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[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (10 children)

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

[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Soap10116@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The cause is number 1. Himself

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's why he had the elevator people replace it with G for Genius.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It's trump, so "J" for genius.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 year ago

Skipping floor 13 is one thing, skipping 9,10,11,12,13,14, and 15 is quite another. And has anyone checked the mid-30s are really there? They could be placebo buttons.

[–] nonphotoblue@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You got me with that one! Magnificently done.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's literally dozens of us.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 1 year 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

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I work on the 13 floor, can confirm I have a lot of bad luck. I had bad luck before I got moved there but I still do

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

So then...what about 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15?

You are right though, I think nearly every tall building I've been in doesn't list a floor 13.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Now I want to investigate more.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

It's not unlucky, morons think it is and do dumb shit like that

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Don't you mean unfortunate?

/s