Some IT guy, IDK.

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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • I’m not sure why you haven’t gotten more upvotes.

    To bring this full circle. “67” was used in a (semi?) popular song among Gen alpha, and unless they know this factoid, and that “67” is used as slang for the 10-67 police code in Philadelphia, then the placement of “67” in the lyrics of the song seems very odd at least, and completely random at best.

    It seems that a nontrivial amount of Gen Alpha humor hinges on randomness, but as far as I’m concerned that’s not exclusive to their generation. My fellow millennials were ROFL-ing to some pretty random stuff in our glory days too, so that part I get. With Gen alpha one noticed that the less of a meaning something seems to have, the more they cling to it, and the funnier it becomes.

    6-7 sits in such an obscure part of human knowledge that, until very recently, only a very small group even understood it, even now, I would say that number hasn’t really changed much. And because the meaning of 67 in the original lyric was unknown and presumed to not exist, making the lyric both random and meaningless, it’s become the funniest shit ever for the Gen alpha kids.

    Look, anyone from Gen alpha, I love you. You guys keep doing what you’re doing. Let your freak flags fly. Do it while you can. As Baz Luhrmann said: “enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Nevermind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back on photos of yourself and recall in a way that you can’t grasp now, how much possibility laid before you, and how fabulous you really looked.”

    Cheers everyone.


  • At least someone understands me.

    I can explain it better than the people using it right now. 6-7 is a social indicator of being “in” on the joke. It identifies people as part of a generation/movement.

    This type of thing isn’t particularly unique. Like with “fuck your couch” it indicates that someone is a part of a social group.

    The difference that the other poster is missing, is that, unlike previous stuff, where something like “fuck your couch” (to continue with the same example) has meaning outside of what it’s referencing, aka those are words that mean things, 6-7 doesn’t share the same informational bias.

    “I can dig it”, even without knowing the social etymology of the phrase can be interpreted by a layman, more or less, for its relative meaning. Meanwhile 6-7 is impossible to comprehend without knowing what it is referencing.

    … It actually comes from Philadelphia slang, but I also wouldn’t expect Gen alpha to know that either.







  • Both for this and for healthcare.

    The nurses are struggling to get a fair deal while somehow the billions a year put into healthcare goes where exactly?

    Not to the front line staff, I’ll tell you that much.

    And I get it, materials and equipment isn’t cheap but between nurses salaries and material costs, and the occasional multi-million dollar piece of equipment… I just don’t see where it’s all being spent. Between the middle and upper management, there needs to be an overhaul.

    Education on every level isn’t dissimilar.

    Hell, most government services need a review, at the very least.