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[D-Dey65]

^^ Read the signs.

Ahh, yes. I missed that.

[jakeroot]

I'm always amused that people think 666 has anything to do with hell.  It's just a number that refers to a person in the book of Revelation.  Debate all you want what person it refers to, but Satan isn't a person.

I thought it was the "number of the beast"? Not anything to do with satan.

[kphoger]

I'm always amused that people think 666 has anything to do with hell.  It's just a number that refers to a person in the book of Revelation.  Debate all you want what person it refers to, but Satan isn't a person.

I thought it was the "number of the beast"? Not anything to do with satan.

Well, yeah.  But the beast in Revelation 13 "rose out of the earth", and everything it's described as doing occurs on earth.  The context is not in hell, but on earth.  And yet no one thought it was strange for "km 666" to signify "the true gateway to Hell".  That's what amuses me.
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[webny99]

I'm always amused that people think 666 has anything to do with hell.  It's just a number that refers to a person in the book of Revelation.  Debate all you want what person it refers to, but Satan isn't a person.

I thought it was the "number of the beast"? Not anything to do with satan.

Well, yeah.  But the beast in Revelation 13 "rose out of the earth", and everything it's described as doing occurs on earth.  The context is not in hell, but on earth.  And yet no one thought it was strange for "km 666" to signify "the true gateway to Hell".  That's what amuses me.
[/religion]

It makes sense based on the following definition of gateway: a means of access or entry to a place.

But not the more common definition: a frame or arch built around or over a gate.

[Rothman]

Satan's a fallen angel.  So, I suppose he isn't a person of flesh and blood, but I still think the number pertains to him.  I think the number is pretty meaningless, but John said what he did.

[kphoger]

[religion]

Satan's a fallen angel.  So, I suppose he isn't a person of flesh and blood, but I still think the number pertains to him.  I think the number is pretty meaningless, but John said what he did.

Revelation 20:10 says refers to the devil and the beast separately.  How can they be the same?

[Rothman]

[religion]

Satan's a fallen angel.  So, I suppose he isn't a person of flesh and blood, but I still think the number pertains to him.  I think the number is pretty meaningless, but John said what he did.

Revelation 20:10 says refers to the devil and the beast separately.  How can they be the same?

I think those references are to generic beasts and false prophets.

[Scott5114]

What I don't get is when people freak the hell out over the number 666 occurring either randomly (like if their change is $6.66) or methodically (i.e. it occurs naturally after 665). I had a coworker who was employee number 667, and was processed through human resources as part of a cohort with a dozen employees or so. She said the lady ahead of her in line got badge number 666, got very upset, and demanded that HR assign her a different number. HR refused to do so, because casino badges are controlled documents and they cannot leave an unaccounted-for gap in the numbering sequence, and they also cannot assign two badges to one person. So the woman quit.

[interstatefan990]

What I don't get is when people freak the hell out over the number 666 occurring either randomly (like if their change is $6.66) or methodically (i.e. it occurs naturally after 665). I had a coworker who was employee number 667, and was processed through human resources as part of a cohort with a dozen employees or so. She said the lady ahead of her in line got badge number 666, got very upset, and demanded that HR assign her a different number. HR refused to do so, because casino badges are controlled documents and they cannot leave an unaccounted-for gap in the numbering sequence, and they also cannot assign two badges to one person. So the woman quit.

One time a few years ago, I looked at one of my bank accounts after making a large purchase, and there was exactly $666.13 left in it. I agree that triple-6 isn't something to freak out over, but that spooked me a little.

[Scott5114]

Would you have been just as spooked if it was $789.46?

[interstatefan990]

Would you have been just as spooked if it was $789.46?

No, because those aren't "unlucky" or "haunted" numbers, I guess.

[Scott5114]

Would you have been just as spooked if it was $789.46?

No, because those aren't "unlucky" or "haunted" numbers, I guess.

How can you tell?

[interstatefan990]

Would you have been just as spooked if it was $789.46?

No, because those aren't "unlucky" or "haunted" numbers, I guess.

How can you tell?

Human belief and tradition?

[Scott5114]

Perhaps 789 and 46 are both unlucky but nobody has noticed yet? How could you prove that they were more or less lucky than 666 and 13?

[webny99]

Perhaps 789 and 46 are both unlucky but nobody has noticed yet? How could you prove that they were more or less lucky than 666 and 13?

I don't think it's an unlucky number, just a bad one.

[kphoger]

What I don't get is when people freak the hell out over the number 666 occurring either randomly (like if their change is $6.66) or methodically (i.e. it occurs naturally after 665). I had a coworker who was employee number 667, and was processed through human resources as part of a cohort with a dozen employees or so. She said the lady ahead of her in line got badge number 666, got very upset, and demanded that HR assign her a different number. HR refused to do so, because casino badges are controlled documents and they cannot leave an unaccounted-for gap in the numbering sequence, and they also cannot assign two badges to one person. So the woman quit.

Just today, I ran a billing audit for one of our contract regions, and the point total added up to 666.  I thought of this thread.  No, I didn't take pay away from a tech or give a tech extra pay.  The audit was clean (actually, the positives and negatives balanced each other out), so I approved the total. 

With your co-worker, I still chuckle, but at least it's a little more understandable, in that perhaps she viewed her badge number as a part of her identity.  It's one number for to see a number somewhere, it's another thing to be identified by that number.  The number of the beast is 666, and her number was 666.  I don't know, maybe that's just me always trying to understand where someone else is coming from.

[dlsterner]

In Winganon OK there is a remnant of a crashed cement truck that was too heavy to move, so it was left there.  Years later, locals painted it to make it look like a crashed NASA space capsule.

Google Street View:  http://www.google.com/maps/@36.5826984,-95.6517633,3a,90y,44.7h,86.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZI-nwnFRvY8izhdmCy_ZSw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Scott5114]

With your co-worker, I still chuckle, but at least it's a little more understandable, in that perhaps she viewed her badge number as a part of her identity.  It's one number for to see a number somewhere, it's another thing to be identified by that number.  The number of the beast is 666, and her number was 666.  I don't know, maybe that's just me always trying to understand where someone else is coming from.

Particularly true in the casino, where you have to write the badge number any time you sign a document, so that the responsible party for a signature is clear even if you have a signature that isn't recognizable as your name. (So for example, I had to sign every document as "Scott Nazelrod 104485".) But, still, it's a pretty silly reason to quit before having even worked a day.

As an aside, my coworker with badge number 667 asked HR if they could claim 666 since it was newly freed up (and she's the sort of person who thought having the number 666 would be pretty cool), but they of course couldn't do that either, for the same reasons they gave for not being able to change 666. If only they had known to swap places in line!

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/Z59XdEUdGFV8En53A

Not crazy but the tail of a United Airlines passenger jet crossing I-190 at O''Hare.

Here is another one full plane.
https://goo.gl/maps/ecfC4Ka5ZRZX32uT6

[mrsman]

With your co-worker, I still chuckle, but at least it's a little more understandable, in that perhaps she viewed her badge number as a part of her identity.  It's one number for to see a number somewhere, it's another thing to be identified by that number.  The number of the beast is 666, and her number was 666.  I don't know, maybe that's just me always trying to understand where someone else is coming from.

Particularly true in the casino, where you have to write the badge number any time you sign a document, so that the responsible party for a signature is clear even if you have a signature that isn't recognizable as your name. (So for example, I had to sign every document as "Scott Nazelrod 104485".) But, still, it's a pretty silly reason to quit before having even worked a day.

As an aside, my coworker with badge number 667 asked HR if they could claim 666 since it was newly freed up (and she's the sort of person who thought having the number 666 would be pretty cool), but they of course couldn't do that either, for the same reasons they gave for not being able to change 666. If only they had known to swap places in line!

I can't speak to the casino you work for in OK, but I can tell you that the world of gambling is EXTREMELY SUPERSTITIOUS.  There is probably no hotel in the entire state of Nevada with a 13th floor.  Conversely, in Chinese culture 8 is considered an extermely lucky number and gambling sites that cater to the Chinese (especially Macao) make heavy use of the number 8.

Given that, it is interesting that the casino wouldn't do more to avoid an unlucky number like 666.

[NWI_Irish96]

With your co-worker, I still chuckle, but at least it's a little more understandable, in that perhaps she viewed her badge number as a part of her identity.  It's one number for to see a number somewhere, it's another thing to be identified by that number.  The number of the beast is 666, and her number was 666.  I don't know, maybe that's just me always trying to understand where someone else is coming from.

Particularly true in the casino, where you have to write the badge number any time you sign a document, so that the responsible party for a signature is clear even if you have a signature that isn't recognizable as your name. (So for example, I had to sign every document as "Scott Nazelrod 104485".) But, still, it's a pretty silly reason to quit before having even worked a day.

As an aside, my coworker with badge number 667 asked HR if they could claim 666 since it was newly freed up (and she's the sort of person who thought having the number 666 would be pretty cool), but they of course couldn't do that either, for the same reasons they gave for not being able to change 666. If only they had known to swap places in line!

I can't speak to the casino you work for in OK, but I can tell you that the world of gambling is EXTREMELY SUPERSTITIOUS.  There is probably no hotel in the entire state of Nevada with a 13th floor.  Conversely, in Chinese culture 8 is considered an extermely lucky number and gambling sites that cater to the Chinese (especially Macao) make heavy use of the number 8.

Given that, it is interesting that the casino wouldn't do more to avoid an unlucky number like 666.

I don't know if this extends beyond poker players to all gamblers, but poker players will not accept $50 bills when cashing out. I used to run charity poker tournaments, and I made sure all $50 bills were put into the charity's take and not the payouts.

[Rothman]

With your co-worker, I still chuckle, but at least it's a little more understandable, in that perhaps she viewed her badge number as a part of her identity.  It's one number for to see a number somewhere, it's another thing to be identified by that number.  The number of the beast is 666, and her number was 666.  I don't know, maybe that's just me always trying to understand where someone else is coming from.

Particularly true in the casino, where you have to write the badge number any time you sign a document, so that the responsible party for a signature is clear even if you have a signature that isn't recognizable as your name. (So for example, I had to sign every document as "Scott Nazelrod 104485".) But, still, it's a pretty silly reason to quit before having even worked a day.

As an aside, my coworker with badge number 667 asked HR if they could claim 666 since it was newly freed up (and she's the sort of person who thought having the number 666 would be pretty cool), but they of course couldn't do that either, for the same reasons they gave for not being able to change 666. If only they had known to swap places in line!

I can't speak to the casino you work for in OK, but I can tell you that the world of gambling is EXTREMELY SUPERSTITIOUS.  There is probably no hotel in the entire state of Nevada with a 13th floor.  Conversely, in Chinese culture 8 is considered an extermely lucky number and gambling sites that cater to the Chinese (especially Macao) make heavy use of the number 8.

Given that, it is interesting that the casino wouldn't do more to avoid an unlucky number like 666.

Very few skyscrapers have 13th floors in the U.S.  That's not solely because of a gambler's superstition.

The gambler's superstition that bugs me is when people get mad when you bet against the roller in craps.

[jeffandnicole]

Very few skyscrapers have 13th floors in the U.S.  That's not solely because of a gambler's superstition.

Surprisingly, my 14 story office building *does* have a 13th floor!

[Scott5114]

I don't know if this extends beyond poker players to all gamblers, but poker players will not accept $50 bills when cashing out. I used to run charity poker tournaments, and I made sure all $50 bills were put into the charity's take and not the payouts.

It does. We didn't even carry $50s. If anyone actually wanted them (which happened sometimes) we had to tell them we didn't have them. (I always said $50s were probably good luck, because that would explain why the casino wouldn't let anyone have them, but nobody ever listened.)

But I did get them sometimes from clueless people who came in with them from outside and changed them out for $5s or something, and then you'd end up stuck with one or two, which would be very irritating, since the end-of-shift paperwork that we had to do for most of my time there would require you to break out each denomination on its own line, so it was obnoxious to have a couple hundred bills of every other denomination and have to write "1×$50=$50" or something dumb like that.

So I made it a game to try to get rid of them before the shift ended so I wouldn't have to do that. I'd do stuff like try to drop a $20 on top of the $50 and count really fast: "$375. One hundred, two, three, fiftyseventy, seventy-five, good luck." Or if someone had an $80 ticket or something I'd ask "Do you want a large bill?" and you'd see this spark in their eyes like "This dumbass cashier is about to give me a $100 bill for an $80 ticket," and they'd say yeah. Then you could see all the wind go out of their sails when I laid the $50 down. But they'd always take it because there was no way to reject it without making it obvious they were hoping to scam you out of $20.

The easiest way to get rid of them was to put them into jackpots, since the slot attendant took the cash to the patron and paid them at the machine. If they didn't want the $50 bill, the attendant had no change on them, so they would have to wait five or ten minutes while the attendant came back to the cage to swap it out, so most of them just dealt with it. We did get $50 tips out of it a few times since it was either that or put it in the machine. (Or bring it home, but god forbid anyone think to take any money outside of the casino.)

Of course it's all bullshit anyway, because the only thing that happens when you put a $50 in a slot machine is the machine gets a signal from the bill acceptor to add $50 worth of credits to the meter, and then the RNG works exactly the same as if you put in five $10s or 50 $1s.

(This is all terrible customer service, but the customers were going to be pissed off about something stupid no matter what I did, so I gradually had my capacity to care crushed out of me like the life was crushed out of Giles Corey in the Salem witch trials. Which is a good metaphor for what it's like to work in that casino, incidentally.)

[Big John]

The Chicago office of a former employer was on the 13th of 19 floors.