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.
Transcript:
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/
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Maybe not a teen thing, but among children I think “because 789” could bring 789 into the discussion.
That only works in English though and while it does have a pun, I dont see it gaining any cult status…
1337 also only works in English.
The cult status is a good point, though.
Further cementing that there is an xkcd for everything.
231, twenty three is number one!
Why is 二百五 (250) not on there lol
0118 999 881 999 119 725 3
I think it’s more of a 0118 999 88199 9119 725 3
Oh, that’s easy to remember!
I’ve had a bit of a tumble
twennyone
You stoopid
Where’s 3.50?
Get outa here ya lock ness
It was about that time…
8647
Schfifty-five.
Shiggity shawh
There really is an xkcd for everything.
42 is undeniably the funniest number
Sorry for the inconvenience.
58,008 clearly wins.
That took me so long to figure out, I’m embarrassed
Women and men love it!
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”
Vague Austin Powers memory somewhere…
Dressed to the nines no less.
We better 86 it with all this numbers business tho.
Deaf people - 258 (very interesting) and 84 (there’s no good direct translation for this)
Huh, I had never considered deaf slang before. Is there somewhere to read up on this?
Hmm, it’s hard to think of good resources for this. It’s just kinda part of community. You could google asl slang and look around in YouTube or something. Or learn asl (or your country’s sign language) and join the community.
Found a link with a short quip about 258 lol
