Naming fingers is dumb

It doesn’t make sense that we have different names for each of the fingers and the thumb (in English). Pinky/little, ring/index, middle, pointer and thumb don’t make sense and are inconsistently used. My proposal is to number them from traditionally smallest to largest.

This would also accommodate those who have lost one or more fingers since the traditional names might not work.

Differentiating between left and right wouldn’t change (“left 2” or “l2” finger instead of “left index”