Viewers are giving his outlook two thumbs way up.
A man who was born without thumbs claims that he can accomplish any task despite his missing digits — and that he wouldn’t change a thing. Clips of him performing difficult tasks without his biggest fingers are going viral online.
“I’m the living example that thumbs are optional,” Qiao Aalbers, 26, told Jam Press of his apparent disability-turned-superpower. In one clip with over 6.7 million views, the self-effacing English tutor even jokes that he can do everything — except hitchhike.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/lifestyle/i-was-born-without-thumbs-but-people-are-amazed-what-i-can-do/
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