I can explain it better than the people using it right now. 6-7 is a social indicator of being “in” on the joke. It identifies people as part of a generation/movement.
This type of thing isn’t particularly unique. Like with “fuck your couch” it indicates that someone is a part of a social group.
The difference that the other poster is missing, is that, unlike previous stuff, where something like “fuck your couch” (to continue with the same example) has meaning outside of what it’s referencing, aka those are words that mean things, 6-7 doesn’t share the same informational bias.
“I can dig it”, even without knowing the social etymology of the phrase can be interpreted by a layman, more or less, for its relative meaning. Meanwhile 6-7 is impossible to comprehend without knowing what it is referencing.
… It actually comes from Philadelphia slang, but I also wouldn’t expect Gen alpha to know that either.
You grew old and lost that sense of excitement you get being a group of young people, feel of comradery you get yelling nonsense in unison, being stupid to the same wavelength. That’s what that means. You may try to justify your nonsense because your adult brain doesn’t want to grasp the reality that you also was young and stupid so you try to feint some justification for it.
It’s a reference to Chappelle Show about how Rick James disrespected Charlie Murphy by getting his muddy boots on his white suede couch, and Rick James is like “Fuck yo couch! You’re rich, buy another one! Fuck yo couch!” while spreading mud on the couch. It’s about disrespecting you, but also dismissing complaints rather than actually admit you did anything wrong.
To bring this full circle. “67” was used in a (semi?) popular song among Gen alpha, and unless they know this factoid, and that “67” is used as slang for the 10-67 police code in Philadelphia, then the placement of “67” in the lyrics of the song seems very odd at least, and completely random at best.
It seems that a nontrivial amount of Gen Alpha humor hinges on randomness, but as far as I’m concerned that’s not exclusive to their generation. My fellow millennials were ROFL-ing to some pretty random stuff in our glory days too, so that part I get. With Gen alpha one noticed that the less of a meaning something seems to have, the more they cling to it, and the funnier it becomes.
6-7 sits in such an obscure part of human knowledge that, until very recently, only a very small group even understood it, even now, I would say that number hasn’t really changed much. And because the meaning of 67 in the original lyric was unknown and presumed to not exist, making the lyric both random and meaningless, it’s become the funniest shit ever for the Gen alpha kids.
Look, anyone from Gen alpha, I love you. You guys keep doing what you’re doing. Let your freak flags fly. Do it while you can. As Baz Luhrmann said: “enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Nevermind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back on photos of yourself and recall in a way that you can’t grasp now, how much possibility laid before you, and how fabulous you really looked.”
Then explain it! What does 6-7 mean? Because even though people might use it wrong, “Fuck your couch” actually means something.
At least someone understands me.
I can explain it better than the people using it right now. 6-7 is a social indicator of being “in” on the joke. It identifies people as part of a generation/movement.
This type of thing isn’t particularly unique. Like with “fuck your couch” it indicates that someone is a part of a social group.
The difference that the other poster is missing, is that, unlike previous stuff, where something like “fuck your couch” (to continue with the same example) has meaning outside of what it’s referencing, aka those are words that mean things, 6-7 doesn’t share the same informational bias.
“I can dig it”, even without knowing the social etymology of the phrase can be interpreted by a layman, more or less, for its relative meaning. Meanwhile 6-7 is impossible to comprehend without knowing what it is referencing.
… It actually comes from Philadelphia slang, but I also wouldn’t expect Gen alpha to know that either.
You grew old and lost that sense of excitement you get being a group of young people, feel of comradery you get yelling nonsense in unison, being stupid to the same wavelength. That’s what that means. You may try to justify your nonsense because your adult brain doesn’t want to grasp the reality that you also was young and stupid so you try to feint some justification for it.
Never yelled random stuff. It was never a thing. And WTF is Fuck your couch never heard of it.
It’s a reference to Chappelle Show about how Rick James disrespected Charlie Murphy by getting his muddy boots on his white suede couch, and Rick James is like “Fuck yo couch! You’re rich, buy another one! Fuck yo couch!” while spreading mud on the couch. It’s about disrespecting you, but also dismissing complaints rather than actually admit you did anything wrong.
It refers to radio code “10-67” used by various public safety agencies:
Dead body found and/or fatality being investigated on scene.
Adjacent to 10-66 which instructs dispatch to notify the medical examiner.
It’s the classic gangsta rap boast of “check it out i murdered someone, I’m a tough hard-boiled badass”
The kids saying it out loud don’t realize that was what the rapper they’re quoting was referencing, though.
I’m not sure why you haven’t gotten more upvotes.
To bring this full circle. “67” was used in a (semi?) popular song among Gen alpha, and unless they know this factoid, and that “67” is used as slang for the 10-67 police code in Philadelphia, then the placement of “67” in the lyrics of the song seems very odd at least, and completely random at best.
It seems that a nontrivial amount of Gen Alpha humor hinges on randomness, but as far as I’m concerned that’s not exclusive to their generation. My fellow millennials were ROFL-ing to some pretty random stuff in our glory days too, so that part I get. With Gen alpha one noticed that the less of a meaning something seems to have, the more they cling to it, and the funnier it becomes.
6-7 sits in such an obscure part of human knowledge that, until very recently, only a very small group even understood it, even now, I would say that number hasn’t really changed much. And because the meaning of 67 in the original lyric was unknown and presumed to not exist, making the lyric both random and meaningless, it’s become the funniest shit ever for the Gen alpha kids.
Look, anyone from Gen alpha, I love you. You guys keep doing what you’re doing. Let your freak flags fly. Do it while you can. As Baz Luhrmann said: “enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Nevermind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back on photos of yourself and recall in a way that you can’t grasp now, how much possibility laid before you, and how fabulous you really looked.”
Cheers everyone.
Does the hand gesture mean anything?
It feels like “Eh, it’s a 6 or a 7” to me. But I’m an old man so take with a grain of salt haha
The equivalent of saying “Ayyyy” because The Fonz said it.