Six-Seven Silliness

Courtesy of CLAIRE RUBY YOUNG

By Hanny Cho, Editor-in-Chief

A little boy shouts “six-seven” at a basketball game. The video goes viral, and soon two numbers – 6 and 7 – are echoing throughout TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube edits. What began as a random chant has turned into one of the most popular memes among Gen Alpha, leading to countless remakes, parodies, and jokes.

The “6-7” meme first went viral in March 2025 through a boy at AAU basketball game and TikTok edits. The “6-7” originated from a song called “Doot Doot” by a rapper Skrilla, where he repeats the lyric “six-seven”. It quickly spread across social media and became popular as users associated the lyric with NBA player LaMelo Ball’s 6’7’’ height and transformed it into strange edits. Today, the meme shows up everywhere from sporting highlights to classroom pranks. This raises questions about why it appeals so strongly to young audiences and how it manages to stay relevant.

“I hear and talk about ‘six-seven’ every day with my friends,” Satit Bilingual School 7th grader Daniel Han said. “I do it because my friends do it too, and it’s a trend that I feel like I have to follow. But I don’t really know where and how it came from.”

Han’s comment shows how the “6-7” meme has spread into daily school life, getting absorbed by students through social influence and shared humor. The students persist in using the joke despite not knowing where it came from. This demonstrates the way memes can spread from online trends into real-life social phenomena.

“Whenever the numbers 6 and 7 appear in class or a teacher mentions them, all of us shout ‘six-seven!” Chiang Mai International School junior Amber Kwon said. “It just became my daily life.”

Kwon’s experience shows how the “6-7” meme has evolved from social media to become a fun part of daily life for students. Its spread in the classroom highlights how memes tend to gain a life of their own as they become popular through repetition and participation by other students.

“I saw the ‘6-7’ meme on Instagram Reels and honestly thought it was kind of stupid,” Duke University junior Sarah Suh said. “I’m glad I didn’t choose to be a kindergarten or elementary teacher - I can’t imagine dealing with kids constantly shouting ‘six-seven!’ all day.”

Suh’s opinion underscores the point that not everyone would find the meme funny, yet its popularity among students is undeniable. The spread of the meme “6-7” shows how memes can dominate school culture, whether some find them silly or nonsensical.

To me, the “6-7” meme stands out for its simplicity. It captures an unexpectedly funny moment, lying in randomness. Making it both entertaining and oddly memorable, the meme demonstrates how something so ordinary can become a viral source of laughter across social media.

Whether we laugh or roll our eyes, “6- 7” has become the classroom joke that no one can escape: a meme that demonstrates that even numbers can go viral.