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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

Title text:

In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 25 minutes ago
[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 25 minutes ago

Further cementing that there is an xkcd for everything.

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 16 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago

I think it's more of a 0118 999 88199 9119 725 3

[–] nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Oh, that's easy to remember!

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago

I've had a bit of a tumble

[–] fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago
[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

It was about that time....

Get outa here ya lock ness

[–] anas@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Techranger@infosec.pub 6 points 4 hours ago

You stoopid

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

There really is an xkcd for everything.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 16 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Shiggity shawh

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Finalsolo963@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My girlfriend acquired 37 limes In a row?!!

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

Try not to acquire any more on the way to the parking lot!

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago
[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

42 is undeniably the funniest number

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

That took me so long to figure out, I'm embarrassed

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Women and men love it!

[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Deaf people - 258 (very interesting) and 84 (there's no good direct translation for this)

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Huh, I had never considered deaf slang before. Is there somewhere to read up on this?

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

If you're gonna include 23 skidoo... You should include being at sixes and sevens:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sixes_and_sevens

67... Is very very old British slang for wrecked/confused, at odds, or hysterical.

"I was all 6's and 7's"

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

Vague Austin Powers memory somewhere...

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Dressed to the nines no less.

We better 86 it with all this numbers business tho.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 35 points 15 hours ago
[–] Guillermosaenz@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

67 sneaking onto the ‘funny numbers’ list is hilarious—teens are basically a standards committee now.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

6-7 is an under 10 thing. By the time you're 12, it's stupid.

[–] nomorebillboards@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Nah, even early 20s do it here.

[–] yellowbadbeast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Bot account? Comments seem like your average "short and humorous response" bot.

[–] anas@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Definitely a bot, not sure what the point of them is on Lemmy.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 28 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Missing "about three-fitty"

[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Dammit Loch Ness monster...

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

true I misspelled that :/

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