Comment on Roman numerals, man... so close!

• HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s their first multi-digit number that’s the same either way up

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  • lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Except II

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    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Which coincidentally looks like the missionary position.

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    • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lol whoops

      I should’ve said containing different digits

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  • jungle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Still not seeing it, lol. I guess you mean it would be their 69, except that you need one to be the upside down version of the other…? I don’t know. Someone should write a research paper on this. :D

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    • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      69 is (our) 69 because the whole thing is the same when you rotate it 180°

      As is XIX

      :)

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      • kemsat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I thought it was because the 6 is a dude with his dick out, and 9 is a girl with her tits out, or the 9 is another dude flipped around…

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      • overcast5348@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        69 isn’t “the funny” number because it’s an ambigram. It’s the “funny number” because it’s the sex position number.

        You’re one of that’s 10000: xkcd.com/1053/ :)

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      • jungle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Nah, that’s not how 69 works

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