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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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[–] Guillermosaenz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

67 sneaking onto the ‘funny numbers’ list is hilarious—teens are basically a standards committee now.

[–] yellowbadbeast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Bot account? Comments seem like your average "short and humorous response" bot.

[–] anas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Definitely a bot, not sure what the point of them is on Lemmy.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Deaf people - 258 (very interesting) and 84 (there's no good direct translation for this)

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh, I had never considered deaf slang before. Is there somewhere to read up on this?

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

“Now, my story begins in nineteen dickety two. We had to say dickety 'cause the kaiser had stolen our word twenty….”

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Further cementing that there is an xkcd for everything.

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Maybe not a teen thing, but among children I think "because 789" could bring 789 into the discussion.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

They left out 86 and the more recent variant 8647

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

There really is an xkcd for everything.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm still disappointed that 27 never managed to get on this list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2-7CqYFi64

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Strong Bad made seven fifty funny too :)

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago
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