• groet@feddit.org
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    Its the funny number of gen alpha. Like 42 for millenials. But there is no meaning behind it. Its just six seven. That’s it.

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        It’s older than millenials, but widely known. And not really a “meme” like 420, 69 or 67. It was a chill meme.

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        That’s from hitchhiker’s guide, probably more a gen X thing.

        Millennials had 420.

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          I am sure that ddpends on whether you were born in the 80’s or 90’s as a millenial. But thanks for the info.

          Yeah 420 and 69 would be more of the meme numbers to me at least.

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            I had to pick a custom port number for a service at work, I usedport 42069. My boss never realized and it’s still there.

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            I was born in the 90s and 42 was a meme number for me. But I was aware it was part of nerd culture. Definitely not something known by most.

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              Considering how insular internet culture was back in the 2000’s, let alone the 90’s when very few had access to the internet. It does not surprise me I missed this meme.

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        2 days ago

        Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Movie or TV series. 42 is the answer to “the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything”

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          Thank you for the info. I have never watched Hitchhikers guide so that would be why I do not have a reference for it.

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            I hadn’t read or watched it yet it I knew the reference. It was bigger than the source material. It helped popularize it.