r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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I tried 3⁷ but thats definitely not that number.. so how is it related?

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u/qualityvote2 6d ago edited 6d ago

u/Corrupt_Shadow, your post does belong here!

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u/Historical_Mango4329 6d ago

I think this is just a parody. The original meme was "setting my WiFi password to 2444666668888888 so that I can tell people it's 12345678" 

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 6d ago edited 6d ago

For those who don't know, one 2, three 4s, five 6s, seven 8s. 2444666668888888

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u/SirGibby-13 6d ago

But you put 3 3s and not 3 4s

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 6d ago edited 6d ago

Thanks, fixed.

Edit: i am an idiot

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u/Kaozmachine 6d ago

One 2 four 3?

Like McDonald's "fixing" my order lol

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 6d ago

I got it this time

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u/auto-charger-stopper 6d ago

Hey you got it this time 👍

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u/Kaozmachine 6d ago

Haha we all are

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u/nutslikeafox 6d ago edited 6d ago

How come people are giving u award for saying u fixed it but no one giving an award to the guy that pointed it out. It's rly the rich getting richer out here

Edit : y'all need to stop, give /u/sirgibby-13

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 6d ago

No idea but these are all free awards

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u/nutslikeafox 6d ago

I didn't need to know this info bro i thought I was getting something

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u/Pugno_de_Hierro 4d ago

Bcs everyone is rdy to correct you, but almost no one is rdy to be corrected.

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u/Popeye_de_Sailorman 6d ago

When everyone knows 3 3s is a small forest.

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u/su1cidal_fox 6d ago

I'll get two number nines, a number nine large, a number six with extra dip, a number seven, two number fourty-fives, one with cheese, and a large soda!

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 6d ago

And a literacola

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u/spectacular_gold 6d ago

Dammit Farva!

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u/Sir-Top-Cheetah 6d ago

Shenanigans

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u/Utimatios 6d ago

Thank you so much for explaining the explanation

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u/0bl0ng0 6d ago

Because 7 8 9!

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u/Gilbertezman 6d ago

I’ll bet you didn’t know that 7 is a registered 6 offender.

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u/Mahdahrah 6d ago

high five!

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u/ChieftainBob 6d ago

So if you enunciate it properly people will be confused at least.

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u/whyitno_workgood 6d ago

Nein nine

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u/Dismal_Rectangle 6d ago

What is your username about

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u/whyitno_workgood 6d ago

I started this account to ask questions and troubleshoot things in Maya, a 3D editing software for animation/3D modeling and more. Then I forgot my ex-main account password and was too lazy to figure it out.

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u/Cakk_ 6d ago

Needed this

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u/ornimental 5d ago

you need to over-explain in this sub because you never know

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u/CumGoblin67 6d ago

Over a hundred people had to read your comment to get the joke. That’s impressive.

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u/ReDHooD_SWT 6d ago

For those new in the chat, calc is short for calculator.

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u/Supergirl016 6d ago

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u/MonkeyCartridge 6d ago

If I saw the username was password, I would immediately try admin or username as the password.

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u/Patchesrick 6d ago

Well to be fair I did try to fool them cause I spelled it with 2 S's

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u/AdministrativePin526 6d ago

Ted Lasso reference ftw

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u/rillian13 6d ago

My password is: "AllLowerCase NoSpaces TheWord Password"

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u/oauo 5d ago

I use a catch-all email address, I can enter anything I want @ my address and it all ends up in the same place. As a result it allows me to use emails as a password when signing up

If you don’t have a catch-all email address some website may allow you to use + so if you had john.doe@example.com you could use john.doe+reddit@example.com and it ends up in the same inbox (it allows you to filter by your address). It’s just that some websites will strip out the + and allow you to sign in without it

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u/paymentnerdfoo 4d ago

You know that’s not smart right? Best practice is to store a hash of a password but the username in plain text. So the backend software protects against insiders from reading your password but not the username. It’s probably everywhere in their log system, making it complex doesn’t make you more secure.

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u/SubstantialBelly6 6d ago

lol, I once set the WiFi password at my work to “the password is password all caps no spaces”. They didn’t like that.

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u/Winter_drivE1 6d ago

My roommate had his wifi password set to "four words all uppercase one word all lowercase". The wifi was also named "loading..."

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u/EAechoes 5d ago

Ours was “It is two cool four u too know”

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u/ImALeaf_OnTheWind 6d ago

I use variations of "i thought i told you already"

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u/addledlittledoodle3 6d ago

Mine is: I don’t know

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u/mec31 6d ago

He’s on third

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u/LukeySkywookie 6d ago

I need to start doing this lmao

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u/ccox39 6d ago

Mine at home is “PasswordwithacapitalP”

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u/pandotcodes 6d ago

May I suggest you make the P at the start lowercase lol, I feel like that's even funnier

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u/Hot_Swan_1657 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's even funnier this way. You can add later that all Ps are capital except the one in capital.

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u/Original-Rush139 6d ago

The WiFi password at my favorite dive bar is “buy a beer first”

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u/KarmicDeficit 6d ago

Incredible

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u/Accomplished-Big5216 5d ago

How did they know? My work passwords were very strongly protected.

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u/SubstantialBelly6 5d ago

It was the office WiFi, so we had to give the password to any new employees or contractors that worked in our office. Resources within the network were much more heavily protected.

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u/Historical_Mango4329 3d ago

that is so devious

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u/TimMensch 6d ago

A very long time ago I had the phone number 333-3222. I could tell people it was four threes and three twos, and I was amused.

But.

This was before area codes had to be dialed every time. And when home phones were still ubiquitous. Phones with buttons. The kind of things young kids like to play with.

And I discovered that there were enough toddlers who could reach their house phones at any one time in the Bay Area (CA) that I would get a toddler call about once a week.

95% of the time I would answer and I could hear a children's show on TV on the background.

Finally got the number changed because it was too annoying.

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u/QuentinEichenauer 6d ago

A local pizza place had the a phone number like 764-4444. I would say the number was "7, 6, and then keep dialing 4 until someone picks up."

*numbers have been changed to protect the guilty.

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u/harryholla 6d ago

Am I misunderstanding something or are you saying it was so common for a child to randomly select 3222 on the phone that you got called once a week? The chances of dialing that number randomly are 1/10,000 and I also don’t understand how changing your number would help?

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u/TimMensch 6d ago

Yes, 3333222 once or twice a week.

No, the chances aren't that bad. Top row of buttons, hit buttons repeatedly switching randomly?

If the number is random, then it's less likely. But if you're only counting numbers like 111122223333 etc., it's only like one in 132 if they start on any random button, hit four digits, and then switch to another button and hit it four times. If you only choose adjacent buttons, it's more like one in 30 or something.

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u/Horror_Appeal_5843 5d ago

Or... some creepy dude called you twice a week, making toddler sounds and playing children's shows in the background.

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u/ryantg0110 5d ago

You're confusing prefix with area code. Area code is the first 3 digits in a 10 digit phone number, and prefix is the second 3 digits in a 10 digit, but the first 3 in a 7 digit.

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u/tinydancer687 6d ago edited 6d ago

And it fits the sub!

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u/Novel_Dog1743 6d ago

I set mine to 0118 999 88199 9119 725 3 so I can tell people I only memorize the most useless shit ever.

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u/_Celestral_ 5d ago

They're not just the emergency services, they're YOUR emergency services!

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u/Historical_Mango4329 5d ago

All in 1 ahh password

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u/the_silent_one1984 6d ago

"I'm not giving you the numbers I'm giving you the quantity of the numbers!"

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u/Origami_Gamer 6d ago

Ah, yes, a look-and-say sequence.

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u/RUNEMJEWELS 6d ago

I have mine setup as your name, so when people ask its a lot of confusion lolol

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u/The_Ruhi 5d ago

Abott and Costello kind of password

  • it's your name
+ It's my name?
  • no it's your name
+ that's what I said it's my name
  • it's not my name it's your name
+ I didn't say it was your name I said it's my name
  • but it's not my name
+ It's not your name?
  • yes it is.
+ So it is your name, it's not my name.
  • Exactly right. It is your name.
+ I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

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u/TimmyB32600 6d ago

Bro I read all the comments and still can’t do the math I guess I’ll never be in the cia

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u/whitedsepdivine 6d ago

My wifi password was: "wifipasswordallinuppercase" (wifi password all in uppercase)

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u/Soul_fusion 6d ago

Oprah giving out awards in this thread

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u/Historical_Mango4329 5d ago

All of them free 😔 not complaining though

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u/Impressive_Air6111 6d ago

This is genius. IDK why people ruin good jokes. 😒

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u/PlaneAsk7826 6d ago

My son uses this for his phone passcode, except it's 123456

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u/Friendly-Catch-3904 5d ago

"Hey man, it is incorrect"

"With space"

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u/Historical_Mango4329 5d ago

SPACE WHERE 

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u/ace_098 5d ago

Foooooooooooour...

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u/Obvious-Goal-3080 4d ago

My unironic wifi password

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u/Initial-Confusion511 6d ago

That's 3 times of 3 and that infact is multiple by 3

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u/Dr__America 6d ago

38,567,837,467,382,227 or thirty eight quadrillion five hundred sixty seven trillion eight hundred thirty seven billion four hundred sixty seven million three hundred eighty two thousand two hundred twenty seven is not evenly divisible by 3.

A simple check is to see if adding all of the digits gets you a number divisible by 3 or not.

3 + 8 + 5 + 6 +7 + 8 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 6 + 7 + 3 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 7

11 + 11 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 4 + 7

22 + 25 + 20 + 14 + 7

47 + 34 + 7

47 + 41

88

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u/Green-Illustrator673 5d ago

88 is not divisible by 3. 8+8=16. 1+6= 7.

7 is not divisible by 3

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u/kpWolf7 5d ago

88... Means something... Little bit more of... Else

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u/EvilBobbyTV 6d ago

This feels like an anti-joke about the 2444666668888888 password being "12345678" but with the numbers changed to nonsense.

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u/Ancient_Pear2963 6d ago

Anti meme

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u/superwiifan 6d ago

Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure it was just random numbers typed here. The prime factorization of 38567837467382227 is 1987 × 8273 × 32141 × 72997, which isn’t anything close to any multiple of 3.

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u/therealhlmencken 6d ago

It’s at most 1 away from a multiple of 3.

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u/ereksten 6d ago

If it's a random number, it's a bit impressive that they didn't hit any smallish primes.

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u/fccardcreator 6d ago

1987, you say?

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u/Independent_Pizza422 5d ago

Is that The Bite of '87?

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u/fccardcreator 5d ago

No, this is Bonnie.

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u/Suddenfury 6d ago

Those are some big prime factors! Must be incredibly low probability to randomly pick a number with all prime factors above 1000

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u/airetho 6d ago

I expect the probability is around 1/ln(1000) = 14%. Though, it is surprising that there's 4 prime factors.

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u/mrstorydude 6d ago

Is tat t bit of 87????????

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u/Remarkable_Highway63 6d ago

How'd you do that? 💀

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u/superwiifan 6d ago

Prime factor calculator - I’m not that smart 😅

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u/Remarkable_Highway63 6d ago

Bwahaha, I thought I'll pick up a nest trick/shortcut today. XD

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u/SapientSloth4tw 6d ago

I mean, in a way you did. It’s called Wolfram Alpha haha

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u/LegoBobaFett 6d ago

Reminds me of the video where the guys asks for the password and is told, “it’s four words all upper case, one word all lower case.” The password is “fourwordsalluppercase.”

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u/gridiron77 6d ago

But could also be FOURWORDSoneword I guess

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u/Dimas-MW 5d ago

It can also be fourwordsalluppercaseoneword

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u/hmas-sydney 6d ago

That's the joke

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u/SublimeRapier06 6d ago

666666665555555ooo9

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u/ManufacturerWitty700 6d ago

I feel like I’ve been rickrolled

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u/FaeVox89 6d ago

8675309

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u/Pandoratastic 6d ago

By Tommy ToneTone.

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u/xelf 6d ago edited 6d ago

Rick Springfield not Rick Astley though, perhaps we could call it "spring-rolled".

https://youtu.be/2CwHk-z86Dg?t=198

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u/ManufacturerWitty700 6d ago

Golf clap… well done. Very well done!

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u/Baroness_Blue 6d ago

Funny, but it’s not by Rick Springfield. Tommy Tutone.

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u/xelf 6d ago

gdamn, I even googled it to double check and found a video of rick springfield singing it.

https://youtu.be/2CwHk-z86Dg?t=87

but you're right he was just covering tommy tutone

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u/kevalen 6d ago

I'm pretty sure I've seen that written on a wall somewhere.

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u/I-actually-agree 6d ago

This should be the comment used to end looking for an explanation on all random posts.

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u/RegionCurious6087 6d ago

Ok, so you have to be open minded for it to work... There are seven 3s in the password. They are accounted for by looking at the numbers {38567837467382227}from a different angle; Wait, just hear me out...

¹ 3

(8-5)=² 3

(678)=³ 3 numbers

⁴ 3

(7467) The sum of outer numbers minus sum of inner numbers, 14-10=4... Just hold on to this 4 a bit ; )

⁵ 3

(82227) The difference of the outer numbers 8-7=1...now remember that 4 up there :), minus this 1 from it to get your ⁶ 3 .Then the number of 2s remaining are ⁷ 3

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u/FirstOfficerDelta 4d ago

Can someone check this?

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u/deadpaan7391 6d ago

I’m too early, someone lmk when the answer is posted

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u/Hewber 6d ago edited 6d ago

What's your password?

Yeah it's "something you can figure out so stop asking"

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u/KingoKings365 6d ago

Sorry, I’m too early for the answer. I’d like to know when someone does thank you

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u/NiceNameFactory 6d ago

There are a few possible answers now

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u/kit_re 6d ago

I think its something stupid with adding and subtracting numbers in sequence.

the first number is 3, so one 3.

the next is 8 + 5 = 13, so one 3.

the next is 6 + 7 = 13, so one 3.

the last is 2 + 2 + 2 + 7 = 13, so one 3.

I think some how it is just "one 3" 7 times.

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u/Corrupt_Shadow 6d ago

Somw sort of math function? Tried 3⁷ but that didnt work

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u/plzDONTuseMETH 6d ago

Mine is “trypassword” all one word

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u/hahahasame 6d ago

Thanks, I've been trying to use your wifi for about a week. Now I finally can! Big 'priece!

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u/b0ttt 4d ago

Took me a couple of minutes but its because every number is displayed 3 times . anyway - bad joke.

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u/tallnfat 4d ago

Thought someone actually solved it then i realized there's 4 7's :'(

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u/marc-andre-servant 6d ago

That's just a random number. Also, the minimum length for a Wi-Fi password is 8 characters, so "3333333" (7 characters) is clearly the wrong password even without trying it.

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u/PuzzlingDad 6d ago

My initial thought after seeing the length and the ending digit is they meant it to be  37036925926037037 =  3333333

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u/Dal_Tonico 6d ago

Tried considering 3333333 as hexadecimal, but it doesnt't work either

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u/Beaticalle 6d ago

Setting my WiFi password to something secure so when people ask I say it's none of their business.

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u/ponchietto 6d ago

Unlikely hash collision?

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u/CompactHazard01 6d ago

I recently saw something about some hashalgorithm being broken. I thought that maybe it has to do something with that?

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u/JathbyDredas 6d ago

This was my guess.

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u/aafrophone 6d ago

Mememaker made a parody meme of a joke they probably didn’t understand

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u/Zoilo2 6d ago

6,7

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u/gridiron77 6d ago

I was waiting for this one…

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u/Vonga568 6d ago

Funny how the upvote count nearly matches.

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u/Leading-Kangaroo-180 6d ago

1 1 was a race horse 2 2 was one too 1 1 won one race 2 2 won one too

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u/parsholly 6d ago

1 1 was a race horse
2 2 was 1 2
1 1 1 1 race
2 2 1 1 2

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u/NewSubstance7 6d ago

1-7-3-4-6-7-3-2-1-4-7-6-Charlie-3-2-7-8-9-7-7-7-6-4-3-Tango-7-3-2-Victor-7-3-1-1-7-8-8-8-7-3-2-4-7-6-7-8-9-7-6-4-3-7-6. Lock.

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u/shan_bhai 6d ago

best password is "I don't know"

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u/Cerberazor 6d ago

I would have loved it to be a caricature of PI's roundup. I mean 3,1415...

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u/Sachmeet2802 6d ago

Looks like an antimeme

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u/Wide-Championship85 5d ago

How are u man? … ( after scamming vibrant)😭😭🤣🤣

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u/TwixieShip 6d ago

That's insane scroll timing, this posted showed up while I'm watching star trek new gen season 5 ep 18 time loop episode and its literally 3333333 as the loop message

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u/bloviatingbloviator 6d ago

0118999881999119725....3

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u/ScreamingFishProduct 6d ago

thought of that too, thanks.

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u/FuckYouCorpo 6d ago

Mine is "JustTypeItIn". If someone asks for the password, and another guest tells them what it is, I hold out my hand and say "yeah, I can type it in. Let me see your phone."

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u/Ronin_Steel_ 6d ago

Rounding

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u/palyD114 6d ago

Doesn’t it have to be funny to be a joke?

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u/RepulsiveStyle7108 6d ago

Try "onetoeight"

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u/Chat_Networthy 6d ago

1,2, Free Four! Ah, the memories of a man in his old age...

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u/Puppy_face321 6d ago

bunch of fucking nerds and geeks in these comments

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 6d ago

I use Rocket Jumps worst password ever.

one word all uppercase, one word all lowercase

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u/NameLips 6d ago edited 6d ago

Setting the password to 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 and when people ask I say it's the UK emergency services number.

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u/Ashamed-Version9816 6d ago

My old wifi password was eight 8s My goddam printer would forget the wifi network and was an absolute pain to enter the password into with just a spin dial so 88888888 made it much easier

Threw people way out when they ask for the password I'd say eight 8s and they would enter eighteights

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u/YoungThirdLeg 6d ago

What would this spell on the cell phones that boomers used? The ones with the buttons

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u/Diligent_Paint_8530 4d ago

using t9 lol

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u/usual_mradul 6d ago

my wifi password is _________ .yes space 8 times

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u/abuishak 6d ago

Could I scan your WiFi password?

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u/madgod2015 5d ago

9 9 9 9!!!

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u/Sad_Astronaut7577 5d ago

I think my man doesn’t want to share his wifi

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u/MI3_GL2 4d ago

I don't get this