Do people get lucky by choosing a lucky number, or did they get themselves the lucky number simply because they are PLAIN lucky?

Try to think the other way around, you know, just for kicks.

This post has been edited by Deadlocks: May 30 2010, 12:20 PM

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This post has been edited by marsalee: Nov 8 2010, 01:01 PM

Exactly. People can be just as lucky and happy without even the need of "lucky numbers".

But no, some "cult" insisted that this particular happy fellow go lucky simply has a motha-freaking huge collection of lucky numbers in his house.

+ 1 for that

actually it just happen naturally.
what is a lucky number? its a number that brings luck to you? or you personally experience something lucky which related with that number, or simply because of that particular numbers follows you or appear in your sight or related with anything about you in your life. So of course indirectly you will fall in love with that numbers.
another reason would be the financial value, the intangible value which recognize by the society.

Its just a natural habit, human being tends to avoid anything which related with something they fear with. Such like the number of 4 for chinese, it is natural for human being to fear of dead, so indirectly we, the human will try to avoid them.

But if the number 4 in Chinese means death, but something good in Malay? What does that mean? That the numbers work according to what race you are or the language you speak? I don't think so. I think it's just a mental obsession with numbers because society promotes it.

Just my opinion. I don't believe in lucky numbers.

This post has been edited by objectifyme: Jun 1 2010, 09:26 AM

yea just like 13 is a bad number in some countries

Is it a good number here?

for chinese ,yes it is

What does it mean? I've only ever heard of 8 being a good number.

I think so. Its autosuggestion, aka self fulfilling prophecy. Try this bowling alley experiment. Keep saying to yourself, "sei lor" when you throw the ball. You might find it landing in the gutter most of the time. Now try to play another game and tell yourself "strike" when you throw the ball. Quite likely you won't do as bad. If you got money and time, you can repeat the experiment 10-20 times and see the results for yourself.

What the number sounds like in your language can make all the difference. To cancel out the effects in any language, simple. Just don't believe in it.

If you're putting it that way, then yes. I agree that it would have an effect on you. But I believe that's just having confidence in whatever you're doing. If you don't have confidence in making the shot, you most likely won't. It doesn't really have anything to do with numbers as numbers don't automatically do anything good or bad for/to you.

13 carries almost the same tone as 'sure live(more like bringing great luck to your life)' in cantonese , so this is why chinese are so fond of this number

This post has been edited by ComposMentis: Jun 1 2010, 11:31 AM

I dont believe in lucky number. But i believe that if you feel good about things, good things will come to you eventually.

If you've traveled to Hong Kong before, you'll notice most buildings don't have 13th floor. Got floor 11, 12, 12A, 14. I asked my hotel concierge before and he said floor 13 will attract ghosts.

really?
wow that opens up my eyes