• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    Those words mean things. They might not make a lot of sense in the context we used them in, but they formed a thought.

    6-7 isn’t even a semi complete concept on the surface of it. It’s literally devoid of any meaning at all.

    • Xenny@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I fucking dig it. Surrealist slang is the best. We had our own shit like that too.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      A favourite pastime of every old fart is to tell everyone who can’t run away, how much better culture, music, memes, and life in general was when they were young, and how stupid, devoid of meaning, inferior current youth’s activities are.

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        3 hours ago

        Then explain it! What does 6-7 mean? Because even though people might use it wrong, “Fuck your couch” actually means something.

        • Cyrus Draegur@lemmy.zip
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          1 hour ago

          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.

        • Nalivai@lemmy.world
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          3 hours ago

          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.

          • Auli@lemmy.ca
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            2 hours ago

            Never yelled random stuff. It was never a thing. And WTF is Fuck your couch never heard of it.

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              2 hours ago

              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.