Poll: favorite numbers

In My Humble Opinion
1

Do you have a favorite number?

I’ve found that synesthetes usually have arbitrary favorites: “I like 4. I don’t know why. I just do”. Nonsynesthetes almost always answer in one of three ways: “No, I’ve never thought about”, “Yes, because it’s a significant date*”, or “7”.

My favorite number is 9 (followed by 7 and 3). I personally cannot fathom how someone could have no preferences whatsoever- I see all letters and numbers as being so different. But that’s just the way my brain’s wired.

*Or significant anything, really. Dates, addresses, SS#- whatever it is, they picked the numbers because of their associations.

2

42, then pi and e.

3

Forgot to add: say why you like that number. :smack:

4

When I was little, I liked how it sounded.

5

42, as it’s The Answer

666 'cause it pisses off the fundies

45, it’s the caliber of my favorite handgun

6

7, but for totally weird personal reasons that have nothing to do with the number’s cultural mysticism

713, because it combines 7 and 13, another number that has a personal interestingness to me, and seems very powerful

3, because it’s nice

3469, because it’s really nice, it’s just such a pleasant number - almost refreshing

I’m not a synesthete though…I don’t think.

7

I’m partial to Bill and Ted’s favorite number.

8

My favorite is 9. I also like 73 and 78.

9

24, because my birthday is on the 24th.

It’s also a neat number - you can divide it a whole lot of ways. It’s very friendly and cooperative.

10

Any power of 2.

11

I liked 7 before I knew about it having any cultural significance. It has the same personality as the letter D. I think of them both as handsome.

12

6, it’s a perfect number.

13
  1. I don’t know why. I just do.
14

8 and 29.

15

Same here.

Although I am considering changing it to -56 3/4

16
  1. Dunno why. It’s like it has a certain appealing symmetry, or something. Not the written numeral, I mean; the numeric quantity itself.
17

I like 7 and 10. 4 and 21 as well, but only if they’re together. 7 just looks nice, and 10 seems stronger than all of the single-digit numbers. 4 and 21 because something very nice happened to me on April 21st, and now the numbers have a new connotation in my mind.

18

Pi, for some irrational reason.

Also 00. It’s not really a number AFAIK but they put it on the roulette wheel anyway. I chose it for the back of my softball jersey because then when I ran out on the field, people could point at it and say “00!”

19

I’d say ‘Double-naught!’

20

7 and 42 have been my favorite numbers since I knew what numbers were and before I knew anything else about those numbers.

7 because of the word (consonant, e, consonant, e, consonant) and its color (which I can’t explain, but some of you will probably know what I mean).

42 because the first is twice the second and because it’s pretty.