• @kreskin
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    44 hours ago

    4 is avoided in Chinese and Japanese. Although contextually its not too far off the mark in this case.

    in JP, 4 sounds like ‘shi’, meaning death. 43 sounds like the word for ‘stillbirth’. (‘shi’ also means particle, or also emoticon) In China, 4 = ‘death’, 14 = ‘must die’, 24 = ‘easy to die’

    • Gadg8eer
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      144 minutes ago

      Yes, but for reasons I don’t remember at the moment, “444” is considered joyful laughter, not danger. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

      • @leadore
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        117 minutes ago

        So we have guardian angel, “death”, and “joyful laughter” associated with 444, that all fits.