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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers (imgs.xkcd.com)

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In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/

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[-] tyler@programming.dev 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

67 is the police code for a homicide. Kids just didn’t understand it and thought it referred to something else.

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I thought that’s 187

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In California it’s 187.

And now I gotta listen to sublime

[-] matti@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

187 is homicide, yes, but it says there 67 is homocide. You're welcome.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks. Fucking ios keyboard gets worse every day.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

That might just be California. In standard “10” police codes, it’s 67. https://www.police1.com/resources/articles/police-codes-VqFqvwMyjl6GES0f/

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