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[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 73 points 2 months ago
[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 25 points 2 months ago

From Charlie Barnett

"My favorite position is 68. She does me and I owe her one."

[-] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 months ago

69 is eternal, or at least as long as Arabic numerals remain in use. 67 does not replace 69, it lives alongside it. But 69 will outlast it. It was first referenced in 1790 https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/69/ and will be repeatedly rediscovered by future generations

[-] url@feddit.fr 17 points 2 months ago
[-] homologous@piefed.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 months ago

I think its whole thing is that it doesn't really mean anything; it's literally just an empty trigger word

[-] Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

No soap radio.

[-] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 months ago

I asked my nine year old daughter, and she said it doesn't mean anything, it's just brain rot to confuse the adults.

[-] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

It originates from a discussion about a guy's height, he was 6 foot 7 inches. However, that's not really important to how it's used, it's just a mindless phrase to say.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It originates from "Doot Doot" by Skrilla [Dec '24], got associated with LaMelo Ball (basketball player), hijacked and force-memed by Taylen Kinney (basketball player, hand gesture starts here) [Jan '25], kids chasing highlight reel clout start doing this at games and Maverick Trevillian (the blonde kid in the memes) gets lucky [March '25]. Full-steam-ahead brainrot evolution from there, memes referencing memes with none of the original layers of context.

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

he was 6 foot 7 inches

So that is why it's not a thing in Europe.

[-] falseWhite@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

All the fun numbers were already taken by previous generations, so I guess they had to come up with something, even if it's completely meaningless

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

67 is a near homophone to a curse word in cantonese:

碌柒 meaning dickhead

As a native Cantonese speaker, this will always be my official meaning for this

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

I'm gonna start spreading this around. It's much better than the existing definition.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

You're one of my favorite Lemmy users.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

How's the old joke go? 67 69ed 68

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Makes me miss my grandparents.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'll always remember their big dusty fishbowl with the outlines of all the keys.

casual racism intensifies

[-] christov@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[-] inkzombie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Isn't the joke "because 7 8 9" older than both?

[-] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 months ago

Why was 66 scared of 67? Because 67 68 69

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Gotta love 67. It’s so ubiquitous it’s become meaningless. From basketball to 67 kid, it’s pretty much whatever anyone wants it to be.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I don't get what the annoyance is with "6-7". I've been using it for years and it just means "approximately" or "thereabouts".

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 38 points 2 months ago

The way my kids use it, it doesn't mean anything. They just say it randomly in a drawn out voice.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago

Can you use it in a sentence?

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 2 months ago

I'll be there approximately 6-7 thereabouts.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

That doesn't sound like you're using it to mean "thereabouts" given that you have the word "thereabouts" in the sentence...

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Well that isn’t the same guy so there is that haha

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[-] gangdinesout@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

This is funny, but don't you mean to say: "I'll be there 6-7 6-7 6-7". Makes more sense that way

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[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

At least 67 isn't a sex thing.

[-] far_university1990@reddthat.com 56 points 2 months ago

Not with that attitude >:)

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Fair enough.

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 27 points 2 months ago

Eww, sex! Get it away from me!

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[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago

In cantonese 67 sounds like euphemism for dick.

[-] Generica@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Im so high i was like, who were the 67th and 69th presidents?

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

42 sitting in the corner

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