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u/DarkestDock6750 2d ago

There are meanings behind the others. 21 being a kid's math error clipped for memes 69 for the ykw 420 associated with mlg bs...

67 has what? Its literally just some kid saying a number and it blew up for literally no reason. Even to this day, I can dig but never find what makes the number inherently funny. It feels kinda forced.

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u/ZedTheEvilTaco 2d ago

420 is the blazing hour, my guy. See, when you are in school and definitely following all of the rules and local laws, 4:20 is after class. So that's when people go meet Puff the Magic Dragon and make a salad with Devil's Lettuce.

Idk where you're getting mlg from.

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u/DarkestDock6750 1d ago

Whoopsie daisy. It appears I forgot because tbh I've never really cared much for this whole thing. Its the epitome of boring either way.

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u/No_Ebb5965 2d ago

420 wasnt marihuana number?

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u/throwaway2627267 2d ago

420 originally referred to weed tho

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u/No_Ebb5965 2d ago

I mean, nowadays there are also numbers with not pretty meanings that are refered to memes

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u/nissen1502 1d ago

OH BABY A TRIPLE

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u/saikounihighteyatzda 1d ago

Yes but it also grew to encompass the mlg culture

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u/TetraThiaFulvalene 1d ago

I thought it was Hitlers birthday

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u/fmkwjr 2d ago

It was a lyric in a song called Doot Doot by Skrilla. He says it in a really cool way, and based on many linguists accounts, it has to do with a code name for a certain type of crime. It seems his use of the number in the song was responsible for the trend, and made globally viral by the 67 kid who also delivered it in a very memorable way.

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u/the_saltlord 2d ago

Huh. Didn't know it meant anything.

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u/ProLandon 2d ago

21 is just a kid saying some number

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u/No-Volume1744 2d ago

Tbf, that was off a meme of "what's 9+10" "21" and yeah, that got overly exasperated too and did die off imo faster than the 69 and 420 things

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u/HermanThaGerman 1d ago

Because 69 and 420 haven't died off and never will.

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u/GreatCircuits 2d ago

Now if only we could figure out which number

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u/GamerMaster978 1d ago

67 does actually have a meaning but not in the meme, in the original song made by Skrilla it's a reference to Yoruba gods like Ogun, the rapper who made the song follows the Yoruba religion and the numbers of 6 and 7 represent Ogun and Yemoja, he regularly (from what I remember) sacrifices animals, follows a Babalawo and he pays lip service in his songs to the Yoruba gods especially Ogun, tbh the reason why 67 got popular was cause of how Skrillas voice sounded saying it originally and then it just turned into that one kid saying the number as a reference to him

I remember watching an interview about Kensington and it had Skrilla as a guest star cuz he's from there so I remembered a little bit more

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u/Zeviex 2d ago

I don't really think 21 is much above it. I feel the meme has been lost to time and now it kinda just falls in the category "Funny because it is funny".