I go with "Ya, 42 right? I love Hitchhiker's guide. You are never going to go wrong with a guy Hitchhikers reference with me.". And then I go for a high-five that never gets returned. This shuts the entire thing down in such an amusing way.
As I said repeatedly, if a store asks for a phone number for a rewards number, use this with the local area code. You will be surprised how often it works.
When I worked at a place with such a rewards program, the amount of people who put in their number/signed up for rewards was included in our performance metric. It’s so fucked up, because it impacted how many hours we were given. Never mind that if someone only works part time their numbers will naturally be lower than those who work full time, making it a self-perpetuating cycle for those who want to move up to full time.
Anyway, point is - if the cashier cares, it’s because a messed up system is compelling them to. Which is why instead of saying I don’t have an account (which will prompt them to ask me to sign up), I just use Jenny’s number.
I was in a (synth|dark)wave party last week and the DJ was doing this build up and just before the drop someone screamed (like really loud) SIX SEVEN!!!! and the build up paid with that. Everyone around me was laughing their ass off while dancing. 5/7 would drop 67 again.
Specifically it was the answer to life, the universe, and everything, but you'll notice that "life, the universe, and everything" is not a question. So, we know the answer, but not the question. It is also further explained that the question and the answer cannot exist within the same universe
Yeah my bad, my pop culture is a bit rusty. The ultimate question, I.e. the question of life, the universe and everything, is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
It's just that 67 is lame. It's a reference to some video so whatever, but the creepy thing about it is people are expected to laugh uncontrollably when they hear the number. And they do it because they have to do whatever social media demands of them.
Most say it's better because it has a meaning of some sort, even if crass. Kind of how "fuck" has survived hundreds of years because it's based on a meaning.
I know 67 is funny for it's absurdism in meaninglessness, but it's very likely it'll be a fad that dies for the same reason, as future generations won't give it as funny since it doesn't have meaning. Things like 69, while crass, might still be picked up by an even younger generation, and 420 will probably stick around since it's already been passed on multiple generations. 42? Maybe. It's essentially a scifi trope, so it might stick around too, especially with AI becoming prevalent.
Nobody goes batshit crazy over 69 or 420 tho. The reaction is just "heh."
67 would be fine if the reaction to it wasn't so cringey. You're reaction is no exception... you're pretending that "those old people are out of touch and just don't get it!"
Nah fam, we all completely get everything there is to know about 67. It's a dumb meme, there's nothing else there. 69 and 420 are also dumb memes, and we all know that too.
67 insists upon itself. It's a really lame thing to attach any significance to.
Humans don't work like that. Geographically, some trends finish in the area they started before they even reach other areas, though the internet has reduced the time lag. But there will be people who get into it before it's a trend, people that get into it because it's a trend, and people who continue to repeat it after it's a trend because they either like it or miss the time when it was a trend. It only dies off as those that hold on to it die off.
So 6-7 will be with us for a long time, though it's frequency of use could be on a downward trend.
119 Comments
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 141 pts · 2d
db2@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 2d
5318008
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 2d
Boobles?! What does that mean?!
db2@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
Breasticles
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
And 867-5309.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2d
Damn. I always thought it was 22 skidoo.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 63 pts · 2d
42 is objectively the best number since it is the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social · 32 pts · 2d
But what is 6x7?
squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 14 pts · 2d
Nobody will ever know
naeap@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 2d
Yeah, because x isn't known and there is no result to resolve it to
Tja@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2d
42 is the answer to EVERYTHING. Including your question.
StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 2d
Well what's 40 + 2?
Tja@programming.dev · 5 pts · 1d
Boy do I have surprise for you... :D
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
well played.
Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 2d
No.. its the answer to the question
You need to phrase the question
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1d
You know what the question is?
What's 6x7?
Alexx@infosec.pub · 49 pts · 2d
No 1337 in sight? smh
toofpic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
A customer newsletter I'm sending is so cool it goes out at that time
It will be remembered.
Digit@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2d
"THAT'S BECAUSE I'M IN A DIFFERENT FRANCHISE!"
gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1d
heh i got that :)
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 2d
0118 999 881 999 119 725...3
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 2d
It crowd?
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 9 pts · 2d
Hello, how can I be of assistance to you?
OpenStars@discuss.online · 4 pts · 2d
Please try turning it off and back on again?
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 2d
I didn't quite get that.
OpenStars@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1d
If it helps, I can bring by your desk... THE INTERNET!?!
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Well that's easy to remember
Tja@programming.dev · 32 pts · 2d
When my kid does 6-7 I do the same gesture saying 8-9. It also means nothing and it's bigger, so "I win". Annoys the hell out of them.
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 7 pts · 2d
"Why was 6 scared of 7? Because 7 8 9."
(that works better spoken, than in text. ... 7 ate 9.)
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
I go with "Ya, 42 right? I love Hitchhiker's guide. You are never going to go wrong with a guy Hitchhikers reference with me.". And then I go for a high-five that never gets returned. This shuts the entire thing down in such an amusing way.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2d
do it in the voice of the grinch then laugh like they do.
TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
You must've seen the same video I did. I do the exact thing with the same result.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1d
yup :D
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2d
I mean well yeah. The other numbers actually have some kind of meaning 67 is just nothing.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
I thought 67 thing was slang for 42.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
42 is the sum of 6 x 7 but that isn't why they say it.
Tja@programming.dev · 11 pts · 2d
That... Is not a sum.
lena@gregtech.eu · 10 pts · 2d
Well technically 42 is the sum of the set {6 × 7}
Godric@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2d
My favorite thing is the boomer anger towards 6-7
"Back in my day, our funni numbers mean something, and we wore onions on our belts, as was the fashion of the time"
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2d
Witnessing the boomerfication of millennials in real time is a trip.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1d
Nah, still counts. A Boomer is just anybody older than you whom you disagree with.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1d
Even if I try not to be an angry, all-dismissing boomer, I'll fall into the category of try-hard boomer.
Oh well. I'll let the kids have their fun and I'll have mine.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
If you are new to being a boomer, just remember that those youngsters will be standing in the same place you are now. It's inevitable.
Remember: This is about the long game.
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
If they're lucky enough to get old. If the planet is still someplace you want to grow old.
I can't believe I'm old enough to remember decent weather. Enjoy hell on earth, kids
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2d
But can you count...
Aaaaalllll the way...
To shfifty-five?
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2d
Shiggidy schwat?
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Poopty Peupty Pants-ss
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1d
And the Mario one too, lol.
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2d
What's Jenny's number again?
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 25 pts · 2d
867-5309
vrek@programming.dev · 13 pts · 2d
As I said repeatedly, if a store asks for a phone number for a rewards number, use this with the local area code. You will be surprised how often it works.
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2d
I usually just say I don't want to give out my phone number. It usually works but it short circuits the cashier's brain
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
When I worked at a place with such a rewards program, the amount of people who put in their number/signed up for rewards was included in our performance metric. It’s so fucked up, because it impacted how many hours we were given. Never mind that if someone only works part time their numbers will naturally be lower than those who work full time, making it a self-perpetuating cycle for those who want to move up to full time.
Anyway, point is - if the cashier cares, it’s because a messed up system is compelling them to. Which is why instead of saying I don’t have an account (which will prompt them to ask me to sign up), I just use Jenny’s number.
vrek@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2d
True but giving a phone number often gives discounts... Giving a fake number like 867-5309 doesn't compromise your privacy at all.
db2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
That gas discount at the pump is great too
vrek@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2d
Also true
fox2263@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2d
Execute Order 66
McDonald’s is always a fun time with my friends if that’s our number. No one else bats an eyelid however.
But Christ when 67 appears
CptOblivius@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2d
80085 and 8008135
dan69@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
It’s actually pronounced 8008132
ddplf@szmer.info · 3 pts · 2d
OGs only respect 28008
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Doubling down instead of being embarrassed we didn't notice there was a way to do it without needing to turn the calculator upsidedown?
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2d
23. (Fnord.)
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2d
hail eris
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2d
666
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2d
6 times 6 equals 36. Add every number between 1 and 36 and it equals 666.
What does it mean!?
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
(sips wine) Satan!
xorollo@leminal.space · 2 pts · 2d
Its true. Between 36 and 1 you have 18 pairs that add to 37. (36 + 1 = 35 +2 ...= 37) and 18*37= 666
danhab99@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2d
25 is underrated
coolman@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d
It is funnier than 24
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 7 pts · 2d
I was in a (synth|dark)wave party last week and the DJ was doing this build up and just before the drop someone screamed (like really loud) SIX SEVEN!!!! and the build up paid with that. Everyone around me was laughing their ass off while dancing. 5/7 would drop 67 again.
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 7 pts · 2d
Curiousfur@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
I recently had to go to a building whose address was 6769. I literally wouldn't be able to remember it were it not for that number
Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d
42?
I mean a 72 is a 69 with three fingers up your ass, but what it's a 42?
jackal@infosec.pub · 40 pts · 2d
The answer to life! (A reference to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adam’s)
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 30 pts · 2d
It’s the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
db2@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2d
But what is the question? We need a bigger computer!
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -5 pts · 2d
It was "what is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?"...it was right there in the other guys reply
LostCarcosan@lemmy.today · 18 pts · 2d
Specifically it was the answer to life, the universe, and everything, but you'll notice that "life, the universe, and everything" is not a question. So, we know the answer, but not the question. It is also further explained that the question and the answer cannot exist within the same universe
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2d
Yeah my bad, my pop culture is a bit rusty. The ultimate question, I.e. the question of life, the universe and everything, is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2d
54?
deacon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d
37 - “Am I nothing to you?”
wittymyusername@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 2d
“In a row?”
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 2d
Try not to find any more numbers on the way to the parking lot!
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2d
It's just that 67 is lame. It's a reference to some video so whatever, but the creepy thing about it is people are expected to laugh uncontrollably when they hear the number. And they do it because they have to do whatever social media demands of them.
The whole 67 thing is cringey.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d
They aren't? It's a kid thing let kids have dumb fun
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
6-7🤷🏽♂️
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2d
No different to 69 or 420.
Just book the prostate exam bro.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
I am guessing you don't know what those numbers mean.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 2d
It's in reference to a book and a song or whatever.
If you need to be reminded then you definitely need to book that exam.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2d
69 is a sex position.
4/20 is the marijuana holiday.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
So it's a crass cringe reference just like 67.
Seriously just book the exam..
butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 2d
So spectacularly, confidently wrong.
spitfire@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2d
Just like an LLM ;)
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1d
(I'm being sarcastic)
My point is that it's just a reference too.
The only difference being that it came up after you lot entered adulthood, so it's a constant reminder you're not cool anymore.
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
You're probably too young to know what 69 means I guess based on your responses, let alone ever had the chance to do a 69, so fair enough.
And I guess weed is much more legal these days than before, so less need for a code number.
42 is what you were thinking of with your first answer btw, and it's the meaning of everything.
1337 you might come across if you start coding. 1ts M0r3 0utd4t3d.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1d
So it's a cringe crass reference.
Which makes it better than 67 how?
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
69?
Most say it's better because it has a meaning of some sort, even if crass. Kind of how "fuck" has survived hundreds of years because it's based on a meaning.
I know 67 is funny for it's absurdism in meaninglessness, but it's very likely it'll be a fad that dies for the same reason, as future generations won't give it as funny since it doesn't have meaning. Things like 69, while crass, might still be picked up by an even younger generation, and 420 will probably stick around since it's already been passed on multiple generations. 42? Maybe. It's essentially a scifi trope, so it might stick around too, especially with AI becoming prevalent.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 1d
Nobody goes batshit crazy over 69 or 420 tho. The reaction is just "heh."
67 would be fine if the reaction to it wasn't so cringey. You're reaction is no exception... you're pretending that "those old people are out of touch and just don't get it!"
Nah fam, we all completely get everything there is to know about 67. It's a dumb meme, there's nothing else there. 69 and 420 are also dumb memes, and we all know that too.
67 insists upon itself. It's a really lame thing to attach any significance to.
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d
Because they have some meaning (and arguably, value) beyond "a number we choose to be a meme."
The minute enough people knew what 6 7 was, it lost the only value it had: being an inside joke and using it to exclude others not in the know.
StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1d
It's a lot more like 21 IMHO
gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1d
i'm still not-in-the-know and i prefer to keep it that way
WhereGrapesMayRule@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d
The whole story of 6 and 7 ain't shit without 7 8 9. You scared bro?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 4 pts · 2d
2137...
ddplf@szmer.info · 2 pts · 2d
JP2GMD (jorking past to get my doritos) (2137 is the gamer number!!!)
Digit@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 2d
so good.
no notes.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2d
Missing 1337.
Digit@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 2d
“THAT’S BECAUSE I’M IN A DIFFERENT FRANCHISE!”
edgesmash@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
Don't forget 23 skiddoo!
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 21h
I prefer 0118 999 88199 9119 725 3
omniman@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 2d
Whats 42 and 4w0
grumbo@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2d
42 is the answer to life
4W0 is a standard brown for Toyota
redsand@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 2d
137
FedX@quokk.au · 1 pts · 2d
The best number.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
6-7 is over, no?
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1d
nope, just heard it today
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Humans don't work like that. Geographically, some trends finish in the area they started before they even reach other areas, though the internet has reduced the time lag. But there will be people who get into it before it's a trend, people that get into it because it's a trend, and people who continue to repeat it after it's a trend because they either like it or miss the time when it was a trend. It only dies off as those that hold on to it die off.
So 6-7 will be with us for a long time, though it's frequency of use could be on a downward trend.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
31...
xorollo@leminal.space · 1 pts · 2d
https://youtu.be/d8TRcZklX_Q?