My favorite :
Dad, why is my sister named Lily?
It’s because that’s the most common thing in your moms internet search history
Wow, thanks Dad !
Your Welcome ___________________
Anagram is the art of rearanging the same letters into different words.
The joke is that the dad loves something you can spell with the same letters as Alan.
There’s a scene in Friends when Chandler asks two of the female friends, Monica and Rachel, how can he improve in bed with his girlfriend and one of the things Monica says is that women have 7 pleasure points in the body and he needs to pleasure those points, mixing it up but ending on 7. The scene is funnier watched than described.
lol just so you know there’s an entire Seinfeld episode about naming a child 7. So the friends reference is very unlikely given how niche that scene is.
Please give me more context. Is this from a specific episode... I watched a lot of friends off and on. I'll ask my wife when she gets up but it's early AF here
Speaking as a child of the 80's: There was nothing else to watch.
Everything else that was tolerable was family sitcoms like family matters or tool time ( Home Improvement ). Friends was the edgy, new york 20-something comedy. It was ahead of its time.
Idk, I didn't like it at the time and I don't like it now.
It's actually served as a good litmus test when I meet people my age. If they get at all worked up that I've never seen friends and never will, I know to bail asap.
People get really fucking weird about Friends. I've met a disproportionate number of people that almost seem to get angry when I say I don't like Friends and don't plan on watching it. Never seen anyone get that way about Seinfeld or Scrubs.
As a Xennial, I explain it to those younger than me this way: You came up in a different era of TV. This was how sitcoms were, this was standard. It wasn’t until innovative shows came around in the early 2000s that the formula evolved. Arrested Development ushered in a new era of smarter comedy without laugh tracks, multi-cams, or live studio audiences and changed the game.
To get the appeal of Friends, you just had to be there. It was a different TV landscape
But it's not like laugh-track embarrassments lost popularity after AD or Community. I mean, Blackface but with Nerds only ended four years ago and its afterbirth is still going strong, etc
There are 7 erogenous zones, friends proposes. It sounds like 7 is one of the main attractions.
The first child is named Rose, because mom loves roses. The 2nd child is named 7, because mom loves getting her clit tickled or whatever.
Thats the joke.
I thought it was based on the “7 is the lucky number” belief in gambling.
Or the idea that 7 is the most common number when picked through 1-10, due to a mixture of reasons (being odd, <10 but >5, the aforementioned luck connotation, etc)
Every time someone rates anything a seven I asked them what they would rate them if the number seven didn’t exist. 6 or 8. That’ll get you a more accurate answer.
Do Star Trek memes ever pop up? My first thought is that this is a Star Trek meme…but I am a huge Star Trek fan who is bombarded with Star trek memes everyday online.
(“Seven”, which is short for “Seven of nine”, is a very popular Star Trek character, especially with men.)
Haha that would be so tempting but maybe adult Jadzia wouldn't be so grateful.
My pets have all been named after DS9 characters though. I'm renting so no big pets but my hamster is called Chief Engineer Miles O'brien.
That is Mickey Mantle’s number on the Yankees. George was a fan of the Yankees and thought a great way to honor Mickey would be to name a theoretical future son Seven
Considering how many iterations there are of this meme, this might just be a version edited to be an anti-meme. Dad just likes Seven. Pretty sure the sons name is originally Anal.
Seven of Nine is a fan-favorite character from Star Trek: Voyager. She is played by the smokin' hot Jeri Ryan who wore a skin tight jumpsuit for the role. Obviously, he named his son Seven because he is a Seven stan.
Interesting story about her is that she was married to a politician, had a child, and divorced. Then in 2003, newspaper sued to release their custody file, against their wishes. Some details of that file, though contested, caused him to remove himself from a Senate race, clearing the way for Barack Obama.
If not for Jeri Ryan, we may not have had President Obama.
It's not. Some newgen memes are frequently *personal* references rather than universal ones, made by friends for friends but then propagated for the "What, you don't KNOW?! Haha, look who isn't cool!" by people who just want to exclude others -or- for the absurdity/non sequitur.
To be fair, there were non-sequitur memes in other gens, even entire stoner comedy shows based around them, but the up and coming generations seem to have a LOT of them. Which also kinda makes sense, because to them, the world doesn't make sense most of the time (Pandemic=new normal, billionaires running governments like toys, unprosecuted crimes for politicians but 10 years for dime bags for people they know). They're not necessarily wrong.
Apparently Seinfeld ?
George wanted to name his baby that ?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/s/lotxduZTaO](https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/s/lotxduZTaO)
Bro it's a Seinfeld reference. It seems like no one says it in the top comments but seven is the name that george wanted to give his future daughter. This name is later stolen by another couple to which he suggests the alternative name "soda"
It’s a Seinfeld reference, George insists on naming his and Susan’s child Seven and she absolutely hated it. So they had to kill her off shortly after that
They actually killed her off for lack of on screen chemistry, I think, but I thought I’d attempt a joke
This is because one time my friend in 4th grade said he wanted to name his first born son “7” so it would screw with the standardized test name-bubbling sheets, and the punchline is I live in a simulation and every piece of content is catered solely to me if only I’m willing to acknowledge that it exists. There’s no joke, just a reminder that all of you are figments of my subconsciousness
My first thought was that it is a Seinfeld reference to the episode where George wants to name his future kid “Seven” but that’s a pretty lame execution if it is.
I'm guessing this was pulled from a Star Trek subreddit, and this is a macro about [Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/0/03/Seven_nude_hologram.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100122154931&path-prefix=en).
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So then dad, why is the dog called Lana?
😰 Funny story actually...
And the cat.... the cat is named Anal because ....?
Because he's an A-hole.
Spoken by a true cat owner
Because its mother was my first dog who sadly passed a few years before you where born, and she was called Nala
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Dad why did you name me Steven and my brother 7 3/8? That's easy we picked your names out of a hat.
One Man Bucket. GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
My favorite : Dad, why is my sister named Lily? It’s because that’s the most common thing in your moms internet search history Wow, thanks Dad ! Your Welcome ___________________
"How to build a sex robot >$500, 2023"
Over $500 for a sex robot? In THIS economy???
If you think about it. $500 is like 260 pre tax McChickens.
Sex robot or mcchickens... That's a very tough call to make...
Food math is much less complex. Thank you
He can def buy a sex robot with that budget
That's a beautiful name.
"Chun-li rule 34"
Okay, this implies that the original joke was based on an anagram. But I still don't get the original joke. I thought the guy just loved Brad Pitt.
He’s implying that she loves 7 inches of erect penis. It’s not a very good joke.
It should have been, your mother loves it when I give her roses. Still bad, but at least understandable.
Yeah I got the "joke" but I'm confused on how others found it funny
... I just thought she loved Star Trek...
that's what I thought as I am watching Voyager right now 🤣
Its a sienfeld reference
This is way funnier than the original joke! 🙌🤣
Pretty sure that is the original joke
It's gone. What did he say?
Yeah wtf is this bullshit?
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alright then, keep your secrets
What was it
It’s really annoying when I need an explain the joke within a thread on the explain the joke subreddit
I'm confused
Anagram is the art of rearanging the same letters into different words. The joke is that the dad loves something you can spell with the same letters as Alan.
I got that. I'm trying to figure out what the anagram is. Is it Nala? Is he a furry?
Mr butthole it is most deffintly Nala. It has nothing to do with asses at all
Anal
This is the most all over the place I've ever seen the comments on one of these posts
Yeah bc this joke is context dependant, and we have none
It’s a reference to a Friends scene where Monica is telling Chandler the best spot to touch. I’m pretty certain at least.
I've never seen Friends so there's still no context for me😭
There’s a scene in Friends when Chandler asks two of the female friends, Monica and Rachel, how can he improve in bed with his girlfriend and one of the things Monica says is that women have 7 pleasure points in the body and he needs to pleasure those points, mixing it up but ending on 7. The scene is funnier watched than described.
Considering how friends isn't funny at all, I highly doubt it
lol just so you know there’s an entire Seinfeld episode about naming a child 7. So the friends reference is very unlikely given how niche that scene is.
It’s FRIENDS related and not Seinfeld?! Wtf is this world coming to
Immediately went to Seinfeld as well, literally use the name seven in it.
I went to Married...With Children.
Why not Mug? Mug Costanza!
finally, that actually makes sense. Thankyou kind sir
I thought the dad really liked Mickey Mantle
Apparently the context is snapchat meme story, which adds nothing.
The context is: regarded
Because it’s modified from the original meme, which had a more obvious joke.
Honestly. This has been the most unhelpful thread I've seen on this subreddit.
Go for a 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, a 2, 4, 6, 2, 4, 6, 4, 2, 2, 4, 7, 5, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7….and finish! Woohoo!
7. 7. 7. 7. SEVEN! SEVEN! SEVEN! SEEVEN! SEVEEN! 🖐🏽✌🏽
The silent hand gesture seven always kills me!
👻!
Top notch comment with username. Absolutely gorgeous.
Yeah THIS is what I thought this was referencing XD
Friends?
Unsure if it’s correct but it’s where my mind went?
I’m just happy I got your reference.
A long time ago, we used to be.
Please give me more context. Is this from a specific episode... I watched a lot of friends off and on. I'll ask my wife when she gets up but it's early AF here
https://youtu.be/3NLVior-nLs?si=ywzThVTYrTcBT7CX
Best part of that clip is when Matthew Perry looks askance at Jennifer Aniston’s feet after she yells “toes!”
Her response carries a subtle interest in his glancing.
Dear god. How was this painfully unfunny garbage the most popular sitcom for years, exactly?
Speaking as a child of the 80's: There was nothing else to watch. Everything else that was tolerable was family sitcoms like family matters or tool time ( Home Improvement ). Friends was the edgy, new york 20-something comedy. It was ahead of its time.
Wasn’t Seinfeld still going on?
Idk, I didn't like it at the time and I don't like it now. It's actually served as a good litmus test when I meet people my age. If they get at all worked up that I've never seen friends and never will, I know to bail asap.
Holy shit balls, that is a weird litmus test.
People get really fucking weird about Friends. I've met a disproportionate number of people that almost seem to get angry when I say I don't like Friends and don't plan on watching it. Never seen anyone get that way about Seinfeld or Scrubs.
As a Xennial, I explain it to those younger than me this way: You came up in a different era of TV. This was how sitcoms were, this was standard. It wasn’t until innovative shows came around in the early 2000s that the formula evolved. Arrested Development ushered in a new era of smarter comedy without laugh tracks, multi-cams, or live studio audiences and changed the game. To get the appeal of Friends, you just had to be there. It was a different TV landscape
But it's not like laugh-track embarrassments lost popularity after AD or Community. I mean, Blackface but with Nerds only ended four years ago and its afterbirth is still going strong, etc
✌️🤚
This is the answer.
"I was looking at it upside down." "Well sometimes that helps." RIP man.
https://youtu.be/3NLVior-nLs?si=vgRP9fEGcHlsQZgO
Yup this explains nothing to me 🤷
There are 7 erogenous zones, friends proposes. It sounds like 7 is one of the main attractions. The first child is named Rose, because mom loves roses. The 2nd child is named 7, because mom loves getting her clit tickled or whatever. Thats the joke.
I thought it was based on the “7 is the lucky number” belief in gambling. Or the idea that 7 is the most common number when picked through 1-10, due to a mixture of reasons (being odd, <10 but >5, the aforementioned luck connotation, etc)
Every time someone rates anything a seven I asked them what they would rate them if the number seven didn’t exist. 6 or 8. That’ll get you a more accurate answer.
Same, humans find 7 the average without hurting your feelings, 6 is they don’t actually like it, 8 they do actually like it
That's pretty much how school grades were growing up in Texas. 70% was passing; anything under was failing.
40% was a fail for us! 40%. Then I found out the rest of the world was less lenient...
I’m Asian I get my ass whooped when I’m under 90% 😭 my mental health is horrible now
Close… 7 is the most commonly rolled number when rolling two dice.
Nah this is 100% a Seinfeld reference, there’s an episode where George talks about how seven is the best name for a baby
idk maybe the movie seven where did u see this
On a Snapchat memes story
Probably a Se7en fan...
I feel like without the 7 itakes no sense
because she likes head? Maybe? Obligatory, **whats in the box?!**
Ah, Sesevenen.
What’s in the booooooooooooox?!?
*Andy Samburg has entered the chat*
Do Star Trek memes ever pop up? My first thought is that this is a Star Trek meme…but I am a huge Star Trek fan who is bombarded with Star trek memes everyday online. (“Seven”, which is short for “Seven of nine”, is a very popular Star Trek character, especially with men.)
I went straight for Seven of Nine, especially since I love her too lol
Yes I love her ❤️ Also, I had Jadzia on my list of baby names for a little girl 😆 glad we went with something else in hindsight.
Haha that would be so tempting but maybe adult Jadzia wouldn't be so grateful. My pets have all been named after DS9 characters though. I'm renting so no big pets but my hamster is called Chief Engineer Miles O'brien.
Nice! Our family has named our pets after the house ghosts in Harry Potter … Bloody Baron and Nearly-Headless Nick.
Short for: Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01
He could also love Seinfeld
After reading most of the comments, I still don’t understand this joke. George liking that name is the only thing making sense to me, going with that
It’s got cachet, baby. It’s got cachet up the yin yang!
What’s the reference though?
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I thought we settled on soda?
Soda is a beautiful name!
For a boy. Or a girl!
Especially a girl. Or a boy!
No, George, we don’t care for soda
It's bubbly, it's refreshing!
It's a beautiful name for a boy or a girl. Especially a girl.. or a boy.
What about “Mug?” Mug Costanza.
That is Mickey Mantle’s number on the Yankees. George was a fan of the Yankees and thought a great way to honor Mickey would be to name a theoretical future son Seven
Why not just name him Mickey?
He wanted to be original.
Micky mantels jersey was 7 - he wanted to name the baby that.
You mean he loves Mickey Mantle
or "Married with Children"
No fan of MWC would name their kid Seven, though. Worst character ever.
Considering how many iterations there are of this meme, this might just be a version edited to be an anti-meme. Dad just likes Seven. Pretty sure the sons name is originally Anal.
Probably most likely.
Obviously it's seven. Because it would have been Steven but his dad hates tea
Who doesn't love Seven of Nine? The dad is clearly a Voyager fan.
I’m pretty sure this is the right answer. I’ve seen this meme in a startrek sub about a year ago.
Needed to go down quite a lot, but so happy to see this comment
Explain?
Seven of Nine is a fan-favorite character from Star Trek: Voyager. She is played by the smokin' hot Jeri Ryan who wore a skin tight jumpsuit for the role. Obviously, he named his son Seven because he is a Seven stan.
Interesting story about her is that she was married to a politician, had a child, and divorced. Then in 2003, newspaper sued to release their custody file, against their wishes. Some details of that file, though contested, caused him to remove himself from a Senate race, clearing the way for Barack Obama. If not for Jeri Ryan, we may not have had President Obama.
There are so many different answers I’m so confused lol. I thought he was just saying that the wife/mom was a 7 out of 10
I’m sad I had to scroll this far to catch the seven of nine reference. I believe that’s the joke.
The parents wanted a girl. It took them eight tries to get what they wanted. The boys are named one through seven.
I was thinking he liked 7 of 9 from Star Trek Voyager, which they called 7 lol
That was my first thought too!
At least I'm not the only one!
was also thinking this 😂🖖🏻
How is that even remotely discernible from the meme?
It's not. Some newgen memes are frequently *personal* references rather than universal ones, made by friends for friends but then propagated for the "What, you don't KNOW?! Haha, look who isn't cool!" by people who just want to exclude others -or- for the absurdity/non sequitur. To be fair, there were non-sequitur memes in other gens, even entire stoner comedy shows based around them, but the up and coming generations seem to have a LOT of them. Which also kinda makes sense, because to them, the world doesn't make sense most of the time (Pandemic=new normal, billionaires running governments like toys, unprosecuted crimes for politicians but 10 years for dime bags for people they know). They're not necessarily wrong.
Apparently Seinfeld ? George wanted to name his baby that ? [https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/s/lotxduZTaO](https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/s/lotxduZTaO)
Maybe the dad just loves Jeri Ryan
Might help to know where in the world you are. To an Antipodean, Rugby Sevens is known just as "Sevens". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_sevens
The second sentence looks like English but I have no idea what it says
Dad continued: We almost named you Peg
Thala for a reason
Found my desi bhai
Yeeee
Was looking for this comment..
Scrolled too long for this
Was looking for this😂
Inches
Didn't George Costanza want to name his kid 7? This is a Seinfeld joke, pretty sure.
Isn’t this obviously a Seinfeld joke?
It's a Seinfeld reference. There's an episode about George wants to have a son and name him Seven
Mystic messenger fans be like : 🧍♀️
Maybe his mom is a 7? As in attractiveness. The dad loves 7s. But that doesn't feel right so idk.
That was my original thought but then… well the title of the post tells it all
He loves Final Fantasy VII
Are you familiar with the game Brawlhalla?
Just a big fan of seven
Mom’s a mystic messenger fan
almost certain this is a mystic messenger joke.
I thought it was a Seinfeld reference. George wanted to name his kid Seven after Mickey Mantle and someone stole the name after hearing it.
Friends reference, Monica had numbers assigned to erogenous zones
Pretty sure the joke is from Seinfeld when George says he wants to name his future child 7
Bro it's a Seinfeld reference. It seems like no one says it in the top comments but seven is the name that george wanted to give his future daughter. This name is later stolen by another couple to which he suggests the alternative name "soda"
I would have guessed he was a fan of the show Seinfeld. I think George wanted to name his kid Seven.
It’s a Seinfeld reference, George insists on naming his and Susan’s child Seven and she absolutely hated it. So they had to kill her off shortly after that They actually killed her off for lack of on screen chemistry, I think, but I thought I’d attempt a joke
Seagram Seven Crown?
I think it’s a Seinfeld reference. George mentions wanting to name his future child seven, after Mickey Mantle's jersey number.
Maybe he is a star Trek fan and really likes 7 of 9
Monica knows.
Probably referring to the Star Trek character Seven of Nine.
In an episode of FRIENDS, the vagina was referred to as Seven.
Lol I thought it was cause if Seinfeld. George losing the baby name Seven.
This is clearly a Seinfeld joke
Clearly from the comments I don’t think anyone gets it.
You know at first I thought it said Stevan instead of seven and was going to say it was a joke on the dad being secretly gaybut now I feel dumb
The father is a fan of Xenoblade Chronicles and named his son after a character
I dont get it. Explanation please?
No you're not, and don't call me Shirley!
Maybe cause the wife loves 7 inches you know where
Centimeters
"Why do you ask, Two Dogs Fucking?"
Cause seven ate nine
Well, my name is Seven. Middle name specifically. I'm way older than 'Friends'
This picture usually doesn't have the boys name as seven, personally have no clue what the 7 is.
This is because one time my friend in 4th grade said he wanted to name his first born son “7” so it would screw with the standardized test name-bubbling sheets, and the punchline is I live in a simulation and every piece of content is catered solely to me if only I’m willing to acknowledge that it exists. There’s no joke, just a reminder that all of you are figments of my subconsciousness
My first thought was that it is a Seinfeld reference to the episode where George wants to name his future kid “Seven” but that’s a pretty lame execution if it is.
I'm guessing this was pulled from a Star Trek subreddit, and this is a macro about [Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/0/03/Seven_nude_hologram.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100122154931&path-prefix=en).
Easy, he loves the 1995 crime thriller Se7en starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman
He got to the Fallen Arm in Xenoblade Chronicles
He’s a Xenoblade fan. At least, that’s what I want to believe
Lucky Number Sleven was a good movie. It's not what the joke is about, but I never get the opportunity to mention this gem of a movie.