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[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I love the fact that I never turned into this guy that hates the new stuff. I wasn't hating fidget spinners when everybody hated them, I liked Fortnite, I think skibidi toilet is fun and such. But just as I didn't like some trends when I was young myself (e.g. I never wanted to join the Gangnam style dance), I do find it disappointing that 67 is so popular, because I loved the fact that 69 is funny because of sex.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 1 points 57 minutes ago

Im with you on this. I'm in my mid-40s but I work with a lot of 19-25 year olds so I am still exposed to a lot of current memes/slang/whatever. There's only been a couple that I thought were absolutely stupid.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Atleast 69 had a context. 67 literally was a kid spurting out a random number.

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I always wondered when I'd stop being the one being hated by adults and start being the one hating kids. I always wondered what it would be that I "didn't get". I thought, I'm tech savvy. I don't know in what way I would be left behind by future generations. I could not have predicted this.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, I didn't get this one

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

It's not a calculator thing. It's an old instant messaging thing that spells PIMP.

[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I don't know what "based" means, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's the opposite of "cringe"

[–] MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Hardly, the use of based this way is cringe.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/based

(Internet slang, originally 4chan slang) Admirable for rejecting political correctness or socially progressive values. Synonym: unwoke based and redpilled My last account got banned for being too based.

[–] HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Is this where I say six seven? Am I doing it? Do the kids think I'm cool yet?

[–] twinkwithahammer@quokk.au 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Gentlemen, there's a solution here you are not seeing . . . 68!

[–] Una@europe.pub 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

±1 WHAT ALEX. ±1 WHAT??

1 thou? 1 millimeter? A fucking mile?! WHAT DOES ±1 MEAN YOU FUCKING HACK.

This rant brought to you by a salty machinist and a new engineer.

[–] Una@europe.pub 1 points 21 hours ago
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Holy shit I'm stealing this comment

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I don't see why 2480035542436830599600990418569171581047399201355367672371710738018221445712183296000000000000000 would be funny...

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

You will have had to have been there, I guess.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

The middle ground fallacy

[–] WonderRin@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (10 children)

This is why I cannot dislike the 67 meme. I don't actively like it or anything but we have our own funny number and there were 42 as well and 21 for a while.

There are definitely things to criticize about the new generation, I am not denying that, but finding a number amusing is too inoffensive for me to care.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago
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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

Another case for the jury

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a dad who tries to connect with his kids, I made a 67 reference last week. Their response: "Oh Dad, 67 is old now." Kids these days can't even commit to the bit. 🤣

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You made it old when you said it. Could you imagine your own parents making 420 jokes?

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 51 points 1 day ago (21 children)

At least 69 is representative of something. 67 is literally meaningless.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bro we grew up with "-holds up spork-", we cannot comment on what the newgen find meaning in.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

So random xD

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

XKCD made me aware of the fact that this sorta joke has been going on since way before any of us were born. 23 skidoo is an old trendy phrase that's made up of two jokes that mean nothing definable on their own

Today's 67 is 1899's 23

From the XKCD alt text:

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

[–] Klear@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So you're saying 67 is the better meme?

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Technically speaking, 69 sucks.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Gentlemen, it both sucks and fucks. If she freaky anyway.

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel so seen! :-P

BTW, 42.

[–] UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Cant forget the meaning of life and everything.

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