Why the numbers 6-7 are driving math teachers up the wall

I lived through that one as a kid and see this one as parent. This is different. A few kids at school brought garbage pail kids in and would show them at recess. This is more every kid anytime someone says these specific numbers. It's ubiquitous and constant. Nobody was throwing garbage pail kids around every math lesson.

Re: Why the numbers 6-7 are driving math teachers up the wall

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Post by graypegg » Mon, Oct 20, 2025, 4:05 PM UTC

> Some language experts say it is not brain rot

What do these language experts call "brain rot"? We're sorting things into brain-rot/not brain-rot now? I do know the definition in a you-know-it-when-you-see-it sort of sense... but I don't think "language experts" should be that dismissive of anything they haven't heard.

If you keep telling kids their brains are rotted out and some arbitrary subset of things they think are fun are signs of literal cognitive decline, they're either going to embrace it to mess with you or be depressed. Here's hoping it's the former! Gen alpha punk is going to be an insane scene once they grow up and realize how narrow the path their parents laid for them is, and I'm (selfishly) hoping we get some kick-ass music from it. ;)

Re: Why the numbers 6-7 are driving math teachers up the wall

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Post by duxup » Mon, Oct 20, 2025, 4:05 PM UTC

fred_is_fred wrote: post #8

duxup wrote: post #5

As a kid I remember some moral outrage over ... garbage pail kids. I can handle a silly kid meme, they happen all the time.

I lived through that one as a kid and see this one as parent. This is different. A few kids at school brought garbage pail kids in and would show them at recess. This is more every kid anytime someone says these specific numbers. It's ubiquitous and constant. Nobody was throwing garbage pail kids around every math lesson.

That makes 6 7 sound even less impactful.