The whole 67 thing has really outed every older generation as just as bad as the ones they themselves complained about as teenagers.
The whole point of it was always that it has no point, and y'all get weirdly mad about it, just like every single generation has always been mad at those "damn kids". The truth is, it's just as dumb as troll comics, asdf movies, "whatcha say" skits, or loss.
I looked up the "meaning" behind it when the kids started saying it, then started using it (almost unintentionally), and they have broken the habit on their own. No harm, no foul, just no longer something fun to annoy adults with.
69 referred to the sex act
420 referred to weed
Even stupid obnoxious ones like yolo meant you only live once and people would say it when they do something that had a risk
Or things like Kobe which was meant to have skill like Kobe
But 67 means nothing and isn’t even a reference which is why people are confused by it
6-7, I just bipped right on the highway (Bip, bip)
Skrrt, uh (Bip, bip, bip)
I just bipped right on the highway (Bip)
Trackhawk, mm, sittin' in the driveway (Skrrt)
Uh, pull up, doot-doot, doo-doo-doo
Which, translated is "I have committed a car jacking / stolen a car and during the commission of this crime, have murdered someone"
it then came to prominence in being cut over footage of a basketball player who is 6'7" - using dramatic irony to suggest his height is murderous in the game.
Alas, what started in their network soon became a social currency for adults online. Gen Xers and Millennials—the parents of today’s middle schoolers—couldn’t leave six-seven be; they’re accustomed to burning through such memes like their parents or grandparents did cigarettes, as if culture writ large can withstand habitual abuse. Social-media-influencer culture also latched on to the phrase for its own attentional ends, as did brands, the indefatigable scavengers. These forces stole six-seven from the kids who had nurtured it.
Yeah ok. It was a song lyric first and then became a TikTok basketball video meme. It was an adult meme that kids latched onto. How dare adults continue to use it and destroy childlore or whatever?
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BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 32 pts · 258d
Long live 69
velindora@lemmy.cafe · 10 pts · 258d
420 wants a word.
Jerkface@piefed.social · 5 pts · 258d
Yes, 69 is way better when 420 comes first.
MBech@feddit.dk · 23 pts · 258d
The whole 67 thing has really outed every older generation as just as bad as the ones they themselves complained about as teenagers.
The whole point of it was always that it has no point, and y'all get weirdly mad about it, just like every single generation has always been mad at those "damn kids". The truth is, it's just as dumb as troll comics, asdf movies, "whatcha say" skits, or loss.
Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 258d
I welcomed it when my daughter did it and thought it was funny.
I'd be much more concerned if it was like that trend of smoking tide pods or something like that. 6 7 is harmless.
Its like every older generation just doesn't want kids to have fun, at all. A tale as old as time.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 258d
I looked up the "meaning" behind it when the kids started saying it, then started using it (almost unintentionally), and they have broken the habit on their own. No harm, no foul, just no longer something fun to annoy adults with.
Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 258d
And these kids will do the same when they are older, and on it goes
BussyCat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 257d
But like other ones had a meeting
69 referred to the sex act 420 referred to weed Even stupid obnoxious ones like yolo meant you only live once and people would say it when they do something that had a risk Or things like Kobe which was meant to have skill like Kobe
But 67 means nothing and isn’t even a reference which is why people are confused by it
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 257d
Well it's provenance was from
Which, translated is "I have committed a car jacking / stolen a car and during the commission of this crime, have murdered someone"
it then came to prominence in being cut over footage of a basketball player who is 6'7" - using dramatic irony to suggest his height is murderous in the game.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 257d
thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 258d
Gosh the author is rather pompous about this
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 258d
It's just 23 Skidoo after inflation.
moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 258d
Yeah ok. It was a song lyric first and then became a TikTok basketball video meme. It was an adult meme that kids latched onto. How dare adults continue to use it and destroy childlore or whatever?
ksigley@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 257d
Ahhh 6 7 lol gestures