About 6-7.... (*ducks*)
Apologies for resurrecting the meme, I know it’s very cringe. I submitted this OpEd to the LA Times in the fall and they sat on it until now. But I do think the deeper message is more timely than ever:
“How better could the deep mystical truth we need today be represented than by Dictionary.com’s choice of “6-7” as 2025’s word of the year? This was insightful not because of the brain rot that produced this nonsense phrase so beloved by every human between the ages of 5 and 15 — including my own kids laughing uproariously as they shout it across the dinner table — but because of the revelation that I think the viral meme is gesturing toward.
As a rabbi, it’s part of my job to stretch into the realms of the fantastical to find meaning. My ancestors might have had bushes aflame and valleys of bones come to life; I have internet slang. And to me, 6-7 (pronounced “six seven”) illuminates our bedrock need in this perilous moment.
As governments tighten their fists, wars escalate and compassion erodes from public life, the longing for justice, healing and decency has reached a fever pitch. Folks are furiously calling their elected officials, voting in record numbers, turning out for some of the largest protests in our country’s history, donating to political and nonprofit causes that support the most vulnerable, and obstructing and doxxing the immigration agents who are kidnapping people off the street and shooting unarmed civilians.”
Continue reading here:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-01-21/6-7-meme-meaning-interpretation-sabbat
