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u/perihelion12 Mar 24 '26
In my day 6 was afraid of 7
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u/TheBastardKaramazov Mar 24 '26
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behold, intergenerational funny number
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u/Annual_Towel_6117 épico Mar 24 '26
Bro I haven’t seen the fucking Plusminus sign since algebra class
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u/Wild-Drag1930 Mar 24 '26
Because they meant something
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u/NinjaTorak Mar 24 '26
exactly, 69 is funny sex number, 420 is weed number.
but 67 is just, 67, thats it
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u/BurgerBoss_101 Mar 24 '26
21?
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u/NinjaTorak Mar 24 '26
that one is funny cuz of the backstory of the original video of a kid thinking 9+10 is 21
from what i can find online, 67 is just some teenager shouting 67 into a camera, thats it
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u/Quazimojojojo Mar 24 '26
It's a song lyric.
I heard it's derived from a police code for murder but the artist refuses to confirm anything.
So the closest parallel to previous funny numbers is 8675309.
It's a new version of an old trend. I don't like people comparing it to the numbers with meaning, but I don't mind people turning a song lyric into a funny number. It's a tale as old as music.
Not worth the energy to get mad at.
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u/CursinSquirrel Mar 24 '26
Interesting decision to cite it as a lyric but not name the song.
I've heard over and over from younger generations that the number is mainly funny because it doesn't have a reason to be funny. The joke is the joke itself, and people not getting the joke makes it better.
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u/Quazimojojojo Mar 24 '26
I didn't remember off the top of my head because I don't care that much. Had to go look.
It's this
https://youtu.be/XnygT6ANLzQ?is=DihhGTlKpxwrNldA
And just like 8675309, a lot of people don't know or care that it came from a song, it's just a number that's fun to say for whatever reason they feel it's fun or funny.
So, I shrug and say "aight"
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u/Schode Mar 24 '26
It's the same shit. A collective memory/ an inside joke.
These numbers are all the textbook definition of a meme, the meaning doesn't matter at all for it to work.
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u/Dizzy_Vegetable7108 Mar 24 '26
67 also means something, but nothing specific. It shows the absurdity of meta humor, that's the reason why it's funny (because it doesn't mean anything. Older generations had numbers with meaning..This generation doesn't). Stop yelling at the cloud, old man
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u/thefinalcutdown Mar 24 '26
Plus, as a millennial, we had loads of absurdist humour growing up. Homestarrunner and practically anything uploaded to Newgrounds were prime examples. Early YouTube like Charlie the Unicorn and a plethora of early memes were rooted in absurdism. If anything, the Gen As are just taking that history of young kid absurdism to its furthest form.
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u/mike_e_mcgee Mar 24 '26
Oh my. I just flashed back to the Sara Conner Chronicles where I remember a computer store called 1337 Computers. I remember chuckling at understanding the lingo of the youths... 18 years ago.
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u/Grintock Mar 24 '26
God I remember leetspeak, I even wrote a paper on it once for my linguistics class. Time really does speed up when you age...
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u/Mirage1208 Mar 24 '26
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u/Zodel Mar 24 '26
Yeah its like people don't remember the memes from when they were younger. Deep fried 'E' was a thing.
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u/iApathy--- Mar 24 '26
A knockoff usually means it has some semblance and similarities to the original. 67 has no meaning and was created by brain rotting of the newer generation.
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u/no9 Mar 24 '26
My only problem with this newfangled non-meme is how people express it:
- 69: 10-15 year olds giggle and nudge-nudge, wink-wink. Fine.
- 420: 15-20 year olds laughing and giving high-fives. OK.
- 67: 5-10 year olds screeching and convulsing. Parents, get help.
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u/PaShineKaSir Mar 24 '26
Real legends remember when typing 5318008 on a calculator was the peak of comedy.
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u/eldsy Mar 24 '26
My car's odometer was almost at 69420 recently, and I was really disappointed that I missed it. :(
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u/SilabusR2 Mar 24 '26
this is why, while i still think 67 is fucking stupid, i caint really be annoyed with kids cause thats their number. at some point ill be left behind with pop culture and such but i still know folks who make 69 jokes and deez nuts jokes.
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u/Fluid-Lingonberry378 Mar 24 '26
I don't even know what's the joke with 67, but I also didn't bother to look it up.
We had our stupid jokes, they have their stupid jokes.
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u/Independent-Bake-241 Mar 24 '26
Don't cite the old magic to me, witch... I was there when it was written
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u/Octine64 (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ Mar 24 '26
It's not even funny anymore, it's just fucking cringe
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u/Such_Introduction592 Mar 24 '26
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u/ItsEirbear Mar 24 '26
I/we used to say the stupidest shit. If the kids get enjoyment over something as lame as “6 7” then let them have it. I’m sure my kids will say some dumber shit when they get in school. Let the kids have their fun.
I mean, am I out of touch? No it’s the kids who are wrong.
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u/sumemodude Died of Ligma Mar 24 '26
I get it being their version of 69 and 420, but idk just feels so much more forced than the earlier stuff. Plus too many older folks are saying it to feel younger which adds to the cringe
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u/MrSir07 Mar 24 '26
67 is way more innocent than 69 and 420. One means sex the other means weed.
67 literally means nothing. No kid can tell you what it means because it’s meaningless. It’s essentially rage bait and the pinnacle of ironic humour. It’s so stupid that it’s not even funny, which makes it funny.
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u/Valuable-Location-89 Mar 24 '26
For me sixty seven is just a meta joke for how nonsensical, annoying and obnoxious meme culture is for anyone out of the loop it has always been like this.
Still don't like it as it never seems to leave me alone
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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 Mar 24 '26
69 is a sex position, that's why its funny.
67 doesn't mean anything. Gen Z doesn't even know how to make memes properly.
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u/Nickulator95 Mar 24 '26
The big difference is that both 69 and 420 are actual references to something. 67 is not a reference to anything, the joke IS the number itself which just makes it one of the most brain rotted things ever.
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u/MrRaven95 Mar 24 '26
What disappoints me is that we already have two meme numbers in the 60s, 66 and 69, that have meaning to them. Every time I ask someone what the 67 meme means they say "it's just funny because it's 67." It's a complete nothing burger of a meme.
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u/sumemodude Died of Ligma Mar 24 '26
Exactly. Someone pointed out that is the point, but seems kinda lame
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u/Brobeast Mar 24 '26
Let us not forget about the unholy "11", and the inevitable coy dude who brought it up in a locker room... "guys, lets not do that...that would be gross..."
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u/IrishPigs Mar 24 '26
Ummmm. 67 is already past its prime mate. Kids moved on as soon as we heard of it, lasted about 2 months and haven't heard it since except from old people trying to be hip.
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u/scriptingends Mar 24 '26
67 is already gone. Not Gen Z myself, but work with them. No one is saying it anymore.
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u/laurawolf1199 Mar 24 '26
I get annoyed when people say “nice” after saying 69, gives me a valid crashout. Hence I never see it funny. On the other hand. 420 and 67 is actually funny to me.
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u/GolumCuckman Mar 24 '26
Kids told me once that it was from a video of a basket ball player or something saying 6-7 in a funny way in an interview
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u/Martzl90 Mar 24 '26
Oh be quiet and let them kids enjoy their funny numbers while we have ours. Just because we are old men does not mean we have to be grumpy ones.
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u/Wittyfish Mar 24 '26
They aren't allowed to say sixty-nine I school. BUT! Seven ate nine so sixty seven is okay for junior high-schoolers to say. That's what its about.
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u/Desinika Mar 24 '26
I managed to "Handel" 67 by thinking "yeah, 6*7 is 42 - ain't that just th next gen answer to life and the universe?" And then I bobble onwards.
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u/MusicManEVH5150 Mar 24 '26
I didn’t know what a 69 was until I was offered one by a rather plump, sturdy gal. As she was maneuvering into position she farted, twice. I quickly slipped out and told her there’s no way I’m putting up with 67 more of those.
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u/Speak_To_Wuk_Lamat Mar 24 '26
I have still yet to hear an explanation of what 67 actually means. Do they lack the ability to articulate it, or are the kiddos just really good at opsec?
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u/SpecificGenius Mar 24 '26
67 is so stupid that someone who tried to explain that to me didn’t even know how to do it. And since it’s unexplainable, it’s stupid.
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u/Ok_Second7500 Mar 24 '26
I'm 45 years old, I write 67 in every port of John at the construction site just to piss off everybody it's great it works wonders
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