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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

Title text:

In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 92 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (41 children)

For millennials, like me: 1337 means "LEET" which is short for "Elite".

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 24 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Ragebait. Millenials are like 40 and have back pain.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can confirm you can in fact get back pain before the age of 40

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Batman can confirm too.

Source: Knightfall.

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