Talk:3184: Funny Numbers - Revision history

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82.13.184.33 at 09:38, 6 January 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 09:32, 6 January 2026

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Lordpishky: Changes "Actual popular number" to "more common" least it appear I'm dissing someone else's numbers.

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Changes "Actual popular number" to "more common" least it appear I'm dissing someone else's numbers.

92.23.2.208: ...don't actually understand either of those new ones. IShO / LE0II?

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...don't actually understand either of those new ones. IShO / LE0II?

94.73.40.242 at 15:25, 27 December 2025

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122.213.236.53: oeis mention

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oeis mention

107.77.205.131: 10 4

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10 4

2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E at 02:21, 26 December 2025

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2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E at 02:20, 26 December 2025

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	where are 0451 and 11037? they should take the places of 42 and 58008 {{unsigned ip\|94.73.40.242\|15:25, 27 December 2025}}		where are 0451 and 11037? they should take the places of 42 and 58008 {{unsigned ip\|94.73.40.242\|15:25, 27 December 2025}}
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 Could someone reorganize the order of the number descriptions? I initially read it as left column down, then right column down, which I think is also chronological. [[User:CreatorOfWorlds|CreatorOfWorlds]] ([[User talk:CreatorOfWorlds|talk]]) 14:45, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 :I'm sure we could ascribe creation-estimates to them all (first being 23, etc, last being 6&nbsp;7), but I don't see any obvious chronological layout, either row-by-row or column-by-column. 69 ''after'' 42? (Unless we accept the Lewis Carol origin, in which case it should even be before 23.) Calculators (suitable types by at the latest 1957) not until after the necessary hacker/BBS culture (early Internet and/or FIDONet era, with maybe the earliest possible date of 19''67<funny-hand-movements>'')? [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.136|82.132.237.136]] 15:14, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
-:On further looking, though I ''suppose'' the list (up until the latest addition, being just now tacked on at the end for simplicity) is definitely ''numerically''-sorted by column-first reading order... Depending upon the sorting algorithm, it'd be interesting to see where 6<space>7 gets shuffled to (and, moreover, how it shuffles anything that now comes after it) in a subsequent year's "list of numbers historically adopted by young people". Could be first, or between 42 and 69. ''Could'' still be last, but tricky to explain that against 23 (with non-numerical parts) being first this time round. Unless typesetting needs trump alphanumeric ordering, too. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.136|82.132.237.136]] 15:31, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
+::On further looking, though I ''suppose'' the list (up until the latest addition, being just now tacked on at the end for simplicity) is definitely ''numerically''-sorted by column-first reading order... Depending upon the sorting algorithm, it'd be interesting to see where 6<space>7 gets shuffled to (and, moreover, how it shuffles anything that now comes after it) in a subsequent year's "list of numbers historically adopted by young people". Could be first, or between 42 and 69. ''Could'' still be last, but tricky to explain that against 23 (with non-numerical parts) being first this time round. Unless typesetting needs trump alphanumeric ordering, too. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.136|82.132.237.136]] 15:31, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
-:''...Anyway...'' I sortably-tabularised it! To the best of my ability. Maybe the date column should be "Discovered?" or something else, but too many unknowns, even after researching. .e.g. the act of 69ing is... well, I bet it's prehistoric (I'm sure bonobos do it... and all kinds of variations!), while the French 'popularisation' of the term is attested to more than 200 years ago, but I'm not going to even hazard a guess when it became a "teens" thing that the mathematicians subsequently decided was new. Brought 58008 into the '70s only because wikipedia suggested that (decadal-displays are older, even seven-segment displays themselves might be {{w|Seven-segment display#History|1903ish}}, but hey!). And defined decade-ranges as their midpoint year, for sorting reasons. You can see where and how to change things, if you disagree and have other/better dates. Or wish to add a further 'fad date' column to differentiate from origin-date. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.136|82.132.237.136]] 17:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
+:::''...Anyway...'' I sortably-tabularised it! To the best of my ability. Maybe the date column should be "Discovered?" or something else, but too many unknowns, even after researching. .e.g. the act of 69ing is... well, I bet it's prehistoric (I'm sure bonobos do it... and all kinds of variations!), while the French 'popularisation' of the term is attested to more than 200 years ago, but I'm not going to even hazard a guess when it became a "teens" thing that the mathematicians subsequently decided was new. Brought 58008 into the '70s only because wikipedia suggested that (decadal-displays are older, even seven-segment displays themselves might be {{w|Seven-segment display#History|1903ish}}, but hey!). And defined decade-ranges as their midpoint year, for sorting reasons. You can see where and how to change things, if you disagree and have other/better dates. Or wish to add a further 'fad date' column to differentiate from origin-date. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.136|82.132.237.136]] 17:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 Oh my a completed transcript already i literally just found out about this comic --[[User:Utdtutyabthsc|Utdtutyabthsc]] ([[User talk:Utdtutyabthsc|talk]]) 15:07, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 ... You know what's funnier than 24? [[Special:Contributions/2600:4041:5E13:8400:AC92:4546:AC77:BF90|2600:4041:5E13:8400:AC92:4546:AC77:BF90]] 17:10, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 :I’m not sure where you got the number 24 from, but there is a joke in Mexico that is something of an old Polish-style joke: Many Chinese who moved to Mexico are known to have difficulty with the ‘V’ sound, instead using something closer to an ‘M’. A Mexican was annoyed by a Chinese person and called him a “mendicuadro” — a slang term for a beggar or mendicant (or annoyance), which sounds like the words for 24 (venticuatro) — and the Chinese guy thought a second and responded “Well, you’re a twenty-five!” (“Pues, ¡tú eres un mendicinco!”). Cue hilarity. (These kinds of jokes are always ruined for me by the inherent racism, much like the “how many Polish guys does it take to change a lightbulb” kinds of jokes.) {{unsigned|Dúthomhas|02:11, 24 December 2025}}
 Shouldn't the year for "42" be 1978? The Hitchhiker's Guide first broadcast "42" in Fit the Fourth, 29 March 1978. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_Primary_and_Secondary_Phases#Fit_the_Fourth {{unsigned ip|62.63.216.178|17:22, 23 December 2025}}
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 I think it's important to note that 6 7 is not the number 67, but just the numbers 6 and 7 said together. In that sense it might be more properly considered not a number at all; if anything, it is a 2-membered sequence. Or possibly a word formed out of numerals. Though really there is no math involved, and thinking about it mathematically is probably missing the point. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E|2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E]] 02:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
 :10 4 [[Special:Contributions/107.77.205.131|107.77.205.131]] 20:09, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
 ::There’s a whole online encyclopedia of integer sequences, mind you [[Special:Contributions/122.213.236.53|122.213.236.53]] 06:20, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
 where are 0451 and 11037? they should take the places of 42 and 58008 {{unsigned ip|94.73.40.242|15:25, 27 December 2025}}

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 ::For one: it is the 19th prime, and 19 is the 8th prime. Also, its digit sum is 13, which is the 6th prime. [[Special:Contributions/2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727|2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727]] 16:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 :::Excellent video from Wrath of Math about it and it was a couple months ago iirc, it's really good. [[Special:Contributions/124.198.132.237|124.198.132.237]] 21:13, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 Bad comic, Randall. Put it back. [[Special:Contributions/47.141.37.161|47.141.37.161]] 06:43, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 :It's called depublishing. [[Special:Contributions/2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727|2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727]] 16:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 "If you have to ask, you're not old enough yet," is there like, some kind of comprehensive guide to sex and sexuality I was supposed to receive on my 18th birthday or something? All I got was 18 $1 scratch tickets. [[Special:Contributions/69.5.140.194|69.5.140.194]] 08:32, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 :For that matter, maybe your sense of humor is finally old enough to not amount to "haha sex funny". Incidentally appropriate IP, by the way. [[Special:Contributions/206.245.134.17|206.245.134.17]] 09:02, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
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 I observe that the explanation leaves [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_meme 67] off the list of numbers... (it has no real meaning, just a fun thing the kids do to each other and enjoy the adults being confused about) (And now I feel stoopid for not noticing the big link at the very top — but still think it should be in the list.) [[User:Dúthomhas|Dúthomhas]] ([[User talk:Dúthomhas|talk]]) 08:54, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 :=-1. [[Special:Contributions/2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727|2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727]] 16:30, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 I daresay no Robert Anton Wilson clone will immortalize "6 7" in 100 years on. Todays memes have a half-life measured in milliseconds. I say that without assessment. Only observing. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:2455:1960:4000:307A:46A3:7D5E:A7C0|2A02:2455:1960:4000:307A:46A3:7D5E:A7C0]] 10:15, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
-<blockquote>69 -- if you have to ask, you're not old enough.</blockquote>
+-- if you have to ask, you're not old enough.
 Information technology archeologist in the 31st century, sobbing: "I am 374 years old. How much longer?"[[Special:Contributions/109.43.49.174|109.43.49.174]] 11:45, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 :Apparently, that meme is old enough not to have the several milliseconds of half-life (or if it does, it's dilated well to years, for I sometimes do see things with the "69 is funny" appearing). Unless "not old enough" refers to "born [chronologically] too late (i. e. too far from the Big Bang)". [[Special:Contributions/2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727|2001:4C4E:1C08:BC00:41F9:90A:BF7A:1727]] 16:30, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
 While I do accredit the audacity to keep the humor in the explanation of 67, the act feels a little unprofessional. It feels like laziness or lack of knowledge, rather than a play on the popularity of the meme across the youth (I have no idea what the meaning behind six-seven is, and have always considered it pure absurd). [[User:Benzaldehyde|Benzaldehyde]] ([[User talk:Benzaldehyde|talk]] 14:23, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

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 :Especially if the relevent story is "underrated", because then it's not clearly as appreciated as it should be and so unlikely to enter the appropriate global consciousness like that. e.g., I may like the aforementioned fictional numbers,  plus Space: 1999 (and, perhaps even more, Space: 1889!), but I'm not sure they've quite invaded the teenage mindset enough to be candidates for the list. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.208|92.23.2.208]] 02:02, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
-Actual popular numbers:
+More common popular numbers:
 53310761 (Elvis Presley's military serial number. Very cool to known at one time!), 7734 (on a calculator), 54 40 (or fight. Winning political slogan thought the U.S. didn't 54 40 and didn't fight), 867-5309 (Jenny), Number 1 or number 2 (Going), 10-4 (Correct in 10 code during C.B craze) "No, 4" (Morbid response to peace sign after Kent state shooting.) "Number 5 is alive", 36-24-36 (Also 362-4360, phone number from a version of AC-DC's "Dirty deads") 86ed (Run out of, thrown out of, rejected).
 A little more inside:  17 (Yellow pig day, Michael Spivak &c.), 712 (Shonen Knife ) 96 (tears) DEADBEEF (hex) 1066 (and all that) 1138 (THX, why aren't you at you post, thx-138 plates on the Deuce coupe &c.) 33, 45 & 78 record speeds [[User:Lordpishky|Lordpishky]] ([[User talk:Lordpishky|talk]]) 04:32, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

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	I think it's important to note that 6 7 is not the number 67, but just the numbers 6 and 7 said together. In that sense it might be more properly considered not a number at all; if anything, it is a 2-membered sequence. Or possibly a word formed out of numerals. Though really there is no math involved, and thinking about it mathematically is probably missing the point. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E\|2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E]] 02:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)		I think it's important to note that 6 7 is not the number 67, but just the numbers 6 and 7 said together. In that sense it might be more properly considered not a number at all; if anything, it is a 2-membered sequence. Or possibly a word formed out of numerals. Though really there is no math involved, and thinking about it mathematically is probably missing the point. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E\|2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E]] 02:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
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	5318008 [[Special:Contributions/2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E\|2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E]] 02:17, 26 December 2025 (UTC)		5318008 [[Special:Contributions/2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E\|2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E]] 02:17, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

−	I think it's important to note that 6 7 is not the number 67, but just the numbers 6 and 7 said together. In that sense it might be more properly considered not a number at all; if anything, it is a 2-membered sequence. Or possibly a word formed out of numerals. Though really there is no math involved, and thinking about it mathematically is probably missing the point.	+	I think it's important to note that 6 7 is not the number 67, but just the numbers 6 and 7 said together. In that sense it might be more properly considered not a number at all; if anything, it is a 2-membered sequence. Or possibly a word formed out of numerals. Though really there is no math involved, and thinking about it mathematically is probably missing the point. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E\|2600:1702:5C65:8E00:981A:7E98:FDFA:E92E]] 02:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

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	5318008 [[Special:Contributions/2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E\|2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E]] 02:17, 26 December 2025 (UTC)		5318008 [[Special:Contributions/2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E\|2401:D005:D402:7A00:4C55:92FB:29AD:E01E]] 02:17, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
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		+	I think it's important to note that 6 7 is not the number 67, but just the numbers 6 and 7 said together. In that sense it might be more properly considered not a number at all; if anything, it is a 2-membered sequence. Or possibly a word formed out of numerals. Though really there is no math involved, and thinking about it mathematically is probably missing the point.