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transcript:
cat mum: what's 6 times 7?
cat boy (making faces): 6 7!!!
cat mum: hilarious, as always. but actually ...?
cat boy: 42
cat mum: 6 x 7 - 6 7 - is 42?!
cat boy: yeah ... so?
cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!
cat boy: daddy! mommy's being weird again!
cat dad: aww, you see son, - your mommy is just a huge dork!
cat mum: history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes!

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[–] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Sorry to be pedantic, but wouldn't this be the correct line:

cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the ~~answer to the~~ ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!

42 is the answer

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If 6x7=42 than 6x7 is also the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. According to my math teacher at least

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Now let's prove that 7x6 is also the answer to the ultimate question.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago

Sorry to also be pedantic but, mathematically speaking, 42 is equal to 6×7, so they are essentially the same thing said in different terms.

STOP!!! IF WE KNOW THE QUESTION AND ANSWER THE UNIVERSE WILL RESTART AND BE EVEN WEIRDER