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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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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Some kind of meaning behind them, huh?

Let me ask you something.

Can you count...

All the way...

To shfifty-five?

[-] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Shwam.

Doo.

Two and helf.

Scheven.

Schfourteen-teen.

Shwenty One.

Shwenty-Seven and Helf

27

37

WHAT YOU SAY?!!

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

But this isn't even a fair comparison because that's literally a whole ass song with an animation compared to a dumb kid in some viral video saying six or seven

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