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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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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

This is a fair point. I'm a programmer and this kind of banter is not super common in my workplace. We are all a little bit odd in our own ways.