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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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[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, I had never considered deaf slang before. Is there somewhere to read up on this?

[-] Lightsong@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

https://258hub.ca/about/

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