I gather it’s supposed to mean something (though I don’t see any meaning behind numbers aside from literal counting and measuring), but seriously, what’s up with 67 lately?
Something the kids were saying finally reached the ears of their millennial parents and those parents then told wider society because it’s just so cute 🥰
Kids being kids. It’ll fade away when they find something else equally stupid.
it’s 23 Skidoo, it’s eat my shorts, it’s amazeballs with awesomesauce, it’s kilroy was here, it’s and I oop, its yer a wizard Harry, it’s leeeeeeroy jeeeeenkins etc
It’s “one does not simply” invent memes and there’s no boundary to it. It’s the Zeitgeist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_meme
tl;dr nothing meaningful. popularized by gen alpha children
Gen Alpha started it, but Xers, millennials and even boomers are trying so hard to capitalize on it. We had a parade in town a week and change ago and there number of city council members and other people with political clout that kept saying it and making the jiggle hands motion was cringeworthy. Local car dealerships are offering oil changes for $67.67 to capitalize on the brain rot. I’ve seen several other “deals” where pricing when from 5.99 to 6.67. There is nothing a capitalist won’t try to take advantage of, no matter how little they understand it.
There are a lot of memes in recent years that literally don’t mean anything. They are just statements that young people repeat soley because not repeating it means you’re left out. 6-7 is one such meme.
It’s not really any different from other trends, it’s just that usually you can at least see why a trend caught on to begin with. Thus your confusion.
FYI one can clearly see why 67 caught on.
That doot doot six seven song -> NBA stars saying it on tiktok -> Everyone else trying to catch clout by saying it too -> It’s now a meme
No different than how other trends caught on, as you pointed out.
Yeah, I knew about the song, but afaik it didn’t “catch on” until “6-7 kid” did a thing. And now everyone just makes the reference any time they think of it, because they saw someone else make the reference, not because it’s ever applicable.
I have to assume there is a field of study of memetics that draws a distinction between “merely a reference” and “applicable”. Ex. When a person refers to the “this is fine” meme, it’s because they’re invoking a sentiment that is applicable to the discussion, which is socially useful because you can build off of a common understanding instead of needing to lay the groundwork first to be on the same page (insert captain america meme). But when people say 6-7, they really are just saying “this is a thing we both are aware of”.
OP is basically asking “when is this meme applicable?” And the answer is, it never is.
I guess it’s technically a kind of shibboleth, even if it only lets them know they’re both members of the secret “we get it” club.
I like to think that its a subconscious offshoot of the “why was six afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9” joke for the modern generation showcasing how the current short attention span brain rot humor contrast against previous with all punchline and no buildup.
It’s just a meme without any deeper meaning. Laugh or ignore and move on.
Except it’s disrupting some fast food chains that have a menu item #67. For some, it’s possibly costing them revenue and harassing workers. Sadly it’s not something they can necessarily just laugh at or ignore.
Couldn’t they just change the menu so item 67 is something very high profit margin and not subject to supply problems? Doesn’t seem like a real problem.
It wasn’t the menu item, but rather you’re order #67 in the waitlist to receive your food…
oh, so then it was like a “get” with everyone spamming orders hoping to get that number
