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Other hotels, offices and even apartments have no 13th floor, plus some people avoid "13" on everything, for those people will they mind buying iPhone "13"?
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The number 4 pronunciation in Chinese and Japanese sound the same as the word death. So it became one of those superstitious number. However, like I mentioned, people don't seem to associate that kind of superstition with tech/gadgets.
In reality, most people actually don't. Again, ios13 was released without much drama.
Most, if not all buildings I've been in that are > 13 floors have a 13th floor. I think its silly to see a number and attribute any sort of bad luck (or good luck)
In Japanese there's two words for 4, Shi and Yon, the pictograph for Shi is the same as death. For what little I know, when using four in a sentence, people will use yon to avoid the kanji for death
What’s wrong with the number 4?
Especially when the hitchhiker’s guide has already told us that the answer is 42, that number 4 cannot be that bad.
Except in Hitchhiker’ Guide, it’s 42 base 13, and not base 10. That makes six times nine work out. 🙃
if instead of a giant "O", Apple built a 20, or 30-story building for its new headquarters, would they have skipped the 13th floor? (like almost every office building I've ever worked or visited)
"In 2015, the NYC housing data and listings firm CityRealty released a study with data on 629 buildings that have 13 or more floors. Out of all of those, only 55 premises had their 13th floors labeled as such. In other words, only 9% of the buildings queried have 13th-floor call buttons in their elevators"
"In 2015, the NYC housing data and listings firm CityRealty released a study with data on 629 buildings that have 13 or more floors. Out of all of those, only 55 premises had their 13th floors labeled as such. In other words, only 9% of the buildings queried have 13th-floor call buttons in their elevators"
13, tooth fairy, ghost, luck, santa claus and such is utterly mythical. It's absolut delusional to believe the number 13 will cause a negative outcome. Nature simply does not function in such a manner. Superstition is a state of mind, not reality.
Microsoft skipped 9 for a very specific reason. There was a lot of legacy code checking if the version number started with a 9, to catch Win 95 and 98. That code would have not reacted well to an actual windows 9.
Well the crew certainly never experienced Covid19, painful, drawn-out deaths or the trauma of family members or friends being affected. So arguably some could say that 13 was a 'lucky' number for them.
About 9% of US citizens consider the 13th as unlucky according to a Yougov poll in 2019 and wouldn’t be surprised if that’s repeated by other countries where 13th is considered unlucky too. Obviously this isn’t the case everywhere, but does seem a bit odd to call the next iPhone 13 if this could switch off some sales rather than 12s or going straight to 14. While there’s no rational reason as to why an arbitrary number should be considered unlucky, people often don’t make rational purchasing decisions, so wouldnt be surprised if some people skip buying the 13 just because of the name assuming, of course, that the new one is iPhone 13.
After the immense success of iPhone 4, 6 and the rollout of iOS 13, I doubt Apple is worried in the slightest about their number schemes. And history seems to prove them right.
I was born on the 13th
and have had a great life so far and I will be buying the 13 - it's a lucky number for me👍
Apple is the most powerful religion in human history. Period.
Thank the heavens that they seem to be deeply rooted in science then. Now imagine this much courage in the building construction business!
I am probably going to be keeping my 12, but not because the next one is called 13, but there's another number that scares me, considering that I spent $1200 on this 12 Pro.
So we can stop with the superstitious nonsense when the 13 comes out right ?Apple is the most powerful religion in human history. Period.
Someone wise also said
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."