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transcript:
cat mum: what's 6 times 7?
cat boy (making faces): 6 7!!!
cat mum: hilarious, as always. but actually ...?
cat boy: 42
cat mum: 6 x 7 - 6 7 - is 42?!
cat boy: yeah ... so?
cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!
cat boy: daddy! mommy's being weird again!
cat dad: aww, you see son, - your mommy is just a huge dork!
cat mum: history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes!

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[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I didn't read it, but I think SPOILER ALERT that it was 6x9 and than they were like "oh I always knew something was wrong", or something like that.

Not sure though.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 41 points 12 hours ago

They got that question by drawing pieces from a set of scrabble tiles IIRC, and I just realised that Douglas Adams basically predicted LLMs.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 23 points 12 hours ago

Yes. And then someone pointed out that 6×9 = 42 in base 13. To which DNA replied, "I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base 13."