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At least 69 is representative of something. 67 is literally meaningless.
Bro we grew up with "-holds up spork-", we cannot comment on what the newgen find meaning in.
So random xD
XKCD made me aware of the fact that this sorta joke has been going on since way before any of us were born. 23 skidoo is an old trendy phrase that's made up of two jokes that mean nothing definable on their own
Today's 67 is 1899's 23
From the XKCD alt text:
So you're saying 67 is the better meme?
No
69 fucks
Technically speaking, 69 sucks.
Gentlemen, it both sucks and fucks. If she freaky anyway.
And there's the beauty: it does both!
69 stands for S in Sex. (Point each end of the 6 and 9 kinda looks like cursive s)
Pretty sure it just comes from the fact that two dudes laying on their side to blow each other at the same time just resembles the number 69 when viewed from above.
67 is very meaningful to Cantonese people
right @NorthWestWind@lemmy.world?
(https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A2%8C%E6%9F%92)
Hell yeah. It's pronounced similarly to 碌柒, which is a swear that means "dumbass".
A better comparison would be our 21
21 to me means luck because you won at blackjack.
That still makes more sense to me at least. Unless I am missing some great context about 67
A kid said 67 badly
That is it?
But that's why its perfect
It's literally not, you just don't know what it means.
Carefully observe how the above argument lacks any supporting argument or information.
Curious.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/67-meme
Right there after a 30 second search
So it's a number repeated in a song that the artist says has no meaning, instead of it just being a meaningless number.
Glad you helped clear that up. Way to prove everyone wrong.
I would argue that it has an origin but lost its meaning since the people who use it don't know the meaning. At this point, it's more than anything a cultural signifier which isn't a new thing either. People try to belong to an ingroup and adopt their insider even if only as marker of that group.
But do they know why six was afraid of seven?
Because seven ate nine
Classic
10-67 means something.
The 67 meme literally means nothing. It's not even referencing the code, or the song it originally went viral to which was referencing the police code.