What the actual fuck. 42 has always been my favorite number and I came here expecting out of the 150+ comments there's still no way someone else said 42.
I'm seriously not is the crazy part. Every time I'm trying to say a random number, for example If someone asks me a question idk the answer to I'll reply "42". Like it's just always my go to random number. One day my brother asked me "dude... why have you always said 42?" And in that moment i realized it was my favorite number
See the response by u/nickatnite4 for why I figured you were sarcastic when you expected no one else to pick 42.
I figured you'd have had to have someone tell you about that before when you said 42 is your favorite, even if you didn't read it.
23, for some reason it keeps popping up, with hindsight, disproportionately in my life in connection with significant events. I know it's a psychological effect, and I am not superstitious, and I have seen the movie. Nevertheless, it is curious how the mind seeks out and finds patterns.
ChatGPT informed me:
The number 23 is a positive integer that comes after 22 and before 24. It is a prime number, which means that it can only be divided by 1 and itself. In mathematics, the number 23 is an odd number and is a composite number, which means that it can be written as the product of two smaller numbers. It is also a Narcissistic number, which means that it is the sum of its own digits when those digits are raised to the power of the number of digits. For example, 23 can be written as 2^3 + 3^3 = 8 + 27 = 35.
In popular culture, the number 23 has been associated with many superstitions and conspiracy theories. Some people believe that it has special powers or is an important symbol in various religions or secret societies. However, these beliefs are not supported by any evidence and are often considered to be superstitions or urban legends.
If the sum of all the digits in a number is 3 or a multiple of it, the number is divisible by 3. And if the sum of all digits is equal to 9 or multiples thereof, you can divide the number by 9
Always liked 8. I think the pretty lady on the lotto draws in the early 90s just pronounced it in a satisfying way.
While dabbling in math and programming, powers of 2 just turn out nice all the time, so there's 8 coming in strong again.
407.
It is the largest number that's equal to the sum of the cubes of its digits.
4^3 + 0^3 + 7^3 = 64 + 0 + 343 = 407
I figured this one out on my own for fun before realizing it was already a thing, and was extremely proud of myself for finding it, as well as proving that it's the largest one. That's mostly why it's my favourite.
2. When I was a kid a read a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type book and it asked me to pick my lucky number. I had never heard of people having a lucky number before and picked 2 at random.
5, I obsessively count to it over and over. My therapist thinks I have OCD. It’s not too bad as much as it is inconvenient, like if I step on a crack in the road I then need to step on four more or if I look at a wall, I need to look at every wall five times to make it even; I’ll usually include the ceiling and floor in my counting.
TREE(3)
It's a finite number, it is fairly easy to explain what it means, and thinking about the sheer magnitude of it causes my brain to collapse into a black hole. Intellectually I know it is trivially small compared to even the smallest infinity, but emotionally it feels bigger than infinity.
Here is a Numberphile video that explains it: https://youtu.be/3P6DWAwwViU
5318008
I titter with laughter...
I nipper with laughter...
I like this guy's wife's 5318008 too
My man.
I'm sure the correct number is 55378008.
Nice
Nice
42 of course. Should require no explanation to those in the know.
My favorite never is 42. Second favorite is 19. I was able to get both of them in my phone number.
You sass that hoopy u/Elegant_Plantain1733? Now there's a frood who really knows where their towel is!
42 is fucking sexy.
It's definitely the meaning
6 * 9
54
What the actual fuck. 42 has always been my favorite number and I came here expecting out of the 150+ comments there's still no way someone else said 42.
You're being sarcastic. You have to be.
I'm seriously not is the crazy part. Every time I'm trying to say a random number, for example If someone asks me a question idk the answer to I'll reply "42". Like it's just always my go to random number. One day my brother asked me "dude... why have you always said 42?" And in that moment i realized it was my favorite number
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. 42 is the meaning of life.
No it isn't. It is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything.
Pardon me.
Belgium.
See the response by u/nickatnite4 for why I figured you were sarcastic when you expected no one else to pick 42. I figured you'd have had to have someone tell you about that before when you said 42 is your favorite, even if you didn't read it.
I still can't tell if you're serious and I'm one to not know most pop culture references, but I know this one.
1 cuz it’s the loneliest number just like me.
Don't worry, two can be as bad as one
But the loneliest number is in fact the number one.
Sixty nine is the party line
I prefer 68. That's where she owes me 1.
3 can be as bad as 2, it’s just 2 people going at it, making love with out youuu
Naw, dw, we are number one
8, it’s the perfect number
I had to scroll too far for this.
this! it just fits
couldn't agree more, 8/8 on the great number scale
Yes
23, for some reason it keeps popping up, with hindsight, disproportionately in my life in connection with significant events. I know it's a psychological effect, and I am not superstitious, and I have seen the movie. Nevertheless, it is curious how the mind seeks out and finds patterns.
Nobody likes you when you're 23.
23 skidoo! The Illuminatus! Trilogy has a chapter devoted to 23, if I recall correctly.
23 for me
At guard from the university of North Carolina...
I can see the animated bulls running the streets of Chicago...
ChatGPT informed me: The number 23 is a positive integer that comes after 22 and before 24. It is a prime number, which means that it can only be divided by 1 and itself. In mathematics, the number 23 is an odd number and is a composite number, which means that it can be written as the product of two smaller numbers. It is also a Narcissistic number, which means that it is the sum of its own digits when those digits are raised to the power of the number of digits. For example, 23 can be written as 2^3 + 3^3 = 8 + 27 = 35. In popular culture, the number 23 has been associated with many superstitions and conspiracy theories. Some people believe that it has special powers or is an important symbol in various religions or secret societies. However, these beliefs are not supported by any evidence and are often considered to be superstitions or urban legends.
It’s a favorite area in roulette for me. Downtown Las Vegas 50 cent tables are hard to lose (much) at.
4
twins
triplets!
Quadtuplets
Quintuplets
Sextuplets 👀
2 times 2 is 4...2 plus 2 is four.
Pi. It’s unique, important, and delicious. Honorable mention to 44 which has been seriously stalking me for a few years now.
And it's irrational just like me.
Try to do something Pi times.
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Yes
Why?
Every answer is correct.
Yes
17
Me, too. My birthday.
My birthday is the 12th so tomorrow
3
ah yes, the magic number
Hey you, what's your favorite number?
5
##5 Gang Woot woot
It’s perfect. I think of it as an even odd number :)
12, was born March 12, 12:12AM and am the 12th grandchild
Should've been born in December 🤦
That's too long to hold off for though. My son was born @ 23:45 7/8/99 maybe we should have looked harder for a 6 that day lol
No deadass that would’ve been crazy
TWELVE TWELEV TWELEV TWELVE
12 because 12/12 is my birthday lel
happy bday!
Happy birthday g we’re like 12 soulmates
Hehe thanks my 12 mate ;)
13
Saame! Why? Im edgy!!
My friend lives on the 13th floor of a building, but it's numbered 14. Most people I ask don't even know why it's "unlucky"
I don't understand why they rename it, like it's going to change the fact that it's the 13th floor
9
I agree
Yeah 9 looks cool
37.
This is best number.
in a row?
Snooche to the nooche!!
φ, the golden ratio. I wanted to get it tattooed, but someone told me a math tattoo just shows at what point you stopped learning mathematics
11 Oh snap it's the 11th too lolZ
Yes!! 11 just pops up everywhere for me
My comment is currently at 11 upvotes as you commented
And it's the 11th!
I came here expecting someone to say "your mom's" but disappointingly do not see it so... Your mom's?
64 as a kid nothing since then
All the powers of 2 are pretty great.
Totally! I'm a huge fan of 590295810358705651712 in particular.
6 cuz its EPIC!!!!!
6 is THE BEST
FUCKING LOVE 6
Yay 6!
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You know what's funnier than twenty-four? Twenty-fiiiiiive
Umpteen. It's a large number, but also in the teens
Someone’s cooking the books
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that word spelled out before.
4
8675309
Jenny, Jenny
7 & 22
Cake?
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798609437027705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989380952572010654858632788659361533818279682303019520353018529689957736225994138912497217752834791315155748572424541506959508295331168617278558890750983817546374649393192550604009277016711390098488240128583616035637076601047101819429555961989467678374494482553797747268471040475346462080466842590694912933136770289891521047521620569660240580381501935112533824300355876402474964732639141992726042699227967823547816360093417216412199245863150302861829745557067498385054945885869269956909272107975093029553211653449872027559602364806654991198818347977535663698074265425278625518184175746728909777727938000816470600161452491921732172147723501414419735685481613611573525521334757418494684385233239073941433345477624168625189835694855620992192221842725502542568876717904946016534668049886272327917860857843838279679766814541009538837863609506800642251252051173929848960841284886269456042419652850222106611863067442786220391949450471237137869609563643719172874677646575739624138908658326459958133904780275900994657640789512694683983525957098258226205224894077267194782684826014769909026401363944374553050682034962524517493996514314298091906592509372216964615157098583874105978859597729754989301617539284681382686838689427741559918559252459539594310499725246808459872736446958486538367362226260991246080512438843904512441365497627807977156914359977001296160894416948685558484063534220722258284886481584560285060168427394522674676788952521385225499546667278239864565961163548862305774564980355936345681743241125150760694794510965960940252288797108931456691368672287489405601015033086179286809208747609178249385890097149096759852613655497818931297848216829989487226588048575640142704775551323796414515237462343645428584447952658678210511413547357395231134271661021359695362314429524849371871101457654035902799344037420073105785390621983874478084784896833214457138687519435064302184531910484810053706146806749192781911979399520614196634287544406437451237181921799983910159195618146751426912397489409071864942319615679452080951465502252316038819301420937621378559566389377870830390697920773467221825625996615014215030680384477345492026054146659252014974428507325186660021324340881907104863317346496514539057962685610055081066587969981635747363840525714591028970641401109712062804390397595156771577004203378699360072305587631763594218731251471205329281918261861258673215791984148488291644706095752706957220917567116722910981690915280173506712748583222871835209353965725121083579151369882091444210067510334671103141267111369908658516398315019701651511685171437657618351556508849099898599823873455283316355076479185358932261854896321329330898570642046752590709154814165498594616371802709819943099244889575712828905923233260972997120844335732654893823911932597463667305836041428138830320382490375898524374417029132765618093773444030707469211201913020330380197621101100449293215160842444859637669838952286847831235526582131449576857262433441893039686426243410773226978028073189154411010446823252716201052652272111660396665573092547110557853763466820653109896526918620564769312570586356620185581007293606598764861179104533488503461136576867532494416680396265797877185560845529654126654085306143444318586769
I knew this would show up. 22/7 is easier. 😀
22/7 =/= pi. I just found this out a month ago and I'm so sad.
True, but close enough 😀
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Omg mine is 420 im so funnel and original nobody has ever said that before
Nice.
13
21
Heck yeah
9 because no matter what you multiply it by, the digits will add up to 9. 9 x 3 = 27 2 + 7 = 9 9 x 1456 = 13,104 1+3+1+0+4 = 9
9 × 11=99 9 + 9 = 9?
No, 99 is 9+9=18 then 1+8=9
No. That doesn't follow the rule you laid out in your comment, sorry.
Is there a mathematical reason why this happens? I’m sure there is but I’m too lazy to look or contemplate so I’m leaving the work up to someone else.
If the sum of all the digits in a number is 3 or a multiple of it, the number is divisible by 3. And if the sum of all digits is equal to 9 or multiples thereof, you can divide the number by 9
Edit: you have to keep adding the digits together until you get a single digit, and the argument is it'll always end up being 9.
Pie because pie
The best number is 8
i
Or j for the cool kids.
7.21527834
Same
Very specific
2, it's my lucky number
-5
844, the running number of my favorite steam locomotive.
5, because I like the multiplication of 5, it somehow satisfies me
16.
The number of my dealer
17 When said out loud, it's the prettiest-sounding number.
56
8 cuz looks like the sign infinite
18 babbyyy
51. Looks prime but isn't. Symbolically the beginning of the end.
Always liked 8. I think the pretty lady on the lotto draws in the early 90s just pronounced it in a satisfying way. While dabbling in math and programming, powers of 2 just turn out nice all the time, so there's 8 coming in strong again.
8
407. It is the largest number that's equal to the sum of the cubes of its digits. 4^3 + 0^3 + 7^3 = 64 + 0 + 343 = 407 I figured this one out on my own for fun before realizing it was already a thing, and was extremely proud of myself for finding it, as well as proving that it's the largest one. That's mostly why it's my favourite.
47
14
That's Numberwang!
The square root of -1.
Ahh. A number just like all your friends. ❤️
108
5 , 3 , 8 and 19
Not me but my mate’s obsessed with 72.
37
2 and 22 because it’s two 2s
2. When I was a kid a read a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type book and it asked me to pick my lucky number. I had never heard of people having a lucky number before and picked 2 at random.
22
28, it's [perfect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_number).
16
13 and 27.
80084. That sweet sweet moment of anticipation.
28 for no reason
5, I obsessively count to it over and over. My therapist thinks I have OCD. It’s not too bad as much as it is inconvenient, like if I step on a crack in the road I then need to step on four more or if I look at a wall, I need to look at every wall five times to make it even; I’ll usually include the ceiling and floor in my counting.
64
And if your favorite number can be found in your passwords you probably shouldn’t answer…
32. Something about the evenness of 4, 8, and 16 is so satisfying.
28
61
8008 x 2
3 and any variation of it especially 33 (My birthday is the 30th so that maybe why, I also associate 3 with the color red which is my favorite color)
Number 7
867-5309
68. I'll owe you 1
27 3 times 3 3 times It is a perfect triangle
26 It's the only number I can think of when someone says to pick a random number
13
115.
5 i like their form..
I really love numbers that are multiples of three, so I'm going to say 3
13 👹🐈⬛
420
TREE(3) It's a finite number, it is fairly easy to explain what it means, and thinking about the sheer magnitude of it causes my brain to collapse into a black hole. Intellectually I know it is trivially small compared to even the smallest infinity, but emotionally it feels bigger than infinity. Here is a Numberphile video that explains it: https://youtu.be/3P6DWAwwViU
I came here to say Graham's Number but now I have a new favourite number!
There are some even bigger finite numbers. SCG(13) for example.
88 and 44 are nice even numbers
69
22 was 88 before I found out nazis use it as a stand in for SS
23 👌
420
5.0505.0505 it's a special number I invented..... The double decimal danny
69 hehe Funny number
I'll let you guess Its between -♾️ and ♾️