most previous Internet meme trends were based in some grounding of logic. 6 7, however, has become a prime example of how brain rot can ascend into pop culture.
Now teachers avoid breaking kids into groups of six or seven, or asking them to turn to page 67, or instructing them to take six or seven minutes for a task. Six is a perfect number, and seven is a prime number, but only a glutton for punishment would put them together in front of a bunch of 13-year-olds.
A random moment made Drew Scanlon famous, and uses the fame to raise money for multiple sclerosis.
An avid cyclist who enjoys rides through Marin, he’s participated in a charity bike ride for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for 10 years. At this point, he’s raised more than $300,000 for research into the disease, which disrupts the central nervous system and can result in symptoms ranging from memory difficulties to chronic pain.
“I’m continually floored by how many people still react so generously to it,” he said of the meme, citing a $5,000 donation this year thanks to promotion through his social media channels (he has 81,500 followers on X, and the domain blinkingguy.com redirects to his donation page).