMumboJumbo]

Turns out your index finger is your pointer finger, and your middle finger is... well, just your middle finger. Also my keyboard is full sized, my hands are just big - I've only had this keyboard for 6 months and I can promise you I have done my weird hand placements on every keyboard I've owned! Mechanical, laptop, fisher price, you name it my thumb is shifting on it.

[@petra._]

i can HEAR the clarity in this comment

[@joeyjohnson1649]

We still love you

[@landeruribarrisanchez8671]

I also press shift with my thumb 🤣

[@erinrflynnauthor]

Shock therapy is next to keep the progress going!

[@MawDaws]

interesting.

[@RyanEglitis]

That explains why mumbo moves around in that distinctive way always - he's only using one finger to fidget-move.

[@Esperologist]

Yeah. I always wondered why his movements were a little odd, and corrections to his movement took longer than I expected. I had just dismissed it as him being a little quirky, but hand straining contortions are more than a little quirky.

[@colejohnson2230]

Does this mean we won't see it anymore

[@techno952]

That’s what I said, it was always a little odd the way he moved and it makes so much sense now

[@racoonmaster5713]

this also explains how all his deaths in the secret life series were so bafflingly clumsy...

[@kburnside9019]

BB b

[@jamhopsey]

mumbo can try and unlearn his keybinds as hard as he wants but he can’t unlearn whatever draws him towards his deepslate cyan building palettes

[@ThatsSunnyClouds]

I was thinking the same thing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✌️❤️🌱

[@amorales7778]

Isn't his fault they look so good

[@stephenkrahling1634]

Listen back in the day it was stone bricks and smooth stone slabs, this is a SUBSTANTIAL improvement It's a good palette okay? Pearl mostly works in similar palettes in most of her builds, although that palette is usually a lot more complex

[@bumblebeekatie]

@@stephenkrahling1634and sandstone!

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

​@@stephenkrahling1634or the infamous Sugar Cane, Pillar, Sugar Cane, Brick Wall.

[@thecatlike2125]

Mumbo "I don't have the weirdest setup!!" Later: "... So now I'm using finger bondage to control myself!"

[@Leaf._the_foliage_man]

The phrase finger bondage forced me to like this.

[@clayel1]

i hate this comment’s words

[@individual1st648]

that's enough internet for today

[@A_Bumbling_Buffoon]

This comment's use of the English lexicon gives me a brain Aneurysm

[@Sqwidiot]

wasn't expecting to uh... to see those words in that order today. thanks for that mate.

[@falseparadox3838]

This makes so much sense actually. This explains why there’s a slight delay between when he shifts side to side when talking to hermits. He literally uses one finger for WASD

[@Nevir202]

Literally had to put my hand on the keyboard to see how I do it, and ya, no wonder it's odd, doing with one finger what I use 3 for.

[@2ktyp]

@@Nevir202 thats what she said

[@Nevir202]

@@2ktyp LMAO

[@DVIs101]

And the insane accidents he's been in. Or why he is pants at pvp. So much explaining!

[@WYKLO]

That's the most impractical shit ever what 💀💀 how did he even conceive that

[@smarty4822]

The fact that you play with just one finger for all directions is honestly super impressive but also horrifying. The nuance in movements goes out the window.

[@sleepdeep305]

Especially when you realize, during all his meetings with other hermits, HE NEVER STANDS STILL

[@fjolliff6308]

No wonder he fell in the lava during secret life.

[@Amokra]

@@fjolliff6308 I was just coming down here to say that LoL

[@viincanity]

I get burnt out thinking about it...

[@KingTaltia]

What's funny is, Mumbo's often said he's bad at Parkour, and... well... I think we just learned why, and it WASN'T the thumb thing. I really want to see Mumbo try a parkour course now that he's learned some proper hand positioning.

[@BusterBeachside]

This felt like watching a therapy session. We uncovered layer after layer of hidden past trauma... By causing present trauma by chaining your hands to your desk.

[@Flower_Does_Thingz]

xDDDDD

[@k98killer]

I really hope that isn't how your therapy sessions went, with the chains and all that.

[@UrbanImmortalGaming]

i mean if we get more mumbo videos....🤔

[@stealthlock6634]

Technically we did watch physical therapy! I went through physical therapy as a kid, learning to balance, skip, and having a horrible rubber thing on a pencil to force me to hold it correctly 😂

[@Kajaks00n]

what therapy. shock therapy?

[@barrywelling3868]

Fun fact, the Nausea is very probably because your brain isn't used to those movements (in the game) coming from those movements (of your hand) It's very similar to the root of Motion sickness.

[@foxliasgriffinYT]

yeh

[@elliotagnew9960]

That makes a load of sense

[@EarlsPearls]

This happens to me when doing repetitive tasks. Like having to type out a excel sheet 1, 2 etc instead of dragging it makes me sick

[@Rasutei]

Ahh, I did wonder, but I hadn't considered that. Must be similar to playing inverted controls, then, yeah

[@reubenpoort9554]

Don’t remind me how easy it is get sick from a car headset and how just changing your finger positions could affect it too.

[@SondaroSasuke]

OMG we finally know why Mumbo's movement in his videos is SO different from anybody else. Who would have thought that way of using WASD would make such iconic movement patterns

[@Addy0302]

Learning that you press WASD with just your index finger is making me reconsider the weird playstyle rankings

[@ClassyYellow]

​@@Greesherit's a bot

[@Zebra_M]

It does finally explain how he does it though! Because the pushes the other fingers further left, making thumb shifting just very slightly less awkward.

[@garbageenthusiasm4588]

​@@Greesherdon't even bother responding it's a bot and when you reply youtube thinks it's just a regular commenter

[@benjaminhooper4932]

@@GreesherI reported them as spam

[@stary-eyedphantom6456]

He should be at the ranking of weirdest.

[@lukepollard4614]

You know, this explains a lot. And I mean A LOT. Your movement always looked a little off to me in hermitcraft videos and such but I just assumed that was what you did, but now I understand it was mechanical limitations in the keys being pressed (all by your index finger)

[@Asryal]

truuue

[@olavisalomaa]

Not to be mean but I always thought that he walked around like a bot, and this fully explains it.

[@artlover2553]

"Wow Mumbo! How'd you fixed that habit so quickly?" "Just a little torture"

[@NotThatRingo]

I'll be honest. When I saw the thumbnail (for the video. Not his actual thumbnail) I thought it was going to involve some type of mild electro-shock therapy. That would've been entertaining. Maybe a collab with ElectroBoom is in order.

[@Omniscient_AI]

@@NotThatRingo The thumb is going to the shift key. Let's give it a controlled shock

[@sleepdeep305]

⁠@@Omniscient_AIUh oh! The ring finger isn’t using the A key to strafe left. Let’s motivate it with a controlled shock

[@Omniscient_AI]

@@sleepdeep305 *Mumbo screaming*

[@DonnaPinciot]

I saw the phrase 'finger bondage', and I love it.

[@projectafterworld2557]

Suggestion for next idea: "Mumo's fixed hand tries minecraft parkour"

[@pizzafire6666]

W idea for training

[@projectafterworld2557]

@@pizzafire6666A WASD idea perhaps? I'll see myself out. xD

[@pizzafire6666]

@@projectafterworld2557 NO!!! SEE YOURSELF INTO THE JOKE COMMUNITY!

[@meatsauce12]

yeah i was gonna say this should've been the original video

[@spiritcat101]

Mumo

[@aarongrooves]

Mumbo, as a piano teacher, I have to say, you've perfectly demonstrated how practice makes permanent! Congrats!

[@charliehe472]

Big fan of your work with Alan Becker’s AVM animations!

[@TobiasHarms]

I'm just horrified at what his piano lessons must have been like...

[@benrex7775]

I didn't expect to see you here.

[@ValkyRiver]

Me watching this video: I just wanna do a little finger dance 🕺

[@johannes_king]

Yea as long as he doesn't doesn't damage his hand, I recently had to read up on Robert Schumann

[@4per8]

He's used to associating using his pointer finger to move so when doing it doesn't make him move, or when doing it with the other finger, it triggers motion sickness. This is basically the same thing as when playing vr for the first time, most people get motion sick. I have never seen this happen with a 2d screen with someone who plays so much Minecraft. This is fascinating to me.

[@agentnull5242]

Agreed, it’s quite odd tbh.

[@andrewmirror4611]

Oh, many non gamers get motion sick from playing on flat screens, it's a very documented phenomenon, and FOV and screen/HUD shaking options are often explicitly there to battle motion sickness

[@darksentinel082]

It definitely helps that this guy has played minecraft A LOT.

[@aperson673]

Maybe mumbo revolutionised both slime farming and causes of motion sickness?!

[@Kaemonarch]

@@andrewmirror4611Yeah, that happens a lot. What IS weird thou, and what he probably meant, is that he never got motion sickness... and THEN started doing so because he changed how he clicks the keys. Getting sick because of an underliying association in the brain between the fingers movements and the expected screen movement as a result. If everytime you tried to walk (in game or in real life) forward, you moved to the left... yeah, that's where the motion sickness seems to be comming from.

[@Drulk-cw3tx]

Now that I think about it, has Mumbo ever walked diagonally, it would require pressing 2 directional keys at once. I can't even imagine playing like this. I kind of want to try it out as a sort of challenge, beating Minecraft with Mumbo style. Which would include thumb shifting of course.

[@radnbad95]

Is that weird??? I can do pretty easily

[@radnbad95]

@thegaminglord5809 to walk diagonally?

[@hercar20xx5]

They prob play with a with ring w and s with middle and e and d with pointer and space thumb and shit and control with pinky

[@SwayamNegi-Swami]

@mitchellcouchman6589i just tried it out and can confirm very easy to do

[@cooiecub]

be careful, you might not be able to go back to normal controls once your brain gets used to it

[@talistrahan6374]

Zuko: Got violently Ill after doing one good deed Mumbo: 3:52

[@thegreatautismo224]

Chicken pecking the movement keys actually makes sense, since Minecraft is pretty much the only game Mumbo ever plays. He's never really required to strafe or otherwise press two movement keys at once

[@Chronically_Bored]

CHICKEN PECKING 😭😭

[@purplesam2609]

@Chronically_Bored that's what they call it, using just a few fingers to type. It's said to be the wrong way to do it, but if it works it works

[@garrettsawyer4264]

@@Chronically_Bored😊

[@spittyjr.2181]

Watching him use two fingers for WASD made me feel like no one can fix Mumbo.

[@mr.redstone3800]

This is actually how i used to play MC (except thumb shifting), but since I started playing other games i use the “correct” way.

[@UlyssesK402]

Learning that you press all of WASD with just your index finger was gold, and then seeing how your natural instinct to not being able to WASD with your index finger was to instead WASD with your middle finger just embedded gemstones into that gold bar. I just came here to see you combat your thumb-shifting. I had no idea there was more to it than that.

[@Amokra]

now we know why his shuffle is so iconic

[@chsinger96]

Who tf uses a single finger for WASD😭😭😭😭

[@clutterbot7279]

@@chsinger96me bc coordination with dyspraxia is hell 😂 😭

[@bigali_8]

Grian was definitely holding mumbo at gunpoint to make this video

[@michaelrhine3152]

They live in the UK... it was probably a knife🙃

[@DerakosZrux]

@@michaelrhine3152 Nah must have been threatening to smash his favorite tea cup.

[@Nanoqtran]

Definitely not happening. I'm pretty sure you would hear grian throwing up in the background from watching his hand.

[@Venskii]

​​@@DerakosZrux or threatening him with scalding hot tea

[@CRIZZZLPT]

​@@michaelrhine3152 i must correct you there, I't wos a knoife, innit?

[@DragonHeart55]

This is extremely funny but also genuinely probably good for you; you are probably saving yourself years of arthritis from undue joint stresses down the road. Godspeed and keep up the good work o7

[@eykan_ow]

I actually see the difference in how you walk with your character, you used to only walk one direction at a time and almost never diagonally, but you just did after finishing the build and walking around a bit. Proud of you Mumbo!

[@DaniSC_l1]

holy, I never realized that mumbo walk in just one direction, but yeah now he's a bit more walk freely

[@HaneulShin-x2o]

@@DaniSC_l1 yeah same

[@superspider64]

I never even realized that lmao, that's hilarious

[@carimeslockdownedtree2654]

Oh !!! You're so right!!! I never noticed that of him!!

[@BurritoInTheMist]

I wonder if this was why he couldn't react to a lot of sudden things in minecraft?

[@2-4-6-0-1]

This intro feels like that awkward moment when you have to introduce yourself and “one fun fact about you” and accidentally reveal your darkest secret cause you couldn’t think of anything

[@codyleroy7]

⁠@MyContentIsWayBetterget outta here you bozo.

[@Mustavariz]

​@MyContentIsWayBetter Go outside

[@medievalcatguy6776]

​@MyContentIsWayBetter get reported for promoting terrorism

[@Pelipoikki]

​@@Mustavariz Its even more hilarious to see people interact with the bots

[@randomperson8375]

@@Mustavarizit's a bot, replying to it just makes KZbin think it's real. it's best to report stuff like this whenever you see it and move on instead of engaging with it.

[@0DeCa.]

Legit the highest quality hand cam i have ever seen. It had no right to go so hard.

[@Vohasiiv]

Im pretty sure he's a cinematographer

[@DistantLoner]

@@Vohasiiv But he didn't have to flex like that!

[@DragonicArchitect]

@@Vohasiiv (he is)

[@candlecattmusic]

I don't know if this is intended to be a pun but it is subtle and amazing. I love it, made me laugh 😊

[@revolver265]

I misread this as "I had no right to go so hard" due to being on mobile and the sentence wrapping to the next line. Thanks, KZbin.

[@ariana1042]

Strangly knowing Mumbo presses WASD with one finger makes sense cause his character moves in a way it just matches him

[@Bongus_Bubogus]

I must now retroactively reconsider every single fumble Mumbo has ever had, there’s no way to move around effectively with only one WASD finger

[@bvz935]

Thumbshaming Mumbo into correct key-pressing. Next, storming Etho's house.

[@jashirei7581]

Hermit intervention at etho's place

[@wyrmeleon2002]

Good luck finding the mystery man who we only know lives in the depths of the Canadian wilderness like some kind of strange Moose

[@thegameplayer125]

now we just gotta find him since he's without a doubt the most mysterious hermit by far

[@Sorta8]

I'm pretty sure even if we knew where he lives, we'd lose most of the group on the way and then get picked off one by one as we walk through the etho-domain.

[@Dingusdoofus]

@@wyrmeleon2002Finding Etho is easy, Joel just needs to get lost in the Canadian wilderness and call for help like a damsel in distress.

[@DenDave_]

no way has the Hermitcraft community peer pressured Mumbo into changing his quirk 😭

[@CaymenEditz]

they cyber bullied him into doing it lmao

[@owenbridgers]

It’s actually making me feel awful watching this video, Why can’t people just let him play how he naturally plays?

[@WackoMcGoose]

@@CaymenEditz Grian got cyberbullied into finishing The Back Of The Base last season, and this season he went out of his way to ensure there would _be_ no "back". How is Mumbo gonna be playing by Season 11, at this point?

[@bananabanana2887]

@@owenbridgersit’s all in good spirits clearly they are joking lol - you can hear him laughing

[@LordTameo]

Mumbo said that he doesn't like to shift too much because his thumb gets tired. It's healthy for him to change that.

[@sarahcraft8047]

"'Oh what did you do today?' 'Well, I clamped a bunch of safety cables to my desk to stop my fingers from doing things I don't want them to while playing a video game. Um, btw that's my job.'" ~ Mumbo, best quote from entire vid lol (6:36)

[@sleepyghostproductions7529]

Mumbo not being able to strafe makes his death by fence post in Secret Life make so much more sense.

[@redox4604]

Mumbo unknowingly using his pointy finger for WASD would have sent him flying past Etho in the weirdness scale. It's kinda impressive

[@xxselenaxx2142]

Absolutely

[@dbseamz]

On the contrary, I think the overall hand configuration together makes a lot more sense than randomly crossing the thumb under the rest of the fingers.

[@wombat4191]

@@dbseamz But the weirdest part is that he didin't even realize he was WASD'ing with just index finger. Besides the fact that he was actually doing that this whole time, of course. Those things are way weirder than just thumb-shifting, even if the thumb-shifting itself doesn't seem so weird in this context.

[@davincidamaster5311]

Therapist: "Dolphin Mumbo Jumbo doesn't exist, he can't hurt you..." Mumbo 'Dolphin' Jumbo: 2:23

[@bp92221]

Thanks! I hate it

[@jenius9164]

I didn't even notice that 😂😂😂

[@bcraftr]

My phone took a while to respond to clicking the time stamp and I was caught off guard lol

[@Jack-Vack17]

So true was trying to figure out what he sounded like

[@ThePolskejsalam]

2:24* 🐬🐁

[@jadabower674]

We definitely need to have the Handi-Cam on every video from now on to keep Mumbo accountable.

[@d.j.rproductions]

wait till he finds out that the "pointer finger" IS the index finger and he has made all of us along with himself confused. Because if he means his middle finger by his "pointer finger" it's hilarious to imagine him pointing at things with that

[@khyrmiee]

my old maths teacher used to point to things on the board with her middle finger lol

[@-Brickbro1]

Pov him: “look at that plane ✈️ ” What people see: “F you sky people!”

[@SoshJam]

i think he calls his middle finger his index finger, but he uses the correct term for pointer finger

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

@@khyrmieemy little sister used to point with her middle finger for years, ever since she was a little toddler up until around the age of seven or so. Rude associations aside, it was so strange seeing her contort her little hand like that just to point at something. Kind of like how mumbo thumb shifts: it gets the job done, but there’s a much easier and less mechanically involved way of doing that same simple task.

[@chrismichaelyoung]

The Mumbo finger terminology: Thumb, Pointer, Index, Third, Pinky

[@tomatomathy]

Honestly seeing how large Mumbo's hand is compared to the membrane keyboard, I can understand how using the index finger for moving is more comfortable and what comes naturally. Maybe getting a larger keyboard/Mechanical one would make it easier. But the Membrane one is probably a lot more convenient to carry around

[@grn1]

He said in the pinned comment that's it's a full sized keyboard, he just has big hands.

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

Having big fingers over a comparatively smaller keyboard. Hmm. He probably also faced the issue Ren had with fingers too close to use on WASD, but he just used 1 finger where Ren keybinded it differently.

[@cd7677]

I have average hand size (like 20cm) and microsoft ergonomic keyboards do the trick for me, sadly there's no mechanical variant and newer ones suck

[@aerialdive]

a larger keyboard would have to be entirely custom built because his hands are. Large.

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

Could definitely get or make a larger membrane board too

[@theroon6770]

6:57 ah yes selling Mumbo finger bondage as merch, Call it keyboard masochism.

[@Peach-ish]

I need to see Mumbo do some regular typing at this point bc there's no way this weirdness is isolated.

[@itsguy695]

I like this lets bump this to the top guys 😂

[@snowy3618]

As a fellow thumb shifter I can confirm I use my thumb for shift when typing.

[@lloydobi8754]

Yes I am gonna type random words now hated DJ's fluff Doug Greek yawn useful k chew loud but I think it was a little bit like a lot of the things I am doing in 4AM are in a different shape than I was in a different age of a girl and a girl I am so happy to have been in a way you know I was so happy for the reader that I had to make it a point community church in a few other things that could have been done to read the bible in the world of love and love it as an opportunity for a hobby to read a lot about a book that I had to read the bible for a few years ago to get a job and I have 4no I am a good writer but I'm not the best person to do with my work and the other way I think it's a good thing 3rd and most of it is the most common in a way that I had never heard from the person who would be a good idea to me in the first place but I think it's a good idea for them and the way they do that you know what they are going to say to them that they are going to have to be a good deal if you don't want to be in the same way that you can do that you can get to the point where is the most common thing you can do that will be the best way you can get to the point where you can do it in your own life in a way that you can make a good deal about it and you have to make it a little easier to read and write 4a for a hobby 4or that you have to be a good idea for 5PM and the way it is in the world of the world is going to be an opportunity for the reader to make a point of what the spirit of the world of the things you are in the first place you have a chance to make it helps to know what you want and how you feel and how to make it a better way to make a good deal of yourself with a good deal about it in the world of the things that are so good deal with the world is not the same as it is in a different place than the other people who die in a way that is a good idea to use it as an opportunity for the people of the United States and the world of love to make it helps you to be a good deal with your own business and the world is not the same way you are not in a different place and you are in a way you are in the world is going on in your mind and the way you are not in the first half that you're not going through a long time to get to know your partner or something else that is not the same way you can get a job and a lot of the time you are not going through a lot more people in the first half of this country than the one in a way you can get a lot more people in the first half of this year than that of a new generation in a different place than we are now and the way it works is in our minds that use it to make a good idea to the audience and a few years ago and a lot more people than ever before and a few other projects in the world is going on in the first place in a different place than the one in the world is going on the same as a whole other things to me than that in the world is not a real thing for the reader that you have a lot to do with the world of love in your mind and you can do it without a lot more than that in the world is

[@ToonedMinecraft]

I tend to actually only type with my index fingers. Don't only play with my index finger though, I use all of them like a normal person.

[@aozzya1563]

He has said that he doesn't use his thumb for shift when typing

[@Orc_Savage]

I'm just gonna say it; Thumbo Jumbo EDIT: Holy gorilla thanks everyone for the likes (if you get the reference you're a legend)

[@Green-vw5vr]

Everyone was thinking it but only you had the power to say it

[@aringrey]

I wish you hadn't lol

[@arttops2563]

omg that would have bee a perfect nickname but I'm proud you and us as fans held off until after he'd gotten over this habit! (And totally not because none of us thought of it, we're so creative!)

[@TheLoneWulf0]

Jumbo Thumbo if its swollen

[@autotec-20]

Thumbo Jumbo

[@greenzleaf]

idk what’s scarier: him just now realizing he’s been using his pointer to press wasd or him using those „restraints“ 😭💀

[@greenrryt]

we have similar pfps and names

[@idiotically-everything]

As a thumb shifter myself, I had to fix it because it started making my crap joints even worse.

[@greenzleaf]

@@greenrryt well met good fellow, I see you have excellent taste in colors as well as usernames

[@greenzleaf]

@@idiotically-everything I guess the only good thing about my hands is that I wouldn’t be able to shift my thumb like that even if I wanted to 😭💀 Istg my piano and violin skills are being restrained due to my hands being the size of that of a toddler’s

[@idiotically-everything]

@@greenzleaf Yeah, my joints can't do their job so I have chronic pain, and doing things in ways that aren't ergonomic make it worse :)

[@connortremblay1259]

This is the type of hostile self improvement that I'm here for

[@JSSMVCJR2.2]

The hell you like that?!

[@ixta]

I don't think you actually need to force yourself to change your habits, but I have to admit, this was one of the most hilarious videos I've seen in a long time. So much laughter...

[@__AbAbe]

it would make minecraft so much easier for him in the long run though

[@ethanbuttazzi2602]

@@__AbAbeits not even that, with the way he did, especially his thumb, he could get tendinites or carpal tunnel, it was a health risk!

[@jehmarxx]

It will help, just that there would be a quirk manifesting. Just like when I was forced to write with the thumb and the index finger rather than the entire fist, my ring finger started doing ... things.

[@Tepalus]

Mumbo: Tries to fix his thumb problem Also Mumbo: Only uses 1 finger for WASD

[@col2650]

Yeah, i think his pinky and ring finger were kinda just not connected to his brain. Good thing he can still move them somewhat.

[@wanderinwolf3804]

I know.... I love Mumbo and all, but sir, that just made my opinion of you drop a couple more levels than shifting with just your thumb did....

[@reardenbentley9622]

people don’t only use one finger for movement?

[@RedLuigiE]

it makes me sad

[@cl4655]

​@@reardenbentley9622Most people use ring for A, middle for W and S, and pointer for D

[@ProKitman]

Him tossing his pickaxe around 3:30 is exactly why I (also with rather big hands) moved throw item to Y, not Q (Y for yeet)

[@alkimia1791]

Perfect lol

[@thecreatorofpc7929]

I moved Drop all the way to right shift. Since i basically never have a need to quickly drop items, and dont want to accidentally drop a pickaxe or something in lava.

[@Frescko]

I go with P

[@drrobertus_]

Same

[@MezephelesArt]

I moved it to M

[@TigerLillysz]

Mumbo: "I thumb shift but that's okay I'll change it because you guys think it's weird" Also mumbo: " I press the WASD with my pointer fingers tHAtS uNaCCePTaBLe!!

[@PixelFoxCrochet]

For the last 4 years my husband and I have talked about how important professional gamer/esports healthcare is. He is a doctor in residency for sports medicine, and hopefully eventually hand surgery. I'm a kinesiologist and personal trainer with a focus in corrective exercise. Never in either of our lives have we considered techniques for re-teaching someone proper keyboard movement/ergonomics. Not sure I'd have gone for safety cables, but at least it seems like it was vaguely effective for you Mumbo. You very much might make an interesting case study in my & my husband's field.

[@navidryanrouf441]

Of all the things to take from this video, never would I have thought a scientific study would come out of this...

[@worldsenddesign5374]

@@navidryanrouf441 Mumbo's weird ideas have fueled the Tech community to revolutionize slime farming, and now physical therapy. :D

[@umangsheel7819]

@@navidryanrouf441Agreed

[@orangee_blox]

5:02 “i just cant quite fire the signals that i want to, it’s really frustrating and incredibly fatiguing” *_Me, a pianist: I FEEL YOU SO MUCH_*

[@the26thLetteroftheAlphabet]

as an artist and amateur guitarist, I agree

[@hoseinsan9752]

I mean, he IS playing on a keyboard... :)

[@GuiSmith]

@@hoseinsan9752You know, I blame most of the way I type with having learned typing and piano around the same time. Keyboards, you gotta tap em (just right, or you get carpal tunnel and spinal muscle detachment)

[@k98killer]

You never did the isolation exercises to get your fingers moving independently?

[@hoseinsan9752]

@@GuiSmithI got a question, do you press harded on WASD to make the player run faster? Just me? Oh well.... Same thing for jumping lol.

[@popcatcarl6662]

Mumbo is rapidly moving up the play style weirdness scale for putting his individual fingers on leashes to correct his abhorrent behavior

[@sorayaya3080]

Mumbo Mumbo Pressing WASD with only your index finger is something my brother would do at 7 years old. He's 10 now. He can play WSAD with his index, middle and ring finger now. On the pressing shift with your thumb part: I genuinely have no clue how you can do that at all to be honest. It's so outlandish I'm kind of impressed

[@gavindinsmoor8196]

I've actually been practicing the movements for thumb shifting, and it certainly feels weird, but the more you do it, the easier it becomes! In fact, my pinkie now moves onto the caps lock key so that my thumb has room on shift!

[@frozenflame34]

@@gavindinsmoor8196why

[@gavindinsmoor8196]

@@frozenflame34 Why not?

[@frozenflame34]

@@gavindinsmoor8196 good point

[@malkolmr1727]

i think most gamers have their left hand further in on the keyboard than mumbo, as you see he has his hand very much to the left, making it easier to press shift with the thumb. He is also left handed which does not help in this case

[@Gonin049]

6:57 "I should sell this as merch!" Mumbo. Buddy. Nobody else needs this contraption to stop themselves from thumb shifting.

[@atsukana1704]

I think he meant the phrase

[@rysea9855]

I uhh, also thumb shift 😳

[@sanguinelinguine]

I have big hands and also thumb shift. Been playing since 2012!

[@Flower_Does_Thingz]

Yea, I press shift with my index finger

[@ScooterinAB]

There is at least one other person that does this.

[@Basically_Anybody]

I always controlled wasd with 3 fingers, pointer middle and ring. Kudos to Mumbo for managing to play with only 1, but certainly explains why his movements were rarely at angles

[@sambrown6426]

Well, I press W and S with my middle finger, D with my pointer/index finger, and A with my ring finger, so there's that. I got it from when I used to play a game called Tanki Online, and I would move the tank using the arrow keys with the same 3-finger deal with my right hand, which made it very easy to turn and go forward/backward at the same time, and with my left hand I would have my pinkie on Z to turn the turret left, my ring finger on X to turn the turret right, my middle finger on C to bring the turret to center, and my pointer/index finger on the spacebar to fire the gun, not even touching the mouse, and you didn't have to aim the gun up or down, it just kinda fired up or down within a certain window automatically. When I started playing other games, I did the same 3-finger control with my left hand on WASD. It's a bit weird, but at least I have a reasonable and understandable explanation for where it came from, unlike Mumbo.

[@andreinaf]

Yes, that is how most people play video games

[@sambrown6426]

@@andreinaf Oh, when Mumbo was going on about using his pointer finger I got confused and thought he meant that most people push WASD with only their middle finger.

[@Apple_Beshy]

​@@sambrown6426nope normal people use 3 of their fingers on WASD

[@Shortnamesareoverrated]

Mumbo. Listening to you giggle hysterically for ten minutes while watching your fingers move while tied to safety cables was the BEST possible way to spend my afternoon

[@betabesta3514]

Never did i ever think that i would see a video come up in my feed that can effectively be summed up as "Mumbo Jumbo thumb Bondage"

[@rekrap2]

If you really want to change your habits it might be worth trying out a different keyboard. I find behavior change much easier when there’s a new environment. Really fun video

[@DrGrim1]

True I changed keyboards and cured my weird key pressing ways

[@thecampfire7219]

This is very true for me too

[@rvn8552]

the keyboard he's using is so small it actually makes sense why he's using this "setup" with his hand

[@prof.reuniclus21]

hi rekrap

[@denakadoo5683]

rekrap should collab with mumbo sometime, I feel mumbo could use the insight and rekrap could learn a thing or two about redstone

[@Undermine5]

2:23 that have to be one of the cutest noise I have heard from a grown up man (like a squeaky toy) surrounded by genuine laughter.

[@randominternetartist2615]

I loved that laugh so much! He laughs like me!

[@Nixie172]

XDD he just makes so many odd noises

[@kelpstorm]

for real, ive never heard him laugh that hard before!! made me smile :3

[@uniwolfgamer1094]

Lol it's actually like a squeaky toy. I didn't notice it the first time round 😂

[@Qu33nOfN3rds]

Right? Like that DOLPHIN SQUEAK

[@otodusobliquus3836]

As weird as it may be, it is a solid solution to remapping your brain into correctly using the right fingers. Would love to see an episode or two of hermit craft with the "Handi-cam" enabled, and then after a few more days of this, an episode or two without the cables to see if it has truly fixed your symptoms!

[@stealthlock6634]

YES FREAKIN PLEASE. WHOLE HERMITCRAFT EPISODE LIKE THIS PLEASE

[@felidawn]

As someone with a hypermobility condition which has been causing me issues, I also have been having to use insane devices to try and make my fingers NOT do just insane things. It is a struggle and a legitimate workout. I feel you Mumbo

[@dylandreisbach1986]

People did this with factories back in the day. In order to prevent workers from crushing their hands in machinery they would have ropes attached to the wrists and pull back their hands when the machine activates. They are called “press pullback” if you want to look it up. We found out that all you need to do is require the operator to punch two buttons with both hands to prevent them crushing their hands rather than physically pulling back the hands.

[@VermillionPengu]

That's what I call a monkey brain approach to problem solving.

[@killianramsey4805]

Lol, this is actually still a thing. They're used in sheet metal manufacturing when the operator has to hold a piece at the same time they operate the press. I also work in the powdered metal industry and all the operators have figured out how to press both buttons with one arm (hand and elbow)

[@christopher5855]

Yup still in use for when you are working around punch presses that have pinch points. Trust me after watching a de-gloving video or two you don’t forget the straps lol. I used to work in a metal forming and parts fabrication factory and as annoying as those straps are they keep your digits intact. It’s really easy to become complacent when doing monotonous tasks around heavy machinery.

[@Lodestone8]

Still a thing for example in Brandon's video on the words of radiance leatherbound

[@jwalster9412]

I work in a factory, and a good amount of the manual machines that use any hydraulics require two buttons to activate. The exception being anything old. Every old machine there could well be a Deathtrap.

[@Fishpasta4]

This thumb shifting problem is becoming an entire character arc at this point. And I'm here for it.

[@NaisanSama]

Watching this made me think of my entire history on how i used the keyboard starting from Y8 games 😐 And how i came to the standard way of playing.

[@BryceNafziger]

Good job mate! Now to watch the other hermits cure their issues...

[@NovacootSnapshots]

imagine how much you need to fix etho

[@norosebyanyothername]

Gotta get Etho an entirely new setup lol

[@EthaDaDaemon]

FIX THE BOX ETHO-

[@Flower_Does_Thingz]

ARE YOU SERIOUS THE UUTP IS HERE TOO??????

[@Queso-Dip]

@@EthaDaDaemonNO THAT BOX HAS MORE HISTORY WITH ETHO THAN SOME HERMITS DO WITH THE SERVER

[@Micha-Hil]

Mumbo Jumbo literally just needs to play two matches of an arena shooter to understand why people use Ring, Middle, Index for A, W/S, and D for movement

[@huntish3760]

Get this man on quake

[@Reid-Ma]

Been playing fps games for years and i have always done Middle finger for W, and Pointer for A, S, and D, yes i shift with thumb

[@JaydanPErsaud]

​@@Reid-Ma Thats what I do to. 😮 Man I thought I was the only one who did this.

[@JSSMVCJR2.2]

@@huntish3760 Torturing Mumbo with Finger Bondage and Unreal Tournament.

[@stardustandflames126]

6:38 "To stop my fingers from doing things I don't want them to" Thank you Mumbo 🙂

[@PrototypePlatform]

yknow, now that i've SEEN how it actually looks, im not so against it now i know that: a) your hand is MASSIVE (thank grian for that one) b) you actually relax your whole hand and only use the index for moving (actually makes sense now that i think about it) c) your hand slightly comes from the side, its not such a sharp, 'thumb u-turn' d) your keyboard is compact, its a laptop keyboard. this make SOOOOOOOOO much sense make no mistake, you're still one of the weirdest

[@davidbatbold]

I don’t think it’s a laptop keyboard. Looks like the Mac Studio keyboard, which is similar to a MacBook keyboard I guess

[@edford3354]

yeah I think the main thing is actually the index finger doing all the movement, I have really big hands and i was trying to figure out how he could confortably press wasd with his 3 fingers (especially ring finger) and it felt off but as soon as i swapped to just index and sometimes index and middle finger it felt way more natural

[@beamshooter]

As soon as I saw the keyboard size, reasonable. Then when he reveals how he uses WASD.... that is WEIRD.

[@ianweckhorst3200]

It reminds me of braces, braces for your hands

[@starmedigun]

Getting a larger keyboard would actually just fix all of his problems wouldn’t it

[@NovelStraights]

There is no way Mumbo “biked across Europe” jumbo is calling himself unfit

[@Corndog-]

@ThatMumboJumbo I recommend just resting your fingers on their desired keys before playing anything with the desired finger->key choices. For example, it is most common for players to use middle finger for W and S, ring finger for A, index finger for D, and pinky for shift or alt

[@randomdjude776]

Fun Fact: There was a famous pianist who did kind of the same thing: He attached a cable to his ringfinger, because he was sick of it being weaker than the others, so it would be trained more. This led to a severe joint injury. The pianist could never play the same as before. So, maybe dont make this cable thing a habit?

[@cosralix]

Right, but that cable was so the pianist had to strain the joint more to move. Mumbo’s safety-cord things aren’t straining his finger, they’re just preventing them from moving to a different key

[@baritonemickey]

That pianist was Robert Schumann, who after temporarly paralyzing his middle and ring finger at his right hand and broke his pianist career, turned to composing becoming a world known composer

[@sylisshade2913]

Am I thinking about someone else, I thought the guy was stretching his fingers apart so he could play more keys?

[@Landrew-47]

@@baritonemickeyso what you’re saying is that mumbo is going to end his Minecraft career with a devastating injury and turn into a Minecraft developer so he can fix all the redstone issues

[@Theo_the_cat_guy]

I heard of a similar thing once where on order to free his hands and increase his range he had a doctor sever a tendon in his hand and it just made half his hand go limp

[@TwilightChomperEnthusiast]

2:42 Ah yes, I too remember learning to play the piano by having my fingers forcibly held in place by cables capable of withstanding a hundred kilos!

[@AnubisFactsGames]

This is legitimately like psychological therapy, where your current associations are challenged until you manage to modify them/form new ones.

[@deehvi1608]

don't you mean psychological torture?

[@ohiorushbaby]

Cognitive behavioral therapy of the hand.

[@sethsmith2608]

@@ohiorushbaby therapy is basically a synonym for torture

[@LRM12o8]

@sethsmith2608 that's an incredibly daft take, wtfh! It's wrong on so many levels, I cant even list them all! Therapy seeks to heal and help the patient, torture is the literal opposite, it's to inflict pain and injury to someone until they give up! Therapy is to help someone change negative convictions that keep them down, torture is mentally and physically breaking them down until they betray their conviction and gove the torture what they want for it to stop. Therapy requires the patient's willing participation in order to work while torture is literally a means to break the victims will! If you think therapy was comparable to torture you either don't know the first thing about therapy, have a terrible therapist or have been forced into a treatment called "conversion therapy", which actually is abuse/torture, not therapy.

[@qfurgie]

middle finger on W and S, ring finger on A, index finger on D, pinkie on Shift, thumb on Space

[@gavindinsmoor8196]

Index also on E for inventory, and ring also on Q for throw item!

[@dwn_xx]

pinky also control

[@JSSMVCJR2.2]

My way.

[@firebirdfrenzy4992]

Knowing you were pressing WASD with only one finger makes so much sense. It’s so much easier to put your thumb under the one finger than three

[@calc2492]

well now this makes me feel bad about the fact that i'm a thumb shifter but i use all 3 fingers for WASD

[@ShiaraMoon]

If you genuinely want to change this I agree with several other comments I’ve seen: 1. Get a new keyboard, new environment or position for your keyboard makes it easier to learn new habits. You might consider one with an ergonomic split layout. 2. Limit how long you use physical restraints like this and maybe add a pad of some kind. 3. Reward yourself when you do it right.

[@cd7677]

Gianormous ergonomic keyboards are so nice, it's a shame most of them are membrane and quite expensive cause the custom key layout

[@Falcodrin]

True if he is changing his entire typing experience might as well go with a bulgy split keyboard and get the suffering that is hitting y with your left or t with your right (whichever you prefer) out of the way.

[@brisingrprotogen1739]

Another really good option is to buy a mouse with programmable buttons (I just got a hero G502 and map stuff like jump shift and inventory to the side buttons!

[@bottledcat6255]

yeah but I bet mumbo has aesthetic demands for his desk, he uses a Mac and the matching keyboard for Minecraft 😂

[@teagancardinale6817]

2:22 his laugh is so funny, not in a contagious manner but he just sounds so incredibly enthused

[@tumblingartist]

ikr- something about his laugh there makes me smile

[@VincentVanJoYT]

🐦🐦

[@mildlymarvelous]

I can’t get over how he laughs so hard he squeaks like a bird 😂😂😂

[@s1yfox14]

this video has caused me more laughter, so I don't think that problem is being solved, but I also completely understand where you are coming from. I have on multiple occasions had to consciously fix things I've instinctually done wrong, from SWALLOWING to holding a pencil and holding a fork (twice), to many more things after them going from inconsequential to genuinely causing me problems (cannot swallow pills and air and bloating from consuming liquids, but also bruises on my ring finger and thumb joint from holding pencils weird, etc., I literally cannot think of the other ones right now, but I know I've had more cases) It's always odd and painful, having to relearn and adjust, but it usually comes with benefits after what was, for me, usually a consistent month of retraining my brain. One issue I don't think I've fixed yet is my typing, though. It feels clunky and like I'm doing something wrong, but I cannot figure out what. I guess I'll keep on making typos. _-o-_ anyways I very much enjoyed you discovering all of your other quirks which were not considered in the ranking :)

[@Lucas-ky7dc]

First of. As fun as this video is, I hope you don't actually feel pressured to change how you are just to fit with how other people are. You are you. And we like you, weirdness included. Second. Watch next week Mumbo say he left clicks with his pinky.

[@user-kb9wd3zn9h]

I have been mentally damaged by that proposition

[@YYY66767]

he should change the thumb thing though because that's leading straight to carpal tunnel

[@HonorsBlog]

it's worth changing for ergonomics reasons - a guy who plays video games for a living should play those video games in a way that won't mess with his hands - but i get what you mean about how mumbo shouldn't change just to fit in.

[@vulpix9210]

Playing Minecraft is his job, the issue here is you're suggesting something that could lead to health problems. The way he uses his hand on the board can lead to carpal tunnel and other health complications. It's smart to force this change now and never have to deal with the fallout of not having done it.

[@bencurtis8838]

@@vulpix9210big agree.

[@thunder_blade132]

I love how genuinely confused you sound at 1:42 and realizing your other fingers doing weird things too - this was such a beaultiful thing to watch and to hear how you just laughing at the absurdity that is your finger setup. It's always good to be able to laugh at yourself =D

[@ianthesilverfire5224]

Oh I was reminded. My dad tells a story about when he was going to music school, and there was a trumpet player who was genuinely gaining national attention, he was so good. But, he played from the side of his mouth. Well, one teacher took it upon himself to "fix it", and basically ruined this guy's career. He could play with the proper configuration, but it wasn't near as good, and he never managed to go back to how he used to play.

[@erorr.sanitynotavailable6937]

This is kinda sad actually.

[@louisa3494]

At a trumpet masterclass I was told the story of a man the tutor once knew who became incredible at the trumpet the same way and never corrected it, he ended up drastically ruining the muscles in the side of his lip and was physically never able to play again

[@frostboi77]

oh i know a friend who is in the process of fixing his trumpet embouchure lmao, slightly similar situation but more self-aware probably

[@Alevia.]

sounds like an asshole(is an asshole)

[@inzoquetzal1271]

damn that teacher really went ''im boutta end this mans whole career'' 💀

[@TheLiteralSun_]

Im honestly impressed with how well you’ve been doing. No wonder Iskal beats you when end busting

[@emberborn3292]

i have hypermobile joints, which are especially bad in my fingers, and i often end up pressing shift with my thumb and using wasd with my index finger because those fingers stay in position slightly more reliably than my middle and pinky fingers. the first thing i thought of when the thumb shifting controversy came out was to wonder if it was just less painful for you. etho explaining that his setup was more comfortable for him physically made the whole thing make perfect sense to me, too: a bad enough case of carpal tunnel could end his career, so reducing wrist and hand pain is crucial.

[@Yerfriendgraph]

Seconding this! Mumbo you fit the type for hypermobile joints! Long and lanky and naturally making self-accommodations in the ways you use your keyboard. You can get little fancy joint holders that help if you are- talk to yer doc about it if this keeps being a problem!

[@andrewbloom7694]

Hes frequently said its actively painful, thats why hes so confused about why he does it lol.

[@somearthling]

i actually tried etho's setup, it's very comfortable! the only problem is, i couldn't figure out how to rotate the mouse inputs so i dont have to move the mouse left to look up

[@jameshunter6121]

@@somearthling it's not a rotation of inputs, it's how you are thinking of it. To look up, you still push the mouse towards the cable and such, (or pull back if you use inverted) it's just difficult to make your brain think of it correctly, when you are used to the conventional way. His set up is mostly weird cos of the mic and elbows on the desk, the mouse is fine.

[@LoveYouHoney]

F in the chat for your thumb

[@p3arlie]

F

[@thatMF08]

F

[@AlastairEnd]

F

[@olive3365]

he has to press it with his pinky tho

[@AnmarBatarfi]

F

[@exoghost000]

It's all fun and games until the finger shock collar comes into play.

[@mushro0m_mo0n14]

NOOO AHJAKSKSK 💀💀

[@nombreno6718]

it's all thumb and games.

[@BlenderGeek]

From the thumbnail I thought that's what those cables were.

[@gamingfrog1234]

@@BlenderGeek same here

[@VoxNerdula]

CBT is next

[@thetiredwitch]

oh. my. god. i’m not really into games in general, but i recently joined a minecraft server.. and. EVERY person there was so surprised i clicked shift with my thumb… i think about a lot, now i switch between a pinkie and a thumb, but it never worried me before, i used to play piano and still do sometimes, you have to be pretty flexible in your hand joints, so i was never bothered anyway :)

[@jordanpierce7637]

As a residential big handed player, I recommend Ren’s style of ESDF>WASD. Makes the other buttons easier imo

[@yuugur666]

Ren did NOT say ESDF. Ren said EAXF.

[@Nihilore]

and honestly, as a fellow big fella, resting my fingers on EAF feels genuinely good, the reason i'd never switch off WASD though is that not all games allow keybind changes and i'd hate to swap between different resting positions for different games. it's easy when the only game you play is MC!

[@ivibivivgig6425]

​@Nihilore if the game won't let you do it, rebind your keyboard keys, bwahaha

[@yuugur666]

@@Nihilore well, tbf, anybody that actually knows how to type is gonna find "basically just home position" comfortable.

[@JACKHARRINGTON]

Steam input guys

[@blipblob]

He realised how weird it was after the ordering of the weirdest hermit

[@bedroombunny9529]

The fact that you compared this to a Piano lesson is far more accurate than you could imagine. I'm a piano teacher and I see the same problem in some of my students that you have with the Keyboard. They REFUSE to use all five fingers when playing and only want to use their thumb, index finger, and middle finger. If they can overcome their bad habits, so can you.

[@thomaes751]

I played cello growing up and always used to really struggle with this, and I still do to some extent. Moving my ring and pinky fingers is so much harder than the rest of my fingers, they feel stiffer and more dependent on each other. I could never play notes with just my pinky because my ring finger feels the need to bend with my pinky, and if I fight it I lose coordination in my pinky and my whole hand starts twitching. Trying to move them independently of each other is actually painful. I've noticed when getting into rock climbing recently that I cannot do a three finger crimp because my ring finger loses all power as soon as I try to "separate" it from my pinky.

[@kylecoolky1189]

Best keyboard controls/hand placement: Index finger on D and E Middle finger on W and S Ring finger on Q, A, and tab Pinky on shift (sprint) Thumb on spacebar and command(Mac)/alt(Win) (sneak) Right thumb on side mouse button(s) (zoom)

[@Revanaught]

Okay, when I first learned about the thumb thing, I thought it was odd, but hey if that's what you're comfortable with, go for it. Then I saw the video and it all clicked. I totally get why your press shift with your thumb with that hand posture. That makes sense. The weird part is using only your index finger for WASD. That has made the thumb shift make sense, but is very weird in its own right Most people put index on D, ring in A, middle on W and will move to S when needed, which is why thumb comfortably goes on the spacebar and pinky on shift. Index only for WASD makes pinky on shift look very uncomfortable.

[@LordNNero]

Hey, I also wanted to share my experience. I just feel really uncomfortable pressing any button with my pinky. I feel like I need to give out extra effort just to press a button with my pinky. So left shift, I use ring finger if it's needed some times. But, if it's a long term thing then I usually rebind the keyboard and take the button near my Thumb. Does it feel as uncomfortable for everyone to press with Pinky? Or is it just me?

[@Amber7H]

@@LordNNero i used to have trouble pressing shift/ctrl with my pinky, but after a while i feel like i just kinda trained my pinky to be comfortable pressing those buttons, but yeah, i get what you mean

[@lieeeleeee]

I just rembind the shift key to be caps lock or something else higher up on that side of the keyboard because I have tiny hands and often stretching to shift is too far down but honestly I’ve gotten used to shift, it’s control that really does me in sometimes

[@KidPrarchord95]

I don't actually move my middle finger down to press S, I just press it with the middle of the finger

[@PJM257]

today i learned that most people put their fingers on wasd like that, my whole life i've put my ring finger on w and my middle finger on s lol

[@ca.b.92]

I am impressed with the quality of your "Thumb Shift Detector" Cam. The colors and colordepths are impressive and the focal with the soft bokeh is beautiful.

[@youarieyellowmissile]

becaus, he is an Chinemaik Fimer ;D ^--^ He know camaras ;D

[@foryx_]

I recommend rebinding throw to 'G' from 'Q'. It's surprisingly helpful, and you get used to it quite fast. It also means you don't throw out your pickaxe every 10 seconds

[@lmnvslight6356]

I do that!

[@randominternetartist2615]

I use the apostrophe key (') since it's close enough that the movement is almost the exact same, but far enough that I don't accidentally press it

[@kuroshite]

​@@randominternetartist2615It's called a backtick `

[@golett0331]

@@randominternetartist2615 That's my veinmine butto.

[@Matreats]

My throw key is V

[@niicespiice]

how has mumbo spent all this time playing minecraft and NEVER needed to shift-jump at the same time??? 😭

[@AttilaMatolcsy]

Well now, some could say, you are the weirdest hermit as you: 1) Pressed WASD with your Index finger, 2) You made deliberate effort to fix your weirdness. Seriously, good job on fixing it!

[@NeverSnows]

Pressing shift with your thumb? Fine, whatever floats your boat. Now, using WASD with index finger only? That is just..... Outrageous. You, sir, are going to the top rank of weirdness.

[@LRM12o8]

Well, it at least explains how he could press shift with his thumb in the first place. Doing that while using wasd the normal way would be nigh impossible.

[@ValkyRiver]

Bruh I use ESDF

[@laser_uhhhh]

@@ValkyRiverlong ass thumb

[@capnbug]

​@LRM12o8 that's wrong. It's possible lol.

[@videojuegos9379]

@@ValkyRiver i have a friend who uses asdf instead of wasd and g/h for click, i watched him win a round of bedwars with it (somehow lol)

[@AndrewBoyter]

the thumb-shifting makes a whole lot more sense with pointer-WASD. the pinky is a long ways away from shift if you're just using your pointer. that was a terrific video. and those safety cables are terrific tools to have hanging around. i use them to clip chairs to my deck so they don't get blown off by the wind.

[@peachysxnrise]

Yes that’s absolutely true. When I (a person with large hands) tried to recreate thumb shifting (while using my index, middle and ring fingers on wads) it was always so painful, but now I know he just uses his index finger for wasd while thumb shifting it makes so much more sense. I still can’t get behind it tho

[@graup1309]

it makes the thumb shifting make a lot of sense however it does not help the weirdness of the entire situation at all

[@EmilySmirleGURPS]

Holy moley, you're right about the pinky offset!

[@thefinalstair]

I read “to my deck” as “to my desk” and thought “why do they game outside?” 😂

[@Jiggo_]

Y'know, I'm gonna support Mumbo. I ALSO sneak with my thumb. Though, the only caveat is that I use C to sneak..

[@UserdVidas]

Now Mumbos made himself into the weirdest hermit... Mumbo: you know, I was pressing shift with my thumb, so I just strapped some safety cables on my fingers and yea, problems solved. Grian: you did what mate?

[@thisberichard]

Given the index finger movement, the thumb shifting actually makes more sense! If you aren't keeping your wrist positioned to use your ring and middle fingers along with the index finger, you're free the pivot in a way that makes it much easier for the thumb to get over there! Combine that with the now-obvious default to using the most dominant digit whenever possible, and it's basically a given! I do think you'll find it's easier to move around and play if you stick with the full hand, though~

[@LRM12o8]

I literally could not wrap my head around how he can reach the shoft key with his thumb while his other fingers were on WASD. I tried to imagine it, but I couldn't. Turns out he didn't!

[@timeisahorse114]

Plot twist: Mumbo is allergic to the metal in the safety cables, which is why he felt sick

[@gandoood]

That fact that Mumbo pressed the wasd keys all with one finger makes so much sense. In so many of his videos his movements feel clunky, like someone playing for the first time. But its just him pressing one key at a time

[@stegosagus]

As someone who started gaming as an adult, learning shifting and WASD and all, this is kinda the experience, it feels weird, you stumble a lot, and then eventually you find the flow. Learning things is fun.

[@qronis]

When I put my hand on my keyboard the fingers land automatically on the right buttons, pinky on shift ringfinger on A middlefinger on W pointer on D and thump on spacebar. I really don't understand how this disablity of a playstyle has formed, truely amazing. Love the video and idea, this isnt just a Minecraft video it's Mumbo lore.

[@suspectpanda3879]

I currently use my ring finger for both shift and A, while my pinky is reserved for CTRL which I make crouch in all my games, including Minecraft. Shift will always be sprint to me.

[@opcOlrig]

It's the natural "optimized" position for game like shooters and third person games. I suppose you played a lot of them :)

[@christophsiebert1213]

​@@opcOlrig I mean, it's a very simple layout, period. Your fingers fall naturally on those buttons. Those buttons can slightly change of course, depending on what you need. Just like suspectpanda said, maybe you shift and press A with your ring finger, while your pinky is reserved for ctrl. But this is still a "natural" layout. I don't see a comfortable, natural layout where your somehow press right shift with your thumb. Like... Idk how this can develop.

[@EternaSoSleepy]

@@suspectpanda3879i try to do that but my baby hands mean my pinky starts hurting so I end up with toggle crouch enabled, it really helps!

[@opcOlrig]

@@christophsiebert1213 i got your point. :) the fact is that, this is strongly influenced by gaming/software/ and numeric environment in general. If you look closely to your keyboard, you will find letter with a relief on it ("F" and "J") and it suppose to be the default place for your middle finger by design (or index i don't remember). But not a lot of people are using it. The WSAD come from games in which you have to move a character in first of third person. Moba player have a natural hand placement on QWER by default. My point is, hand placement are influenced by the environment you are using and your hand position. And "meta placement" are just here for optimization mainly. It is natural only in a very specific environment and because you are used to it ^^

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

That's... incredible. I'm dyspraxic so I have to be super conscious with my hands until something's *really* in there mentally. So the fact that you hit all the WASD keys with the same finger... accidentally? It's fascinating to me. And explains a lot about your movements in the game!

[@spoookley]

this is the most absolute mumbo jumbo jerry rigged contraption that i’ve ever seen you come up with & this kind of video is exactly why i love your content. the best way to imagine how your hand is supposed to be positioned is that your middle finger is w/s, pointer is d/e, ring is a/q, & pinky being shift i’m actually so proud of you tho mumbo, i am no longer worried for the physical well being of your hand nearly as much as have in prior videos of yours :)