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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

Title text:

In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/

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[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The internet used to be a place

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

oh they had designers then