I'm grateful for double jointed joints!
Our bodies are exceptional! Each part has a specific role that it plays to enable the body to work as a whole. Included in that are our joints. As a song from my childhood said,
It is our joints, our hinges, that enable all bodily activity.
But this is enabled as they operate within their predefined pattern. Knuckles bend in one direction, other joints are of the socket variety, but each is expected to operate in a specific fashion. Double jointedness is, in essence, a reversed expectation with regard to the use of these joints/hinges. But even this reversed expectation only illustrates the exceptional abilities and functionalities of our bodies.
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