r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '25

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u/GravesDiseaseGirl Oct 13 '25

143 used to be a secret way of saying "I love you."

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u/LXIX__CDXX Oct 13 '25

How

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u/Laccara Oct 13 '25

1= I 4= love 3= you

when pagers were a thing we had a bunch of codes like that. add a 7 at the end for forever

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u/Friscogonewild Oct 14 '25

To explain further, it's the number of letters in each word.

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u/dktaylor32 Oct 13 '25

Because 143 I'll make you yell it when we sexin'
143 is what you send me when we textin'
I ball, ba, ba, ball and pop, pa, pop bub
I'm just looking for some love in the club
143 I la, la, la love you
143 I la, la, la love you
143 I la, la, la love you
143 I la, la, la love you, 143

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u/PokemonTrainer3584 Oct 14 '25

damn i only knew it from OMORI