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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (10 children)

If you look closely, floor 13 is actually skipped in a LOT of buildings. It's unlucky

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe that's why Trump removed so many, still hasn't found the one that causes all of his problems

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    The cause is number 1. Himself

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also in East Asian cultures, the number 4 is unlucky either because its pronounced the same or similar to “death”. So, they often don’t have floors with the digit 4.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia

    I lived in a condo building in a high Chinese population city in British Columbia, Canada and there was no 4th, 13th or 14th floor.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I have tetraphobia. That's why I only buy milk and juice sold in bottles.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    “My hotel doesn't have a 13th Floor because of superstition, but c'mon man... People on the 14th floor, you know what floor you're really on" "What room are you in?" "1401". "No, you're not. Jump out of window, you'll die earlier!"”

    — Mitch Hedberg

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    This doesn't make it ok. Children are adept at pointing out the stupidity of adult discrimination, reminding them that people are dumb enough to discriminate against a fucking number is a good way to hopefully help them hold onto their memories of how idiotic some of our learned choices are.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I thought those floors were there, but usually service floors?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Anecdotally, having to have to take the stairs down during fire drills, the number of steps between floors 15 -> 14 is the same number of steps from 14 -> 12.

    I think it's simply that 13 is considered unlucky, so people won't rent/buy those properties, and it's cheaper to renumber the floors than to risk the floor being unoccupied or below market value.

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