The ‘6-7’ meme can be annoying. But kids are shouting it for good reason

Even Cartman and the gang are obsessed with 6-7. Now that the grown-ups are talking about it, though, will the meme still be cool? From Comedy Central

Not since 69 has a number caused this much disruption.

“6-7,” pronounced “ six-seveeeeen ,” is haunting school halls across the country (including South Park Elementary ), making it the Gen Alpha nonsense phrase of the moment. Kids are shouting it in classrooms when a teacher turns to page 67, when lunchtime is 6 to 7 minutes away or for no reason at all.

“It’s like a plague — a virus that has taken over these kids’ minds,” said Gabe Dannenbring, a seventh-grade science teacher in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “You can’t say any iteration of the numbers 6 or 7 without having at least 15 kids yell, ‘6-7!’”

It’s a joke without a punchli