Due to a number of reasons, the world currently feels like a pretty scary place, with one of the more unsettling developments around the world being the spread of the powerful COVID-19/coronavirus, which has already taken thousands of lives worldwide and resulted in a number of major events being cancelled or postponed. As more of these cancellations are announced by the day, social media is starting to freak out that the week culminates with Friday the 13th, making them nervous that we're on the cusp of something truly disturbing unfolding on the day that superstitious people consider to be bad luck.
Fear of the date, known as "paraskevidekatriaphobia," can seemingly be traced back to the time of Jesus Christ. The fabled Last Supper was attended by 13 individuals, Christ and his 12 disciples, with Judas Iscariot deemed to be the 13th attendee of the event. With Judas ultimately betraying Christ, many consider 13 to be an imperfect number, which, when combined with Christ's death on Good Friday, creates the "Friday the 13th" superstition.
Other theories claim that the origin of the superstitious date came from Philip IV of France arresting hundreds of Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307. To some, the arrival of Friday the 13th came with it the fear that something bad could happen to them. Interestingly, Friday the 17th is considered bad luck in Italy, while the Greek and certain Spanish-speaking countries consider Tuesday the 13th to be bad luck.
Scroll down to see what social media is saying about the superstitious date.
Jason's Return
prevnextTomorrow is Friday the 13th and the way 2020 is going I’m holding out hope for a visit from that special someone...
— Liam Nilon (@LiamNilon) March 12, 2020
What Else Could Go Wrong?
prevnextTomorrow is Friday the 13th 🥱what else could possibly go wrong
— 🦋✰ 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝒸𝒾𝑒 ✰🦋 (@graciegirliee) March 12, 2020
Keep Calm
prevnextTFW you realize after this bad week with virus outbreaks and market armageddon tomorrow is Friday the 13th...#KeepCalm #StayStrong
— /dev/null productions (@DevNullProd) March 12, 2020
Keeps Getting Worse
prevnextand to make this all worse, tomorrow is friday the 13th
— sally martin (@itssallymartin) March 12, 2020
Welp
prevnextRealizing that there’s a pandemic, the stock market is plunging, and tomorrow is Friday the 13th.
— Tyler (@tled98) March 12, 2020
Survive the Chaos
prevnextWhen you’ve survived the chaos that’s been unfolding in the first 3 months of 2020 and realize tomorrow is Friday the 13th. #FridayThe13th
— šof (@_misssof) March 12, 2020
Enough Freaky Stuff
prevnextTomorrow is Friday the 13th yet we already have all this freaky stuff going on like this plague going around so what else is gonna happen....
— Lex 💗 (@ShumateLexie) March 12, 2020
This Is Too Much
prevnextRealizing tomorrow is Friday the 13th, like bruh wtf else could possible go wrong
— beautifullyria93 (@beautifullyriaa) March 12, 2020
Whole Month of Bad Luck
prevnexteven though tomorrow is friday the 13th, it feels like this whole month has been a friday the 13th
— anaconda (@anaadandyy) March 12, 2020
Oh. Dear. God.
prev0commentsWhen you’ve survived the whirlwind of crazy that was today... only to realise tomorrow is FRIDAY THE 13th
— Joey Nicita ☀️ (@JoeyNicita) March 12, 2020
