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  2. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  3. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.

  4. Luck - Wikipedia

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    Luck in games involving chance is defined as the change in a player's equity after a random event such as a die roll or card draw. [13] Luck is positive (good luck) if the player's position is improved and negative (bad luck) if it is worsened. A poker player who is doing well (playing successfully, winning) is said to be "running good". [14]

  5. Bad luck - Wikipedia

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    Bad luck may refer to: Bad luck, harmful, negative, or undesirable luck or fortune; Film and television. Bad Luck, a comedy film directed by Andrzej Munk; Bad Luck ...

  6. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an ...

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    When it comes to bad luck, there are few superstitions as pervasive in Western culture as that of Friday the 13th. Like crossing paths with a black cat and breaking a mirror, the notion of a day ...

  7. The old man lost his horse - Wikipedia

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    The story exemplifies the view of Taoism regarding "fortune" ("good luck") and "misfortune" ("bad luck"). The story is well-known throughout the East Asian cultural sphere and is often invoked to express the idea of " silver lining " or " blessing in disguise " in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese.

  8. 2 Zodiacs Breaking Free from Bad Luck Era - AOL

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    2 Zodiacs Breaking Free from Bad Luck Era. MaKayla McRae. November 16, 2024 at 6:12 AM. Photo by Anna Shvets. The cosmos has been blessing some of us, bringing ample astrological opportunities.

  9. Albatross (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    Jeff Williams' song "Bad Luck Charm" contains the line "I'm a cursed black cat, I'm an albatross, I'm a mirror broken, Sad to say, I'm your bad luck charm". Josh Ritter refers to a lingering albatross in his song "Monster Ballad". The characters are lost in the desert after having been lost at sea.