An inside unoriginal overused joke only guitar players will understand it is the tablature of the riff in the 70s rock song, "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple it is often regarded as the easiest guitar riff of all time that every guitarist knows. Most guitarists just refer to the song as "0-3-5" and think its funny to play everywhere and yell out "PLAY 0-3-5!".
(ngl though it does slap and is a banger song in general)
an instrumental progression as defined by people who don't know how to play an instrument.
Some how the root (1) has shifted to a zero (0) and we're left with an anomalous gap between the new root (0) and the second note a.k.a the supertonic (2). This, of course, is used to insult beginner musicians who are just learning triads and scale degrees, but unironically shows the lack of knowledge of those using said insult.
".. and then he came into the guitar store and played 0 3 5..."
"you mean 1-3-5?"
"na, man... 0 is the starting note"
"so... you play 9 note octaves?"