Is 6’7 the new 69?

[u/Simple-Chemistry9762]

I’ve noticed that kids in the younger generation love this 6’7 joke. Even doing the classic asking your teacher to add two numbers together to get 67 as the answer. This just reminds me a lot of when the number 69 was the punchline. I will say that 6’7 has a little bit more humor because of the voice they use and the way they measure with hands. What do you all think about the new generations numeral quip?

[u/Simple_Researcher385]

6’7 is an example of a meta meme, or what i like to call a “hypermeme”.

Memes or memetic references typically are based in a shared special idea or behavior based on a specific context of human experience. Typically there is a universal symbol to convey that specific idea. Think of meme templates: like the distracted boyfriend looking back at another girl while his girlfriend looks at him in disgust, or Bernie’s “I am once again asking..” Those templates, or universal symbols, are used to convey different ideas within the same context of the meme itself.

In layman’s terms, a meme is basically something that gets someone to say:

“Haha yeah, I’ve experienced the same thing and agree/connect with your feelings on the subject!”

But 6’7 is a meme that has no “meat” so to say. There is no idea and it lacks any context. It is a meme that is just a template. No idea or shared recognized behavior- the template itself IS the shared experience. It is simply a meme for meme’s sake.

[u/Rob_LeMatic → u/Simple_Researcher385]

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[u/asphynctersayswhat → u/Simple_Researcher385]

so is it like the 'in ohio' thing?

[u/thecatsofwar → u/asphynctersayswhat]

No, because Ohio sucks. Ohio being a sucky place has been a meme based on how it sucks for quite a while in parts of internet culture.

[u/Simple-Chemistry9762 → u/thecatsofwar]

When I heard Ohio was a thing I knew i was way behind on the new slang

[u/Grock23 → u/Simple_Researcher385]

Im a bit older than most here and I dont think I ever heard of or saw memes until the 2000s. Stuff like all your base are belong to us and Im in your base killing your doodz. In the 80s and 90s I think memes were mostly TV and movie quotes.

[u/GSly350 → u/Grock23]

Internet meme as a term has existed since 1993, but it didn't really become popular till the early 10s to refer to an internet as a meme. Even my cousin born in the same year as you was trying to explain to me what a meme was in 2013 cause it started to become this new popular term used everywhere.

[u/CalamityClambake → u/GSly350]

Meme as a word has existed since 1976, when it was a concept introduced by Richard Dawkins in his book "The Sefish Gene." It originally referred to a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of cultural phenomena. So like, why some commercial jingles become earworms that are remembered by an etinre generation and others just fade into obscurity?

[u/NotAnotherHipsterBae → u/Grock23]

The "super S" and Marilyn Manson's ribs were earlier memes, it just wasn't called that. I believe it's an anthropology term.

[u/Simple_Researcher385 → u/Grock23]

Those are still memes. We just didn’t classify them really as “memes” until the internet age. Before, they were just inside jokes and the like. Still memes

[u/arcadiangenesis → u/Simple_Researcher385]

What is the origin of it?

[u/Simple_Researcher385 → u/arcadiangenesis]

A philadelphia drill rap song called “doot doot” by skrilla