Hey guys,

Well for me the number (or time) is 10:10. Nobody has spoken about that number as being one of their numbers, so i was wondering what you thought?

i've looked up stuff on google, etc. and alot of people talk about how clocks are normally always sold with the pointers at 10:10 because it looks good when selling them. very semetrical. but i don't believe that's my case, because yes, i have seen clocks that havea ctually STOPPED on the time 10:10 as much as i've seen NEW clocks at 10:10 but the thing with me is that i see it everywhere (time wise). normal clocks, digital, microwaves, etc... anything with a time. i've never seen it as 1010 or 10/10. just a time.

The other thing is that i dno't believe that it's just a time that sticks in our minds because we're focusing on it, because in a day we see SO MANY different times/numbers/dates. it's not possible for the brain to hang on to ONE specific number, or even a few. why not all of them? everytime you see 9:42 are you gonna think "oh i've seen that time yesterday too, but then again i also say 10:30 and 12:45". They shouldn't stick unless they have a purpose within yourself.

that is just what i think. now i wanna find out what 10:10's purpose is.

thanks you for reading this.

I used to do a lot of mapping for Counter Strike and Half life, back in highschool.
During that time, I used a set of numbers and ratios to help keep things evenly spaced, symmetrical when needed, ect. A number I constantly saw coming up in that time was 1.618. I wasn't only seeing it in my mapping, but I saw seeing it EVERYWHERE. I thought I was on to something, and had discovered something new and exciting. Brought it up to a friend of mine, who tells me "That's the Golden Ratio, of course you see it everywhere, it's used in art, architecture, the human body follows it to an extent."

I tend to think seeing numbers over and over, now, is like what a few people have mentioned before in the thread. If you've seen them a few times, and focus on them due to it, you're bound to see it everywhere.

Not saying repeated numbers don't have a mystical property to them, I do think that they may. Just saying, it's like the bible-thumpers focusing on 666 - they'll see it everywhere because they're looking for it.

Originally posted by dave420
This is ridiculous. If you ever get the notion in your head that a number has certain meaning to you, your subconcious will elevate it to your conscious as something important, like when you see your name written somewhere - it stands out more than other peoples' names. As soon as that happens, you will start to "see" it more and more often, as each time you see it, it reinforces the notion that you see it often. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy - the numbers don't mean a damned thing. They're just numbers. The sheer amount of numbers we see every day makes the possibility of seeing any 3, 4, or even 5 digit stream incredibly probable.

Come on, guys! Use your brains!

Dave420 and others;
Good points here. Much food for thought. Are we victims of our own imaginations or something more sinster?

Admittedly my logical and objective side wants to think that it is simply my mind playing tricks on me. I am not religious nor have I ever been. Similarly, I do not believe in all the apocalyptic mumbo jumbo nor the insane Antichrist babble that is bandied about lately.

Having said that, and being astutely observant, I have had the number 666 come up at least 4 times in the past 2 weeks. A Cop car license ( he! he! that's a good one!), shopping receipts, bills and home reconcilations have all been host to this odd figure. This is the first time that I have experienced recurring numbers and so as not to date myself..."I did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday, ya know".

What is going on here cannot simply be my imagination, can it?
Are there any statisticians out there who can tell me what the odds are in having this number come up so frequently? Any other theories?
Cheers!

we are the same cooster I always see the number 619

Originally posted by 20after
both my wife and I both see 720, 1080 constantly.

stop watching HDTV?