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I don't know when, exactly, but I became a lot more aware of this 88 thing in the last 3 years or so, and at times, it's seemed like it's everywhere. I got a pr

I don't know when, exactly, but I became a lot more aware of this 88 thing in the last 3 years or so, and at times, it's seemed like it's everywhere. I got a prescription filled where the pills had "HH" stamped on them and the price on my receipt ended in 88. I got a loan recently and the account number had 88 and 911 in it. It is terrifying to me that people who think they are not clinically paranoid can say things like "100% specificity" and be sincere. Edit: I'm not joking, trolling, or (so I believe) delusional. As far as I know, these are real coincidences that are probably meaningless. The prescription in question is supposed to help with paranoia.

monocasa 7y ago
How many had 1488?
- perl4ever 7y ago
  I couldn't tell you because my mind was not sensitized to that as I hadn't heard of it until now.
  - monocasa 7y ago
    So, never. Like it's a 1 in 10000 chance that four digits are 1488.
    - perl4ever 7y ago
      You're suppressing the knowledge of how little time it takes to encounter 10,000 numbers and how long you will remember a bunch of digits that seem meaningful. And how quickly the possibilities multiply when you include everyone you're in contact with that might tell you about something that happened to them. We're not arguing about one four digit number. Nobody who is paranoid about that is paranoid about just that. Doing a statistical analysis of uses of that number might be instructive if you're really obsessed with it, but it's not the point. I see 666 and 1337 a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_Law_of_Small_Numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_Law_of_Small_Numbers
      - monocasa 7y ago
        I'm not chasing every 1488 windmill. I don't freak out that some random number came to 1488. I'm saying that when someone says "1488 - Questionably racist thing" like here https://www.coloradohometownweekly.com/2020/03/19/louisville-liquor-store-under-fire-for-thanks-china-sign-during-coronavirus-outbreak/ https://www.coloradohometownweekly.com/2020/03/19/louisville... , or wears a 1488 jewelry, or gets a 1488 tattoo, that person is broadcasting that they are a white nationalist.

monocasa 7y ago

How many had 1488?

perl4ever 7y ago
I couldn't tell you because my mind was not sensitized to that as I hadn't heard of it until now.
- monocasa 7y ago
  So, never. Like it's a 1 in 10000 chance that four digits are 1488.
  - perl4ever 7y ago
    You're suppressing the knowledge of how little time it takes to encounter 10,000 numbers and how long you will remember a bunch of digits that seem meaningful. And how quickly the possibilities multiply when you include everyone you're in contact with that might tell you about something that happened to them. We're not arguing about one four digit number. Nobody who is paranoid about that is paranoid about just that. Doing a statistical analysis of uses of that number might be instructive if you're really obsessed with it, but it's not the point. I see 666 and 1337 a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_Law_of_Small_Numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_Law_of_Small_Numbers
    - monocasa 7y ago
      I'm not chasing every 1488 windmill. I don't freak out that some random number came to 1488. I'm saying that when someone says "1488 - Questionably racist thing" like here https://www.coloradohometownweekly.com/2020/03/19/louisville-liquor-store-under-fire-for-thanks-china-sign-during-coronavirus-outbreak/ https://www.coloradohometownweekly.com/2020/03/19/louisville... , or wears a 1488 jewelry, or gets a 1488 tattoo, that person is broadcasting that they are a white nationalist.