transcript:
cat mum: what's 6 times 7?
cat boy (making faces): 6 7!!!
cat mum: hilarious, as always. but actually ...?
cat boy: 42
cat mum: 6 x 7 - 6 7 - is 42?!
cat boy: yeah ... so?
cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!
cat boy: daddy! mommy's being weird again!
cat dad: aww, you see son, - your mommy is just a huge dork!
cat mum: history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes!
Deep Thoughts - 6x7=42
99 Comments
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 188 pts · 267d
The existence of the 6-7 meme indicates the calculations on the question are nearing completion and the Vogons are on their way
Regna@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 267d
I hope we hear their gorgeous opera before Earth is ushered away like a hill next to a planned highway…
ceenote@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 267d
Oh freddled gruntbuggly...
Echo5@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 267d
Have the dolphins left yet
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 267d
Not sure, let me ask Wonko the Sane
NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 266d
Those Chinese River dolphins have.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 267d
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 267d
Don’t be ridiculous. It’s the rabbits. Rabbits are coming.
Rabbits are coming. Rabbits are coming. Rabbits are coming. Rabbits are coming. Rabbits are coming. Rabbits are coming. Rabbits are coming. Ra…
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 266d
Man, I'll fuckin' take it over what we've got going on. I'd say at this point we deserve to be bulldozed for a galactic bypass.
46_and_2@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 267d
Sorry to be pedantic, but wouldn't this be the correct line:
42 is the answer
huppakee@piefed.social · 24 pts · 267d
If 6x7=42 than 6x7 is also the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. According to my math teacher at least
olafurp@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 266d
Now let's prove that 7x6 is also the answer to the ultimate question.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 267d
Sorry to also be pedantic but, mathematically speaking, 42 is equal to 6×7, so they are essentially the same thing said in different terms.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 267d
STOP!!! IF WE KNOW THE QUESTION AND ANSWER THE UNIVERSE WILL RESTART AND BE EVEN WEIRDER
Comrade_Spood@quokk.au · 47 pts · 267d
Isn't that actually canon though? Cause the first book says the answer to the life, universe, and everything is 42, but then what is the question? And I think in the second book they answer that the question is 6x7
Edit: I was wrong, its actually 6x9. Which means Litterbox Comics only read the first book and is a poser and a fake fan. Probably only watched the movie sigh /s
In my defense of failing to remember the correct question, it has been awhile since I read the books.
Vincent@feddit.nl · 43 pts · 267d
W H A T D O Y O U G E T I F Y O U M U L T I P L Y S I X B Y N I N E
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 267d
Remember, that's where they ran out of tiles. It could have been 'ninety' or 'nine minus 2' or in base-13.
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 6 pts · 267d
Vincent@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 266d
Doing the Lord's work.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 267d
Personally I blame travel scrabble for that one.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
oh thank you. i'm getting tired of being the only one saying that.
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 267d
I didn't read it, but I think SPOILER ALERT that it was 6x9 and than they were like "oh I always knew something was wrong", or something like that.
Not sure though.
Vincent@feddit.nl · 42 pts · 267d
They got that question by drawing pieces from a set of scrabble tiles IIRC, and I just realised that Douglas Adams basically predicted LLMs.
FishFace@piefed.social · 24 pts · 267d
Yes. And then someone pointed out that 6×9 = 42 in base 13. To which DNA replied, "I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base 13."
Xaphanos@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 267d
https://alienencyclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrinchan
palordrolap@fedia.io · 21 pts · 267d
The reason, or at least a significant part of the reason, if not the complete reason, that Arthur derives that question in particular is because he's a result of the corruption of the calculation caused by the arrival of the B Ark of Golgafrinchams on Earth.
If Arthur had actually been a six foot tall Earth-ape descendant as described by the guide, his brain would have contained the actual answer rather than something almost but not quite totally unlike the true question.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 267d
But then the universe would have popped out of existence and been replaced by a more complicated one.
Again.
So we got lucky there.
prex@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 267d
Spot on.
Also: Knowledge of the answer precludes knowledge the question. Peak knew that.
lime@feddit.nu · 16 pts · 267d
the question in the book is 6×9, because of course it is
grue@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 267d
Earth was destroyed before it finished calculating. Of course the Question, as expressed by Arthur (who was part of said calculation), was wrong.
Never mind the issue of corrupted data from Ark B...
Hope@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 267d
6 by 9, right?
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 7 pts · 267d
No, the question ends up being "what is 6x9", which they then surmise would explain why everything is all screwed up.
Corrected from 8 to 9, it's been a while since I've read it lol.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
you have an off-by-one error
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 4 pts · 267d
Thanks, fixed. Broken in any multi-universe.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 267d
6x9 IIRC. It’s not supposed to make sense.
Bronzor@lemmy.ml · 33 pts · 267d
So long and thanks for all the fish!
the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 267d
Zaphod Beeblebrox
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 266d
Towel
the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
I wonder if we will be friends
Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 266d
Oh no, not again.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 267d
42 / 2 is 21
ITS ALL CONNECTED
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 267d
OH SHIIIT!!!
(i have no idea what 21 refers to)BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 267d
an infamous video of an older brother filming his younger brother
older bro: you stupid!
young bro: no i not!
old: whats 9+10?
young: 21
old: you stupid
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 267d
That is 3x7, or 7 7 7. The divine number!
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 267d
21 is also 10+9
groet@feddit.org · 2 pts · 267d
U stoopid!
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 267d
😲🙏
recentSlinky@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 267d
It was my age when i found out toasted bread in a peanutbutter sandwich is much better than untoasted. I'd say that's significant enough to be part of the ultimate answer.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 267d
Ever make a pbj like a grilled cheese? Toast is great, but grilled is soo good
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 267d
Bitcoiner dog whistle
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 267d
Oh no, cringe...
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
21 + 2 is 23 OMG!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma
racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 264d
2 + 1 is 3! Half-Life 3 confirmed‽
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 267d
67?
Is this some new Gen-Alpha-Speak that I'm too (Older-)Gen-Z to understand?
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 267d
Yes.
Be thankful and don't look into it any further!
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 267d
Oh no... there's a word in my native tongue that sounds similar to 67, 碌柒
💀
That's it. That's my official headcanon definition for it. Pretty sure Gen-Alpha kids in Hong Kong are already laughing at the "67" "meme".
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 267d
FYI, it isn't "67" as in "sixty seven" but "6 7" as in "six seven". Two separate numbers.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 267d
Yes... 碌柒 is the same syllables as 六七 (Six Seven), but with tones 1 and 6 instead of 6 and 1
Sixty-seven would be 六十七
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 267d
Ah, thank you for explaining the language rules. I just inferred from how it was typed in the comment. The link it sent me too was a bit confusing it seems without at least basic understanding of the language, which I'm not educated in.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 267d
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 267d
Richard?
Dick‽
hamFoilHat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 267d
Ever hear the joke "why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate/8 9"? Well kids these days are really into that joke to the point that they will go crazy if you just mention 6 and 7.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 266d
It means about as much as "23 skidoo" which you're also way, way too young and Gen Z for
KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 267d
I'm out of the loop. The 42 reference I get, but the 67 reference I don't. Please release me from my suffering.
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 267d
Saying 6-7 at random times is the gen-alpha "lulz pancake waffles XD"
Draegur@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 267d
*holds up a spork*
moody@lemmings.world · 8 pts · 267d
OMG so random!
Draegur@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 267d
RAWR XD >w<
Snowpix@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 267d
1337 h4x0rz on teh internetz ROFL
VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
This is just what I've heard, but apparently 67 comes from a rap song called Doot Doot by Skrilla. The 67 is a reference to the 10-67 police code for a report of death.
Allegedly. I doubt the kids are saying it for any reason though.
Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 267d
I heard it was the height of some basketball player.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 267d
It's funny that Arthur even suggests "What's 6 times 7?" as the ultimate question. At least in the movie. It's been a while since I read the books.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 267d
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 267d
A fun afternoon.
Johanno@feddit.org · 1 pts · 266d
Fifty four
Maultasche@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 267d
I think they find out in book 3 or 4 that that's the question, but it's been years since I've read them.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 266d
Sort of.
The mice decide that they'll just choose the question "how many roads must a man walk down?" and be done with it.
Arthur divines that the question is "what is six by nine" but that gives the wrong answer, because the question itself is wrong.
Maultasche@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 266d
Wasn't there a part in a later book, where they find the question on prehistoric earth?
ripcord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 266d
He was on prehistoric earth when he figured out that he could try to "print out" the answer since he was part of the program and got "what is six by nine", so that may be what you're thinking of
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 10 pts · 267d
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 267d
6+7=13
13!
It's everywhere!
Gutek8134@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 267d
What does 6,227,020,800 (=13!) have to do with anything? /j
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 266d
Oh no...
The 6 7 meme has now done three things:
Not only has It has evolved it's chimera-ed with another meme (42) which is a much older meme with a lot of resilience.
This chimera of the two memes is an intergenerational mix between those that grew up and read/listened/watched Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and the Ticktok generation. This now means that this meme is no longer just something one generation "gets" it's crossed the boundary and both can now enjoy it for the coincidence.
The intergenerational conversation can now go like this:
"6 7 "(gestures with hands)
"(Sigh) Yes... But do you know what's 6 x 7?"
(Uses calculator app) " ...42?"
"42! The answer to life, the universe, and everything!"
"What?"
"Look it up."
(*Searches and reads) "Oh... Woah, that's crazy."
"Yeah... Woah"
I fear that 6 7 is a meme that will now last much longer than expected.
Still, it might generate some new Douglas Adams readers, which is a good thing.
renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 266d
Naw. As with anything, once adults start going 6 7 the younglings will abandon it as if it were Plague.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 267d
6-7= -1
Guys it's -1!!
IT ALL TIES BACK
PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 266d
KReeeon? [translated: 6-7?]
Makeshift@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 267d
I knew it had relation to 42! I just got the how wrong!
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 267d
!unexpectedfactorial@sopuli.xyz
TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 266d
I'm sorry, I don't accept multiplication from any base other than base 13.
KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 266d
!!!
I never saw the connection!
If nothing else, I have a bunch of brats to introduce to some great literature! Uncle Nerd Powers Activated!
Vincent@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 267d
Holy shit.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 267d
Reminds me of when I said in school "some people put even things like 6x7 into their calculate" which was intended as an indirect 42 joke and someone said "it's 42" as a joke, not realizing it really is
RotSteinFinke@feddit.org · 4 pts · 267d
I feel like watching film theory with Neville could have been the chosen one again. Wasn't it revealed in one of the later books that that was the question all along?
moody@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 267d
No, IIRC Arthur was trying to rearrange letters to figure out the question, but the closest he got was something like "What is six times nine?" which is definitely not 42.
Nemoder@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 267d
Love the new facial expressions! Perhaps she has been influenced a bit by merrivius' elf comic?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 267d
This was the first place my mind went when I found out about 6 7
And009@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 266d
Avocato?
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 266d
Kinda looks like him, doesn't it?
And009@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 266d
Family in alternate universe. Little Cato is good in school.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 267d
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 266d
42 is the answer to like, the universe and everything.
"What is 6*7?" is the question.
Comrade_Spood@quokk.au · 1 pts · 267d
Psythik@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 266d
Part of why I left Imgur was to escape these shitty, unfunny comics.
I hate that they're now starting to infect Lemmy! What do you people like about these "Litter Box" comics so much? Why are they fucking everywhere? I just don't get it.