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.
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.
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
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.
Big companies are doing this so they can sell their product on the Chinese market more easily. The number 9 is associated with death in China.
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”
Are we discussing Bruce Willis movies now?
Waaait, are ppl still that stupisticious?
🤣 People still believe in talking to imaginary friends with superpowers. Magic numbers are tame by comparison.
How euphoric of you.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Kinda wish they’d went with highway 665.99 instead.
I’m not superstitious. Heck, I’m not even a little stitious.