There is a house over in riverside, Ohio and the number is 666. I'm not kidding, even me and my friends call it the house of the beast.
Time for taboos.
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once genetic engineering becomes more common there won't be anything wrong with incest other than public view. Also the age of consent in Japan is 13.
The short answer is that 1408 is a movie in which on a hotel's 14th floor (because hotels never have a 13) there is a room, 1408, which is described (by our man Samuel L. Jackson) as an evil fucking room. 1408, adding the numbers together, gets you the number 13, which John Cusack's character thought of as cute...at first. As you might guess, though, the room is fucking evil, so I'm betting hotels will phase that one out too.GrizzlerBorno said:
One taboo that I'm glad they have actually broken, by the way, is about cracking down on people who either accidentally or jokingly say things that you should not say at an airport. Things like "Hi, Jack.". Not all of them are over this, but I did hear about a report in which a number of them eased up, though many airline personnel will frown at some of these jokes as being in poor taste.
*Looks at your username*FalloutJack said:
Uhh....did....did that happen to you?
OT: Thanks man. I'm not much of a movie guy.
Of course not. My name isn't really Jack. FalloutJack is the fine tradition of calling my Fallout characters Jack.GrizzlerBorno said:
stefanbertramlee said:
I think it's because four (shi in Japanese) is the same pronunciation as death.(or is it torture I can't remember..... give us a sec... no nine is ku which has the same pronunciation as torture)MetalMagpie said:
just to let you all know the earliest recorded number of the beast is 616, the church changed it to make it easier to remember so that is the number you should look out for
exactly, doesn't harm or inconvenience anyone and the conditions you said are met, what's the problem? *gets out minor flame shield*Esotera said:
If you look at the zip codes for Topeka, Kansas, they ALL start with 666. Thank you US Postal Service! ;D
The number 13 may be considered an unlucky number in Western countries, but in Eastern countries the number 4 is considered unlucky and is often skipped for room numbers, floors, and so on. Evidently the number 4 and the word for "death" sound too much alike...
I know people who believe that clipping fingernails in public is taboo. I figure it's like getting your hair trimmed in public. Happens sometimes. Then there are some who are paranoid about other people laying hands on the nail/hair clippings. I guess customs to guard against sympathetic magic have seeped into many cultures in order to protect the next generation by taboo.
I don't mind the taboo on nudity because I don't really want to see that (generic) fat guy's package anyway. It is the same reason why I don't go to Wiccan celebrations. Sluggy Freelance said it best when the subject of nudist colonies came up. No quality control.
Superstitions about cats are endless.
In most English-speaking countries, it is believed to be unlucky when a black cat crosses your path. The origin of this belief was from sailors who believed black cats were lucky and so had as many aboard their ships as possible. If the cat came up to you for attention, good luck. If the cat was indifferent, didn't mean anything. If the cat saw you and ran the other way, bad luck. Evidently people passed it on and this operator game went downhill.
I remember hearing or seeing somewhere that in Japan, it is the white cat that is unlucky if they cross your path at a particular time of day. I think it was after dark or something.
It is said that if you see a black dog in the corner of your eye that isn't there, and the dog barks, however many times the dog barks is how many days you have left to live. Some people are so frightened of this that they will not own black dogs of any sort.
There is a taboo in many places against using one's left hand for most things. In some places it is because the left hand is supposed to be the wiping hand. In others, it is because the local religion suggests that lefties are demon-possessed. So if my parents had 3 left-handed girls and 1 right-handed son, is that supposed to have a hidden meaning?
I can come up with more but time and space are limited.
The number 13 may be considered an unlucky number in Western countries, but in Eastern countries the number 4 is considered unlucky and is often skipped for room numbers, floors, and so on. Evidently the number 4 and the word for "death" sound too much alike...
I know people who believe that clipping fingernails in public is taboo. I figure it's like getting your hair trimmed in public. Happens sometimes. Then there are some who are paranoid about other people laying hands on the nail/hair clippings. I guess customs to guard against sympathetic magic have seeped into many cultures in order to protect the next generation by taboo.
I don't mind the taboo on nudity because I don't really want to see that (generic) fat guy's package anyway. It is the same reason why I don't go to Wiccan celebrations. Sluggy Freelance said it best when the subject of nudist colonies came up. No quality control.
Superstitions about cats are endless.
In most English-speaking countries, it is believed to be unlucky when a black cat crosses your path. The origin of this belief was from sailors who believed black cats were lucky and so had as many aboard their ships as possible. If the cat came up to you for attention, good luck. If the cat was indifferent, didn't mean anything. If the cat saw you and ran the other way, bad luck. Evidently people passed it on and this operator game went downhill.
I remember hearing or seeing somewhere that in Japan, it is the white cat that is unlucky if they cross your path at a particular time of day. I think it was after dark or something.
It is said that if you see a black dog in the corner of your eye that isn't there, and the dog barks, however many times the dog barks is how many days you have left to live. Some people are so frightened of this that they will not own black dogs of any sort.
There is a taboo in many places against using one's left hand for most things. In some places it is because the left hand is supposed to be the wiping hand. In others, it is because the local religion suggests that lefties are demon-possessed. So if my parents had 3 left-handed girls and 1 right-handed son, is that supposed to have a hidden meaning?
I can come up with more but time and space are limited.
Assumptions? [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.303036-Assumptions-you-hate?page=4#12125155] Down the hall and to the left.GrizzlerBorno said:
I don't know if this is true or not, but I've heard that 666 is actually a mistranslation of the number of the beast, and that the actual number is 616. So, lol, irony. They're unwittingly doing the work of Satan by being incorrect about his number and letting it prosper through misinformation.
My phone number has 666 in it. Your soul for a early copy of Skyrim. A Taboo for me is to leave doors open.
I like taboos, but I'd never get one myself. I like to look at other peoples' and my husband has this really cool one on his back though I tease him that he paid all this money for it and everyone gets to look at it but him.
Someone on the Internet said it, so it must be true. (Joking aside, I think that's correct).MetalMagpie said:
And for my next trick, I will take this a step farther and ask...
Why can't we say what we fucking mean anymore? (Well, we CAN...but people don't, see.) I am not interested in people jumping through hoops to have to find the 'acceptable term' in the art of being PC. PC is crap. We don't need people repressing themselves like it's the 50s again. What we need is for people to remove the stick and ease up, stop acting like you're going to be clubbed (or that people should BE clubbed) for a bunch of WORDS.
I am going to walk up to someone stuck in PC mode and tell 'im that I am offended by the we he is speaking. And it will blow his mind.
Why can't we say what we fucking mean anymore? (Well, we CAN...but people don't, see.) I am not interested in people jumping through hoops to have to find the 'acceptable term' in the art of being PC. PC is crap. We don't need people repressing themselves like it's the 50s again. What we need is for people to remove the stick and ease up, stop acting like you're going to be clubbed (or that people should BE clubbed) for a bunch of WORDS.
I am going to walk up to someone stuck in PC mode and tell 'im that I am offended by the we he is speaking. And it will blow his mind.