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foggianism@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Mr_Fish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s 4, not 9. The words for death and 4 in Cantonese sound similar, I think with only a small tone difference.

  Also, in a similar way, 14 is close to “must die,” and 24 is close to “easy to die”

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds like we’re talking Bruce Willis movies now

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• fl42v@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Waaait, are ppl still that stupisticious?

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  • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    🤣 People still believe in talking to imaginary friends with superpowers. Magic numbers are tame by comparison.

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    • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now it talks back with GodGPT. /s (if that’s not a thing already…)

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How euphoric of you.

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  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In china, absolutely. Phone numbers, license plates, condo building floors etc. 8 is good and those fetch high price

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  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When I worked at a restaurant and someone’s order came to $6.66, they would sometimes add or remove items to prevent that order total. Always made me chuckle.

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  • son_named_bort@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There used to be a US highway 666. It was renumbered to 491 back in 2003 due to 666 being associated with the mark of the beast.

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kinda wish they’d went with highway 665.99 instead.

      !()[mediaproxy.snopes.com/width/1200/…/41999.jpg]

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  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I went to the US in 2013 and there were still a lot of hotels (and I think some other places but I’m not sure) that skipped the 13th floor and room number 13

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    • son_named_bort@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I used to have a CD that skipped track 13. It went from 12 to 14. If I put it on track 13 it would have like 5 seconds of silence before going to track 14.

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    • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Interesting, I haven’t seen anything like that. I’ll have to keep a look out for missing room numbers next time I’m in a hotel.

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  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not superstitious. Heck, I’m not even a little stitious.

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