This year there is one phrase that is ubiquitous across every school, the entirety of social media, and has sneakily crept its way into everyone’s daily life. “Six-seven” seems to be the most hilariously unfunny phrase that pesters the classrooms around Toll Gate. This strange phenomenon seems to have emerged online, originally from the song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla. The song has been paired with fan made edits of basketball players, especially LaMelo Ball, who is listed at 6 ft 7 in. The phrase was then popularized by the American basketball player, Taylen “TK” Kinney’s. In March of 2025 the meme made its arguably most notable appearance in a video posted online depicting a young lad excitedly exclaiming “six-seven” and making exaggerated hand gestures at a basketball game. These origins of the meme seem to have been lost in translation, and many of the individuals who find “six-seven” funny wouldn’t be able to tell you where the phrase is from, or even why it is so funny.
At Toll Gate the phrase echoes frightfully through the halls and seeps its way into classrooms. This leads me to a multitude of questions. What grade level finds the phrase funniest? Do the followers and repeaters of the phrase know where its origins stem from? What is the ratio of annoyed to enamoured individuals? How is this affecting teachers’ jobs?
“I can’t take it anymore,” Mr.Martin exclaims when asked how the meme is affecting Toll Gate. “No one knows why six-seven is funny,” he responds while gesturing his hands up and down.
“Do you think six-seven is funny?” I asked track and field national champion Vanessa Jones. “Kind of, in certain circumstances.” When asked if she is knowledgeable about the origin of the meme she replied “Isn’t it the height of a basketball player?” She mentions a memory she has of kids in a restaurant chanting six-seven.
Mr.Aquilante, a math teacher claims “I do think it’s funny, it’s innocent, it doesn’t mean anything..” “It’s better than a lot of the things I’ve seen throughout the years.” Another query I questioned was “As a math teacher, how do you feel six-seven has interfered with your teaching?” “I’m conscious that the answer to a problem is going to be sixty seven or we’re going to be on page sixty seven. Especially when you have freshmen because they tend to get excited.” “I think it’s a middle school thing,” He retorts.
“ I have an eight year old son. I personally think it’s hysterical. I like all of the trends and I think that each generation has little quirks. We used to plank, we used to stuff people in phone booths. Why not have a little six seven?” Responds science teacher, and senior class advisor Mrs.Washington.
“I don’t even know what six seven is, I keep hearing it but I don’t know what that is” responds Mr.Hareld, commonly referred to as Unc.
“I do think it’s funny, I’m not even kidding you guys.” Mrs. Collins, an English teacher, responds. “Because it’s so nonsensical but it’s caught on everywhere. It’s kind of hilarious, we need lighthearted jokes right now. Especially in times like this, it’s not negative or insulting towards anyone.” “Do you know how 67 originated?” I asked Mrs.Collins “Middle school kids that’s all I know.” I asked how “six-seven” has affected her teaching, Mrs. Collins responds “It hasn’t at all, not even a little bit. I don’t know if it’s only because I have seniors, sometimes it’ll come up, but it hasn’t affected my teaching at all.”
My personal favorite, and the most accurate depiction of the “six-seven” comes from the South Park episode. South Park targeted the topic in an episode in season 28. All of the children at South Park Elementary become obsessed with the phrase, but the phrase strikes Eric Cartman as particularly humorous. His obsession reaches a point of possession, he begins vomiting and laughing manically whenever he utters the phrase and has to be “excorcized” by Peter Thiel.
Overall, I predict this brain rot will phase out. In a matter of months the phrase will be internationally recognized as cringeworthy, and it will swiftly be replaced with something as equally unfunny.
