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FalloutJack

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Post 6666...

So, here's a fun little factoid. Go to a locker room. Go to ANY locker area where the lockers number in the hundreds, perhaps even over a thousand. Because of the crazy taboos that people shackle themselves to, you will never find 666 or 911 (9/11). It's like we shunned the existence of a number because "Oh my god, we can't EVER think about Satan or the World Trade Center EVER AGAIN!".

This is ridiculous.

Nevertheless, it is a reality which I have noticed everywhere. Buildings without 13th floors, no more room number 1408 (I'm just guessing on that one.), and people just afraid to even make mention of the various taboos in society because they're just to indoctrinated into that way of thinking.

Well, not here. Gimme a taboo, shout it loud and clear, and tell me where it's NOT found because people are just so damn afraid.

NOTE: I don't just mean number taboos. I mean ANY taboos. Go wild!
 

Quijiboh

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Lots of streets here in the UK don't have a number 13. It's either missing entirely or '11A' is used instead.
 

TheIronRuler

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Really? No locker number 911 or 666?
I know the changed the name of the road in Central USA to a different one that wasn;t 666, it amused me.
Room 1408... I saw that film. Average at best, why should I be afriad in staying at a room with the same number?
Ask people that weren't born into a society with these taboos. All of these mentioned quirks... we don't have it. It's not remotely popular in Israel.
I think we have a 666 road somewhere near the Jordan river... not sure.
To conclude this post - this is very uncommon here.
You experience what you want to experience, whether the room number 1408, 666 or 911.
 

ThatLankyBastard

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Never, and I mean NEVER, say "Tank" while playing Left 4 Dead on Expert...

The Director... he hears everything!

"Man! I just realized that we haven't run into a single tank in this campaign yet!"
"What? No! You IDIO~"
*theme music starts*

EDIT: Wait... This counts as a taboo right?
 

MetalMagpie

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Anyone else heard that possibly-a-fact that Japanese hospitals don't have a floor nine because in Japanese "nine" sounds a lot like "death"?

Anyone able to confirm either way on that one?
 

FalloutJack

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TheIronRuler said:
Really? No locker number 911 or 666?
I know the changed the name of the road in Central USA to a different one that wasn;t 666, it amused me.
Room 1408... I saw that film. Average at best, why should I be afriad in staying at a room with the same number?
Ask people that weren't born into a society with these taboos. All of these mentioned quirks... we don't have it. It's not remotely popular in Israel.
I think we have a 666 road somewhere near the Jordan river... not sure.
To conclude this post - this is very uncommon here.
You experience what you want to experience, whether the room number 1408, 666 or 911.
You have questions, I have answers.

{1} Yyyup. I checked.

{2} You shouldn't. I'm just figuring that the film will lead to more ridiculous superstition.

ThatLankyBastard said:
Never, and I mean NEVER, say "Tank" while playing Left 4 Dead on Expert...

The Director... he hears everything!

"Man! I just realized that we haven't run into a single tank in this campaign yet!"
"What? No! You IDIO~"
*theme music starts*

EDIT: Wait... This counts as a taboo right?
Yes it does, because I'm not just talking number taboos. I mean ANY taboos.

One Hit Noob said:
666, I understand. But the number 911? How irrational can people be?
Very, it would seem.

binnsyboy said:
Man, I totally thought this topic was going to be about something else!
Just out of curiosity, what?
 

brunothepig

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Yeah, I was really disappointed when I couldn't find PO box 666... That said, there is a train and bus numbered 666 here in my city.
In a lot of Chinese restaurants there isn't even a table... I forget the number. Although 13 is actually a lucky number for them.
 

The Funslinger

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FalloutJack said:
binnsyboy said:
Man, I totally thought this topic was going to be about something else!
Just out of curiosity, what?
Well you know, like uh... social taboos? Like Homosexuality still being somewhat frowned upon? Things of that nature. People sleeping around, and all that jazz.
 

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ThatLankyBastard said:
Never, and I mean NEVER, say "Tank" while playing Left 4 Dead on Expert...

The Director... he hears everything!

"Man! I just realized that we haven't run into a single tank in this campaign yet!"
"What? No! You IDIO~"
*theme music starts*

EDIT: Wait... This counts as a taboo right?
I'm pretty sure it is a taboo, yes. Other players get mad when you mention it, so I think that makes it a taboo. It's also the only one I can think of that actually has good reasons behind it.

The director hears all, monitoring you through your microphone, and since Kinect was released he sees all too.

OT: Planes sometimes don't have rows numbered "13". Hotels don't usually have rooms with that number, either. It seems silly to me, but it stops superstitious people from panicking and doesn't actually have any negative effects, so I don't really care.
 

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lunncal said:
ThatLankyBastard said:
Never, and I mean NEVER, say "Tank" while playing Left 4 Dead on Expert...

The Director... he hears everything!

"Man! I just realized that we haven't run into a single tank in this campaign yet!"
"What? No! You IDIO~"
*theme music starts*
I'm pretty sure it is a taboo, yes. Other players get mad when you mention it, so I think that makes it a taboo. It's also the only one I can think of that actually has good reasons behind it.

The director hears all, monitoring you through your microphone, and since Kinect was released he sees all too.
...I don't have online so I wouldn't know how other players react to it...

All I know is that whenever I'm playing Split-screen and one of us mentions "him", shit goes down...
 

ShindoL Shill

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666 isnt even the number of the beast, it was a mistranslation. its 616, which russian bus route 666 changed to.
OT: underage sex. why do governments make a big deal about kids under 16 or 18 or whatever fucking? why do you think they hit puberty at that age? for more elaboration/insanity:
 

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MetalMagpie said:
Anyone else heard that possibly-a-fact that Japanese hospitals don't have a floor nine because in Japanese "nine" sounds a lot like "death"?

Anyone able to confirm either way on that one?
It's 4 that's pronounced like the word "death". That's in Chinese too, I think.
I've seen (pictures) of elevators that are missing the buttons for 4, 14, 24, etc.

OT: Outrage over (nonsexual) nudity. What I find especially ridiculous is that in American tv-shows even the buttcrack is censored. And the most evil thing in the history of evil things is of course... the penis DUN DUN DUNNN!
 

FalloutJack

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TrilbyWill said:
666 isnt even the number of the beast, it was a mistranslation. its 616, which russian bus route 666 changed to.
That's hilarious. And I'm aware that the number of the beast is actually in contention. It didn't stop them from making End of Days and then REALLY pulling shit out of their ass.

Llil said:
MetalMagpie said:
Anyone else heard that possibly-a-fact that Japanese hospitals don't have a floor nine because in Japanese "nine" sounds a lot like "death"?

Anyone able to confirm either way on that one?
It's 4 that's pronounced like the word "death". That's in Chinese too, I think.
I've seen (pictures) of elevators that are missing the buttons for 4, 14, 24, etc.

OT: Outrage over (nonsexual) nudity. What I find especially ridiculous is that in American tv-shows even the buttcrack is censored. And the most evil thing in the history of evil things is of course... the penis DUN DUN DUNNN!
That reminds me... Bathrooms!

Why was this ever a trouble for television? To admit to god and man that we have to go every now and then?
 

fletch_talon

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TrilbyWill said:
OT: underage sex. why do governments make a big deal about kids under 16 or 18 or whatever fucking? why do you think they hit puberty at that age?
Generally the government only seems to give a crap about older individuals with under 16-18 year olds.
But to answer your question, they hit puberty at that age because their bodies are becoming capable of reproducing. Which funnily enough is also the reason why under 16-18 year olds shouldn't be having sex.
I personally don't want to see a generation full of children being raised by hormonal teenagers, lacking the maturity to raise children, and the real world experience to be independant and support themselves let alone a child.

If your video explained some kind of joke that I've missed, I'm sorry but I didn't watch it. But as it stands on its own, your comment portrays an extremely worrying opinion which I'm glad most people don't share.