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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What does the number mean?

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 25 points 2 days ago

Ha, you fool! It’s your cuteness on a scale of 10

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's old reddit lore IIRC, maybe someone remembers it here?

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

195, the OG subreddit, was a number of a flat or uni dorm of the founder of it, and as it got closed 196 became the sequel

So that's why it's called "apartment of awesome". TIL.

[–] johsny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As an outsider, I’ve been wondering the exact same thing.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

1 + 9 = 10 = J
10 + 6 = 16 = P

It's a reference to television chef Jean-Pierre Bréhier, who has over 2 million subscribers on youtube.

JP opened his first restaurant in the US in 1976. "Coincidentally" called the Left bank.

[–] johsny@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Ah! Of course.