Perhaps its the fear of superstition that make them unlucky?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8357488.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8357488.stm
Why is Friday the 13th unlucky?
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Friday the 13th is considered unlucky or a bad day because it was the day that the King of France had the Order of the Knights Templar destroyed.
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
It isn't.
Anyone who thinks so should not give power to a number and expect bad things. On any day, whether it be Friday the 13th or Wednesday the 22nd! It holds no power but what you give it.
Anyone who thinks so should not give power to a number and expect bad things. On any day, whether it be Friday the 13th or Wednesday the 22nd! It holds no power but what you give it.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
It's unlucky because you get killed by Jason. Jeez.
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
If 13 is an unlucky number, then 12 and 14 are guilty by association. - Mitch Hedberg.
Ditto. :thumbsup:
I'm not a very superstitious person, but I wouldn't plan a camping trip on Friday the 13th
the idea of being afraid or wary of the number thirteen (Triskaidekaphobia, for those who like fun words), is a left-over from pagan culture. Thirteen is a very luck number for Christians and Jews (the Thirteen Attributes of God's mercy from Exodus 34 and Psalm 80), and is lucky to Muslims for the same reason. Further, the thirteenth day after death, Hindus organise a feast for the departed - a good thing. Additionally, for Sikhs, thirteen reminds them of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and his generosity.
If you go through religious behaviour, thirteen is a very lucky number. It is very strange that it is from native North-American culture that the negative concept of thirteen grows - they have a belief that there are thirteen cycles of misfortune.
This fear of thirteen has spread through North America and Europe thoroughly, also touching other continents. But it came from a small Native band in Arizona.
There is way more information than anyone wanted.
Anyone know how Schoenberg is relevant to this conversation?
(and now my geekiness is fully revealed)
If you go through religious behaviour, thirteen is a very lucky number. It is very strange that it is from native North-American culture that the negative concept of thirteen grows - they have a belief that there are thirteen cycles of misfortune.
This fear of thirteen has spread through North America and Europe thoroughly, also touching other continents. But it came from a small Native band in Arizona.
There is way more information than anyone wanted.
Anyone know how Schoenberg is relevant to this conversation?
(and now my geekiness is fully revealed)
StanScratch
My Penis Is Dancing!
Random rant, but that article was freaking terrible. A couple of paragraphs having to deal with the headline material - none of it actually being newsworthy but a repetition of myths we already know, then the vast majority of the story dealing with umbrellas indoors. What a journalistic travesty.
I think that started dying out post WW2. I remember around '60 going to visit relatives on the near North side and my father pointing out their apartment bldg was one of the first in Chicago with a marked 13th floor. Their apt "1313". Beautiful view on The Loop and the shoreline.
