When a post has “trips” on 4chan its referring to the last 3 digits of the number randomly generated for that post....The post could be assigned any random number but if the last three digits are the same number its sort of like saying whatever is in the post will come true. People have made a game out of it saying stuff like “Trips and Trump gets re-elected” and posting it to see if they did in fact get trips
There are things that have ended up coming true when there were trips but also things that dont...so its more of a superstition on 4chan than anything...and it can end up being funny like someone might say “Trips if Clinton really is a devil worshiper” and then if it ends up getting trips everyone gets excited and/or laughs...
The numbers are most definitely not random. The post numbers are assigned in numerical order. It's just that there are so many posts on b and pol that the post numbers are increasing at such a rate that it seems random/chaotic.
Trips (triple) and to a slightly lesser extent Dubs (doubles) have a fairly low chance of happening therefore they are considered to be statements of prophecy through which Kek communicates to his followers.
Or you know... people point out trips and dubs for the lulz.
Here's a much better explanation that is extremely related.
What trips? What am I looking for?
serial number of post is auto generated.
When a post has “trips” on 4chan its referring to the last 3 digits of the number randomly generated for that post....The post could be assigned any random number but if the last three digits are the same number its sort of like saying whatever is in the post will come true. People have made a game out of it saying stuff like “Trips and Trump gets re-elected” and posting it to see if they did in fact get trips
There are things that have ended up coming true when there were trips but also things that dont...so its more of a superstition on 4chan than anything...and it can end up being funny like someone might say “Trips if Clinton really is a devil worshiper” and then if it ends up getting trips everyone gets excited and/or laughs...
The numbers are most definitely not random. The post numbers are assigned in numerical order. It's just that there are so many posts on b and pol that the post numbers are increasing at such a rate that it seems random/chaotic.
Trips (triple) and to a slightly lesser extent Dubs (doubles) have a fairly low chance of happening therefore they are considered to be statements of prophecy through which Kek communicates to his followers.
Or you know... people point out trips and dubs for the lulz.
Here's a much better explanation that is extremely related.
https://pepethefrogfaith.wordpress.com/
Skip to "The Digits Declare a Deity" if you're short on time, but the whole thing is worth a read.
It's just a random thing that people watch out for and point out but it's meaningless