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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 9 minutes ago

We're back at sixes and sevens as a society, so this tracks.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 2 points 41 minutes ago

Right, kick ass. Well, don't want to sound like a dick or nothin', but, ah... it says on your chart that you're fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded. What I'd do, is just like... like... you know, like, you know what I mean, like..

[–] pitaya@lemmy.zip 26 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

It isn't even on Dictionary.com though?

"Six seven" doesn't have any results either

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 13 hours ago

Least jank <generic object >.com site

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 37 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I literally only heard of it last week. Was it really that big of a trend to be considered the word of the year?

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 22 minutes ago

it's been going on for like 6 to 7 months

[–] slackassassin@piefed.social 25 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Yes. Old people just lag on these things.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 28 minutes ago

I may be old but I don’t want the youth on my interwebz

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I'm middle-aged with small children. Only heard of this a few days ago.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I’m middle age with tween and teen kids and have been hearing that shit all year.

[–] slackassassin@piefed.social 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Only middle agers think middle age isn't old. I don't make the rules.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Only young people think middle age is old. I figure I've got another 20 until I really start falling apart.

[–] slackassassin@piefed.social 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And late to the lingo, nonetheless, darn skibidi.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Fr no cap bro

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 19 hours ago

I'm a terminally online loser who spends way too much time looking at memes. This one has been around for at least 3 months.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 22 points 19 hours ago

I tough it was "where are the epstein files"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 19 hours ago

For fuck's sake...

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 36 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

My friends will continue to intentionally and enthusiastically mis-use all the kid-pidgin as a form of sarcastic performance art, as it has so far achieved the main goal of embarrassing their two girls into never using any of it. They speak like people, instead of vapid 'gram zombies; at least at home.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

I'm trying, but they think I'm in the joke and love it. thought id get ahead and use it so they will cringe, but it backfired. now my house uses the 67 joke unironically

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I do this too. I’ll come home and say “heyyy 6-7-8 my bruhs!” and their eyes will roll right out of their skulls.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Speak to your kids like little adults and their speech and vocabulary explodes. They also sense the respect that many adults don't give them. I loathe adults that talk down to children.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My friend has a toddler and I always spoke to her like a regular person who just happened to not know things. She seemed to respect it a lot.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Yes! Treat them as ignorant, not stupid. Asked my ex-wife why kids like me when I'm don't like them so much. "You talk to them like real people. They get that."

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Other terms that made the shortlist of finalists for this year's Word of the Year included "agnetic,"

Surely they mean "agentic", right? Right???

I searched for "agnetic" to see if I was out of the loop and it's kind of funny, kind of sad. I found a lot of what I guess is AI slop that took a typo and just ran with it. Like this one: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clash-intelligences-agnetic-ai-vs-agent-explained-robin-biwre

Agnetic AI is a newer conceptual framework that extends beyond the traditional agent-based model. The term "Agnetic" is derived from the word "magnetic," signifying its dynamic, adaptive nature.

https://www.agnetic.ai/ also looks like slop, but it's realllllly hard to distinguish between AI bullshit and traditional tech marketing bullshit.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 18 hours ago

Traditional tech marketing bullshit is also slop. It just isn't always AI slop.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"Slop" ought to be another word that's gained popularity in use. I'm still having trouble with it, mainly because I think it's overused a lot in short insults and dismissals of things. Not aimed at you here, at least you define WHY you consider it in that category. I'm talking more the "AI slop" that mirrors the "fake news" or "git gud" or any other reply that avoids actual discussion and screams "I hate this, but have nothing more to contribute".

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

“slop” didn’t explode in popularity this year tho

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not. Any idea when it became a thing online? It seemed to coincide with when AI images started to get a lot better (and thus used a lot more), and that could have been a few years ago, or this year, depending on your standard of "better".

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

it used to be used in a racist way on 4chan for media that was made for mass consumption, contrasted by things that were flawed but had "sovl" (soul).

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Even the kids that say it don't even take it that seriously and are 100% aware that it is just brainrot, at least from what I have seen. Although, I do still enjoy saying "sixty seven" to my nephew whenever it comes up.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I made this comment go from 6 to 7 upvotes

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago

I did the same to yours.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Yep. My little kids were giggling over skibidi last year. It's fun because it's nonsensical. Kid's love shit like that.

[–] QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip 22 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Isn't "6 7" supposed to be a rating? Somebody does something and you rate it mid by giving it a 6 or maybe a 7 on a scale of 10. Why on earth would this semantic meaning come from a basketball player's height?

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 16 hours ago

No, it's from a rap song, but almost everybody doesn't have the context. Just tell the middle-school kids that it really means a 10-67, that at least for the rapper's local police codes, means they found a dead body.

All of the other theories are made up.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 19 hours ago

No. It’s just “6-7”. It is not supposed to be a rating or something with actual meaning at all. It’s just a pattern.

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[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

Disgusting..

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

6 7, not 67

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Well at least it isn't tradwife

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago

some say it can be interpreted as another way of saying "so-so," "maybe this" or "maybe that," the dictionary states.

pronounced "six-seven" and never "sixty-seven," the dictionary notes

[–] kbal@fedia.io 8 points 21 hours ago

No surprise, I always thought 2025 was at sixes and sevens.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Ah lawd jeesis help us lawd

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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -4 points 19 hours ago

anything else would be a disservice, frankly

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