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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums6-7 is really the dumbest meme I can think of
I turn 34 in two days, and by definition, Im a millennial, but throughout my life, Ive had characteristics that might be ascribed to stereotypical boomers. Despite being an ultra lefty liberal who wants to see radical change in government and policy, I roll my eyes at certain changes in society or culture or what is in.
One of the high school sports teams I covered first brought the 6-7 thing to me and asked me to do the 6-7 gesture, and I so I went along with one time, and only one time with the gesture asking what this 6-7 thing is.
Then South Park touched up on it last week, and Cartman finding it the funniest thing in the world.
Then I did more research. Its from a song by a rapper named Skrilla (and its not even a song I like. I dont care for rap, but every once in a great while, theres a rap song I do like, usually if its on a video game I play).
But this track doesnt sound like much of a track at all. Then the song blew up on TikTok with a video referencing LaMelo Ball highlights, and some kid at an AAU basketball said 6-7! and everyone went wild.
Apparently, its the big thing at school, if teachers here agree. And a kid at an event when I worked a triple header on Saturday, asked if the game I was covering started at six or seven, which I said wasnt funny.
It isnt even that I simply find it not funny, because everybody has different senses of humor.
It simply does not make sense. I dont get it.
When I was a teenager in the 2000s, I would wonder how cultured, how advanced and civilized our society would be in the 2020s.
Well, were in the 2020s, and somehow, 6-7! is all the rage.
Ill take my 60s music and so many other stuff old school and vintage, please.
JT45242
(3,692 posts)I have a tangential boss (late 40s early 50s) who has school age children and likes it and Lebubu. (She has 2 of those freakazoid ugly things behind her on a shelf that you can see in meetings.
I am wondering how I work for people less mature than the 16 year olds that I taught for 20 years.
Midnight Writer
(24,886 posts)EnergizedLib
(2,855 posts)Its scary.
But some things I could not find funny and it still makes sense, even if its not my thing.
This thing makes no sense at all.
True Dough
(24,819 posts)The answer, of course, is Social Security.
FullySupportDems
(382 posts)Is a real thing. I said No, you're joking. Right?
To me it whispers conformity. Go along, do what you're told. Don't stand out. Do this stupid thing, just because everyone else is doing it. Now do the next stupid thing. Accept doing stupid things as a culture.
Maybe it's just me. I watched Idiocracy again last night. How can it be almost 20 years old???
EnergizedLib
(2,855 posts)The most prophetic movie of the 21st Century.
FullySupportDems
(382 posts)Yup
SomedayKindaLove
(1,162 posts)Wont be between
North vs South
Blue vs Red
Homo Sapien vs MAGA
It will be the
SIX DASH SEVEN vs 6-7 vs 6,7
AZJonnie
(1,930 posts)Maybe I need more caffeine?
EnergizedLib
(2,855 posts)But I fail to see what makes it funny or why younger people go crazy over it.
AZJonnie
(1,930 posts)So I went to AI lol ...
What is the 6-7 Meme?
The phrase "6-7" (pronounced "six seven" ) originated from rapper Skrilla's December 2024 song "Doot Doot (6-7)" where he raps "6-7, I just bipped right on the highway". The key thing is that it has no actual meaning - it's completely nonsensical.
How It Spread
The meme exploded on TikTok with over 2 million videos tagged #67. It became associated with NBA player LaMelo Ball (who is 6'7" tall) through sports highlight reels, and gained massive traction after a viral video of an overly enthusiastic kid yelling "6-7!" at a basketball game while doing hand gestures.
Why Kids Love It
Generation Alpha (kids under 14) have latched onto this phrase as a way to express "meaninglessness, anxieties and stimulation overload". Teachers across the country report students chanting it in hallways and classrooms, often just to annoy adults or avoid answering questions. Some schools have even banned saying it.
South Park's Take
In the Season 28 premiere, South Park Elementary kids become obsessed with the 6-7 meme, with Cartman becoming so fixated he vomits every time he says it. The episode brings in Peter Thiel to investigate, thinking it's some kind of "satanic numerology" cult, perfectly satirizing how adults overreact to meaningless internet trends.
The show uses it to mock both the absurdity of viral fads and conspiracy theories about them.
EnergizedLib
(2,855 posts)If you even consider this a song.
https://m.
Skittles
(168,230 posts)it just all sounds ridiculous, although I do sympathize with kids' "meaninglessness, anxieties and stimulation overload" - I am ever so grateful I got to experience life before the internet.........
EYESORE 9001
(29,197 posts)The South Park guys arent known for foisting cultural fads or memes on their viewers, so, IMO, it was done ironically.
eppur_se_muova
(40,387 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,900 posts)7 8 9.
ProfessorGAC
(74,923 posts)Not at the HS level but the junior high level, except....
....in minority dominated schools.
Despite it being rooted in rap, it's the white dominant schools where I hear it constantly.
Since I knew the origins & the meme, I've made no secret to the kids that I think it's stupid.
EnergizedLib
(2,855 posts)And I thought that was dumb.
It had nothing on this. I saw it advertised on Fallon during the Rockets/Thunder game.