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RmDebArc_5
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Posted: · edited   Subject: Hard times indeed Quote

Tumblr post: "Crushing news: shrinkflation so bad the funny number has decreased from 69 to 67". Reply: "economists are concerned that with the growing impacts of US tariffs on global trade, within the next five years middle schoolers may be snickering at numbers as low as 4"
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hayvan
piefed.world
hayvan@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-12-06
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Don't know about middle schoolers but entire IT industry is laughing at 4 since yesterday.

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red_tomato
lemmy.world
red_tomato@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-30
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

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inlandempire
jlai.lu

inlandempire@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-08-01
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

63... hehehe

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Zachariah
lemmy.world

Zachariah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Don't know about middle schoolers but entire IT industry is laughing at 4 since yesterday.

โ€œlaughingโ€

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Klear
piefed.world
Klear@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-05-14
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Don't know about middle schoolers but entire IT industry is laughing at 4 since yesterday.

that_s_the_joke.tga

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0ops
piefed.zip
0ops@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-07-07
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

63... hehehe

Divisible by 7 and 9 lol

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pawb.social

Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

4 is the new funny number. Shit crashed hard.

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grueling_spool
sh.itjust.works
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-04
#9 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

โ€œlaughingโ€

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Donkter
lemmy.world
Donkter@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#10 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Why is 4 a meme? I know it has something to do with the php thing that happened but I am not good enough with computer to be dialed in.

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ChicoSuave
lemmy.world
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-12
#11 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

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This is so much funnier than people on Lemmy will give it credit for

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call_me_xale
lemmy.zip
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-07-23
#12 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Why is 4 a meme? I know it has something to do with the php thing that happened but I am not good enough with computer to be dialed in.

A CA used it as a private key.

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inlandempire
jlai.lu

inlandempire@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-08-01
#13 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Divisible by 7 and 9 lol

lmaoooooo

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some_kind_of_guy
lemmy.world
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-14
#14 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Why is 4 a meme? I know it has something to do with the php thing that happened but I am not good enough with computer to be dialed in.

The php vulns were actually completely unrelated

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mycodesucks
lemmy.world

mycodesucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-08
#15 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

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IV

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nomecks
lemmy.wtf
nomecks@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2025-01-05
#16 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Why is 4 a meme? I know it has something to do with the php thing that happened but I am not good enough with computer to be dialed in.
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MadhuGururajan
programming.dev
MadhuGururajan@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-12-24
#17 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Why is 4 a meme? I know it has something to do with the php thing that happened but I am not good enough with computer to be dialed in.

Not related to the PHP thing. It's e-mudhra incident. They were (yes, they voluntarily shutdown their business) a Certificate Authority (Who sell SSL certificates like Cloudflare or Let's Encrypt). They generated 8 security keys that were something like 4, 8, ... Which can be guessed easily. In effect when you go to your bank's website, how do you know the website is actually your bank and not some scammer pretending to be? Based on the SSL certificate. Usually to prove this, websites use a 384-digit number that cannot be guessed easily by anybody else. '4' is easy to guess and can be used by other people to pretend to be your bank.

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Corn
lemmy.ml
Corn@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-12-25
#18 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

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hayvan
piefed.world
hayvan@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-12-06
#19 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

that_s_the_joke.tga

Oopsie, I wasn't paying attention to what community this was posted on. My bad.

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bort
sopuli.xyz
bort@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-02-19
#20 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

1337 ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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maybemaybehopefully
reddthat.com
maybemaybehopefully@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-10-14
#21 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

back in my day the funny numbers were over 9000

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Hupf
feddit.org

Hupf@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-24
#22 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

IV

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kuerbiskernoel
feddit.org
kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-09-27
#23 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Don't know about middle schoolers but entire IT industry is laughing at 4 since yesterday.

What's the context?

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Rolivers
discuss.tchncs.de
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-15
#24 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

back in my day the funny numbers were over 9000

Vegeta! How many scouters did you break on youtube?

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lime!
feddit.nu

lime@feddit.nu
Joined: 2024-08-21
#25 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

here's your sperm

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Zozano
aussie.zone

Zozano@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-07-09
#26 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Don't worry, the memes make themselves

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Quantenteilchen
discuss.tchncs.de
Quantenteilchen@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-04-07
#27 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Vegeta! How many scouters did you break on youtube?

ALL of them!

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Randelung
lemmy.world
Randelung@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-18
#28 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

This is so much funnier than people on Lemmy will give it credit for

They knew all along! Four is bad omen!

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hayvan
piefed.world
hayvan@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-12-06
#29 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

What's the context?

eMudhra root cert private key: https://chaos.social/@fluepke/117474156947559280

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razen
lemmy.world

razen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-08
#30 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

4 is definetely popping rn

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SystemDisc
feddit.org

SystemDisc@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-05-20
#31 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

Vegeta! How many scouters did you break on youtube?

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Furbag
pawb.social
Furbag@pawb.social
Joined: 2026-01-27
#32 Posted:   Subject: Re: Hard times indeed Quote Reply

This is so much funnier than people on Lemmy will give it credit for

The polyglot's sensible chuckle of the day.

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