• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

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

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      8 months ago

      In china, absolutely. Phone numbers, license plates, condo building floors etc. 8 is good and those fetch high price and 4 is avoided. Hell the US is still sometimes avoiding floor 13 in hotels.

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      8 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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      8 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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      8 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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        8 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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        8 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.