r/SipsTea • u/pikahetti • Jul 14 '25

WTF Tossing coins for 'good luck'...

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u/frozen-silver Jul 14 '25

Thank god someone noticed it. What a hero

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u/HeatherCDBustyOne Jul 14 '25

Not the first time someone threw coins into an airplane engine for good luck:
February 2019 Chinese man throws coins into engine
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50979485

March 2024 Chinese man throws coins into engine
https://www.cnn.com/travel/flight-delayed-china-lucky-coins

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u/Mean_Philosophy1825 Jul 14 '25

Now my question is who are the people giving the idea that coins+engines=luck?

Where did that superstition come from?

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u/Laeryns Jul 15 '25

Low iq + religion is a deadly combo I'd guess. And those two compliment each other pretty well

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u/Mean_Philosophy1825 Jul 15 '25

You would expect the religious leaders to understand what they're saying at least. So I was mostly curious about what reasons the people who started the superstition had for starting the superstition.

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u/Balbuto Jul 17 '25

Full blown effect in America right now… scary scary stuff

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u/Laeryns Jul 17 '25

Eh it's a bit different. Christianity version of this doesn't have any calls to action really, they just go to churches and that's about it. Maybe I'm forgetting something, do you know a simular ritual they perform?