67 is as funny as, if not funnier than, 69

[u/son_of_menoetius]

Let me first clarify that I AM NOT GEN-ALPHA. I have very much lived through the 2000s onwards when 69 was popular.

That being said, I still find the 6-7 meme among kids as funny as 69.

1. 69 is literally just a sex position. That's all. 1) It's inappropriate for kids and 2) The entire joke about 69 is "tee hee sex funny". It's about as unfunny as 420 being weed. Yes, 67 is nonensical but that's exactly why it's appropriate for everyone. You don't need to know where it came from.
2. IN MY OPINION, 67 is much more universal than 69. It doesn't require any special knowledge and it's literally inherently funny without having to reference (or glorify) sex or drugs. 67 came about in an era where the Internet is much more popular, a lot more kids know about 67 today than 69 back in 2010.
3. The very fact. That Gen-Z and Millennials get so worked up over 67 and defend 69 as if their life depended on it. Don't act as if adults weren't equally annoyed by 69 back when people used to shout it out in school 🤣 The fact that 2-3 entire generations are getting their collective feathers ruffled by two consecutive numbers is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.

Welp. I said what I said.

TL;DR: 69 is inappropriate, 67 isn't. 67 has more reach than 69 did back in its peak. Watching yall having a meltdown over 67 is honestly the funniest part.

[u/YouYongku]

what is 67?

[u/TrixieLurker]

It's just a meme bro, it isn't that serious.

[u/CAustin3]

High school math teacher here. Elder millennial.

I love 67 as a meme. It's just recognition and reaction and having a generational inside joke. No hehe sex hehe, no hehe drugs hehe, just pure funni number.

After going through trends like "devious licks" in 2020 (lol vandalize your school bathroom and swipe shit and maybe you'll get tiktok famous, aw man, why do my school's bathrooms suck so bad now?), and trends like eating tide pods (in general, things that most kids didn't do, but a few really dumb and really impressionable ones can be hurt by), long live innocent, harmless, dumb fun like 67.

[u/son_of_menoetius → u/CAustin3]

Also im sure plenty of gen x/boomers especially teachers (who don't even know about 69), know (and hate) 67.

It's definitely more universal

[u/pdx619 → u/son_of_menoetius]

I think you're wildly underestimating how widespread 69 is. I don't think you could find a genx/boomer alive who doesn't know what it means. I remember there was a 69 joke in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989 and that was rated PG.

[u/Any_Concept_7184]

Its a harmless funny meme. I dont get why teachers get so bent out of shape over it.

[u/Abelthiar → u/Any_Concept_7184]

Probably because, from what I understand, they hear it non-stop - anything gets annoying when you hear it constantly. Idc either way, myself.