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      I don’t understand, is this a reference to something?

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        San-kyu-ni-san

        It appeared on a car numberplate in anime movie, thanking Nissan for their colla ration and sponsorship.

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          Thank you! I was still a little confused so I did a little googling based on your comment and came across this old reddit post (which linked to this wikipedia page). 39 is a common text term in Japanese because phonetically the numbers read as “San-kyu” (as you wrote) which is the term used for “thank you.”

          My day is much improved by this information.

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            much more wholesome than my interpretation, that’s for sure

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        I thought it might be like 177013, but I can’t even find the site that gets the correct response for that one.

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          The rules are to keep things safe for work, so all I will say is to take what you’re looking for, put an “n” in front, and look for it on the .net

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              It appears the original was removed then. There’s a reupload, and also a copy site on .to that kept the number.

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                RIP internet cultural touchstone. Press F to pay respects

                Incidentally, the .to version is faithful, as both net and to give the same non-car related sequential art for 3923.