What does Friday the 13th mean to you?

MT Hazard · November 13, 2009, 07:49:31 AM

Is is unlucky? Lucky? Irreverent? Do you believe in luck at all? One of my grandparents was born of Friday 13th, but that about all it means to me.

Escher · November 13, 2009, 09:59:41 AM

Normally I don't believe in this luck business, but when, within the first three hours of waking up, I find myself having overslept 30 minutes, scalded myself by grasping my flimsy paper cup of coffee too hard while scrambling to class, and realized in said class that a large homework assignment that I thought was due next week was actually due today... It's not really a good sign.

Lysander · November 13, 2009, 10:00:36 AM

I didn't even notice today is the day of interest until just now...

Dang, Escher, sound like a rough day for you.

For me, it's either average or better than normal. I don't recall anything extra terrible happening on these days. But I do have a couple cds of music where there is no track 13...just 12 and 14...

MT Hazard · November 13, 2009, 10:27:55 AM

Well this Friday is going to be unlucky for some one where I am, it's raining, the time people forget how to drive.

Escher, are any of your teachers/lecturers superstitious ? Could be a good get out clause..

Sofox · November 13, 2009, 10:57:07 AM

Hmmmm... this Friday 13th crept up on me.
It's funny, you have the necessary pieces of information... knowing it's a Friday, knowing it's a day after the 12th... and yet you just don't put them together.

Corgatha Taldorthar · November 13, 2009, 11:10:56 AM

Luck is just what people call skill when they have none

No, but seriously, Friday the thirteenth just means another day to me.

Vidar · November 13, 2009, 11:17:15 AM

My mom married my steph dad on Friday the 13th, on purpose. They are still happily married.
Also, on previous Friday the 13th's, nothing out of the ordinary happened to me.
This leads me to believe that the Friday the 13th myth is complete and utter nonsense.

MYTH BUSTED!

rabid_fox · November 13, 2009, 11:18:40 AM

I got leprosy on Friday 13th.

Aisha deCabre · November 13, 2009, 01:52:25 PM

Luck, shmuck. It's just another day, to me, really. I've never had much bad luck on this day, not more than any other day.

In fact I'd feel rather lucky if a cat -did- cross my path without running away out of shyness. x3

Tapewolf · November 13, 2009, 01:53:14 PM

It means the bandwidth cap on my main website gets reset the next day

ooklah · November 13, 2009, 02:00:53 PM

I slept in for a hour... although I planned to do that today. And then I found it was friday the 13 once I got to work.

Valynth · November 13, 2009, 02:35:27 PM

For me it means don't accept an invitation from a French king.

Lego3400 · November 13, 2009, 05:52:35 PM

Didn't notice till just now. I sat home and played videogames all day. (wow speficly) It seems to have brought me a bit of luck as I haven't died nearly as many times as I have some other days.

silentassassin · November 13, 2009, 06:51:14 PM

Xenophobic people who honestly don't just go on with their lives and live. But instead spend these days kinda scared. There is literally a person at my school who every time Friday the 13th happens on a school day *probably not school days also* come to school with twelve diffrent articles of clothing with horseshoes, 4 leafed clovers, and other crazy whatnot on him.

Tapewolf · November 13, 2009, 07:02:04 PM

Quote from: silentassassin on November 13, 2009, 06:51:14 PM
Xenophobic people who honestly don't just go on with their lives and live.

I'm not sure that's the word you meant there...

bradypodidae · November 13, 2009, 07:49:42 PM

This Friday the 13th meant an 8 hour car trip to Florida from North Carolina. Other than that, just another day. Oh, it was an easy trip, no problems or bad Ju-Ju encountered.

ChaosMageX · November 13, 2009, 08:06:17 PM

It is the luckiest day of the year. Whether or not you decide to make that good or bad luck is entirely up to you. Just remember the power of positive thinking.

Also, for me, today means that it is only 4 days until The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion Pack ships, and that means in four days over 6000 people will be wondering if my Chaos Mod Painting is compatible with TS3 WA. *sigh*

Janus Whitefurr · November 13, 2009, 08:33:48 PM

It means I'm reminded how I hate slasher films but still love villainous undead damage sponge Jason Voorhees.

MT Hazard · November 13, 2009, 09:05:57 PM

'UK facing 'worst storm of year'

although that's mean to be this weekend, it did kind of started on Friday.

I think if you trapped Jason Voorhees in a room he would eventually kill himself out of boredom or become the first undead powered power station. (Don't ask me how that would work)

Janus Whitefurr · November 13, 2009, 11:31:58 PM

Quote from: MT Hazard on November 13, 2009, 09:05:57 PM
I think if you trapped Jason Voorhees in a room he would eventually kill himself out of boredom or become the first undead powered power station. (Don't ask me how that would work)

He'd invoke offscreen teleportation the moment no one was watching him, then turn up when you least expect it. Especially if you're having sex.

latei · November 14, 2009, 12:09:12 AM

Well Black Friday was a Friday the 13th.
Black Friday was a Bushfire in Victoria (australia) that killed 71 people in 1939.

Colgatecrusader · November 14, 2009, 12:17:23 AM

definetely unluckey, my toaster caught on fire that day.... maybe it was the day before... i can't remember... anyway. That was a sad day.... i had to eat quaker oat cereal instead for delicious waffles.

Pagan · November 14, 2009, 08:09:10 AM

There are a bunch of external, random things that happen to people which affect them to random degrees, but the people cannot affect the qualities of these external stimuli. Some of that stimuli is positive, helpful, or pleasant. Some of that stimuli sucks. Why not call the reason some people get random roses and others get random crap luck?

Charms, days, and rituals have about as much effect on this luck as one might think, i.e. none whatsoever. But hard work, perseverance, and finding something to keep you happy can slightly change a person's luck towards good.

Friday the 13th is a day. Just like October 31st. But there's no harm in enjoying a bit of fun in the mysticism of the day.

Chakat Blackspots · November 14, 2009, 11:38:17 AM

Friday the 13th has no meaning to me, just another day. Nothing ever bad happens to me, and I kind of didn't pay attention to the fact that yesterday was the 13th, even though I knew it was the 13th, I just didn't think about it.