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submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by rapchee@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
 

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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[–] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 48 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

Sorry to be pedantic, but wouldn't this be the correct line:

cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the ~~answer to the~~ ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!

42 is the answer

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 hours ago

Sorry to also be pedantic but, mathematically speaking, 42 is equal to 6×7, so they are essentially the same thing said in different terms.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 19 points 6 hours ago

If 6x7=42 than 6x7 is also the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. According to my math teacher at least

STOP!!! IF WE KNOW THE QUESTION AND ANSWER THE UNIVERSE WILL RESTART AND BE EVEN WEIRDER