The 42nd entry is the answer to life meme:

[jeffreyab]

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I am not sure how this answers any questions.

Comments

42 isn't "the answer to life"

[metalfatigue]

…it's the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Very different thing.

The reason you aren't sure how it answers any questions is that no one knows what the Ultimate Question actually is. Obviously, if you knew what the question was, you would see that 42 is in fact its answer.

I hate it when people misrepresent the significance of 42. Hate hate hate.

Re: 42 isn't "the answer to life"

[avt-tor.livejournal.com]

But why do we need three more fingers?

You are completely missing the point

[metalfatigue]

<pedantic>
Your interpretation is (to misquote Wolfgang Pauli) "so wrong, it's not even false." Perhaps you should read Adams' commentary on that episode in The Original Hitchhiker's Radio Scripts.
</pedantic>

Re: You are completely missing the point

[avt-tor.livejournal.com]

Wow, I remember when Douglas Adams was about humor. Guess that day has passed.

[metalfatigue]

Douglas Adams was about humor. Douglas Adams fandom, like every other fandom, is about idolatry.