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cat mum: what’s 6 times 7?
cat boy (making faces): 6 7!!!
cat mum: hilarious, as always. but actually …?
cat boy: 42
cat mum: 6 x 7 - 6 7 - is 42?!
cat boy: yeah … so?
cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!
cat boy: daddy! mommy’s being weird again!
cat dad: aww, you see son, - your mommy is just a huge dork!
cat mum: history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes!
Oh no…
The 6 7 meme has now done three things:
Not only has It has evolved it’s chimera-ed with another meme (42) which is a much older meme with a lot of resilience.
This chimera of the two memes is an intergenerational mix between those that grew up and read/listened/watched Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy and the Ticktok generation. This now means that this meme is no longer just something one generation “gets” it’s crossed the boundary and both can now enjoy it for the coincidence.
The intergenerational conversation can now go like this:
"6 7 "(gestures with hands)
“(Sigh) Yes… But do you know what’s 6 x 7?”
(Uses calculator app) " …42?"
“42! The answer to life, the universe, and everything!”
“What?”
“Look it up.”
(*Searches and reads) “Oh… Woah, that’s crazy.”
“Yeah… Woah”
I fear that 6 7 is a meme that will now last much longer than expected.
Still, it might generate some new Douglas Adams readers, which is a good thing.
Naw. As with anything, once adults start going 6 7 the younglings will abandon it as if it were Plague.