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Sea Level (europe.pub)

submitted 9 months ago by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

Alt text: They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

In China, it's 8 due to the number sounding like the Mandarin word for death

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[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 points 9 months ago

In my understanding, 4 sounds like the word for death and 8 sounds like the word for wealth, so 8 is considered lucky.

But I don’t speak any version of Chinese, and could very well be wrong.

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