https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_meme
tl;dr nothing meaningful. popularized by gen alpha children
this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2025
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Gen Alpha started it, but Xers, millennials and even boomers are trying so hard to capitalize on it. We had a parade in town a week and change ago and there number of city council members and other people with political clout that kept saying it and making the jiggle hands motion was cringeworthy. Local car dealerships are offering oil changes for $67.67 to capitalize on the brain rot. I’ve seen several other “deals” where pricing when from 5.99 to 6.67. There is nothing a capitalist won’t try to take advantage of, no matter how little they understand it.
It's just a meme without any deeper meaning. Laugh or ignore and move on.
Oh I ain't worried about it or anything, just curious really.
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It’s supposed to mean nothing.
67? Internet meme that I'm too old to get.
69? Hehehehehehe!
68? That's like 69, except you give her one, and she owes you one.
Yeah, and 6.9 is something nice broken up by a period
Which just means wait about a week and try again.
Hm, I thought 68 was the speed of sex.
Kids being kids. It’ll fade away when they find something else equally stupid.
Not always. Most generations keep the last stupid thing they play with alive most of their lives!
My social circles still quote starwars lines as a joke, which started when the prequels came out 💁♂️
I like to think that its a subconscious offshoot of the "why was six afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9" joke for the modern generation showcasing how the current short attention span brain rot humor contrast against previous with all punchline and no buildup.
It is silly shit that middle schoolers say. It means nothing and everything .
There are a lot of memes in recent years that literally don't mean anything. They are just statements that young people repeat soley because not repeating it means you're left out. 6-7 is one such meme.
It's not really any different from other trends, it's just that usually you can at least see why a trend caught on to begin with. Thus your confusion.
FYI one can clearly see why 67 caught on.
That doot doot six seven song -> NBA stars saying it on tiktok -> Everyone else trying to catch clout by saying it too -> It's now a meme
No different than how other trends caught on, as you pointed out.
Yeah, I knew about the song, but afaik it didn't "catch on" until "6-7 kid" did a thing. And now everyone just makes the reference any time they think of it, because they saw someone else make the reference, not because it's ever applicable.
I have to assume there is a field of study of memetics that draws a distinction between "merely a reference" and "applicable". Ex. When a person refers to the "this is fine" meme, it's because they're invoking a sentiment that is applicable to the discussion, which is socially useful because you can build off of a common understanding instead of needing to lay the groundwork first to be on the same page (insert captain america meme). But when people say 6-7, they really are just saying "this is a thing we both are aware of".
OP is basically asking "when is this meme applicable?" And the answer is, it never is.
I guess it's technically a kind of shibboleth, even if it only lets them know they're both members of the secret "we get it" club.
It's 2 short of "nice"
it's 23 Skidoo, it's eat my shorts, it's amazeballs with awesomesauce, it's kilroy was here, it's and I oop, its yer a wizard Harry, it's leeeeeeroy jeeeeenkins etc
It's "one does not simply" invent memes and there's no boundary to it. It's the Zeitgeist
If you understand the pointlessness of Boaty McBoatface, it's the same thing.
I'll take your word on that, I already feel like I wasted enough minutes of life even bothering to look into this nonsense..
About 6 or 7 minutes, yeah.
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My GenZ coworker says it's a Gen Alpha thing and doesn't actually mean anything. So the best you're going to get is someone that can give you more information about how it started, because apparently there is no why, as it appears to be entirely meaningless.
From high water pants to butt crack pants and beyond.
Something the kids were saying finally reached the ears of their millennial parents and those parents then told wider society because it's just so cute 🥰
Meh, 6 7
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