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A stranger on the bus called me by my childhood nickname
People say it's just a coincidence, but I think it's a real glitch. He knew a name I haven't used since I was a kid.
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henry_martin371mo agoMost Upvoted
Question how unique that nickname actually was. Plenty of common ones out there like buddy or champ. Could have just been a lucky guess. Brains also look for patterns where there aren't any. Might be reading way too much into a random moment.
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the_paul27d ago
The keychain example actually proves a pattern exists, though. It's not just a random guess.
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tyler_wilson1mo ago
Recall my friend Jake getting called 'Red' by a cashier, a name he hadn't heard since grade school. He swore it was a glitch, but then we figured the cashier might have just seen his old keychain (it had 'Red' on it from a baseball team). Kinda makes you think @henry_martin37 has a point about our brains finding patterns where there aren't any.
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