The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is when you never noticed something or saw something before, and then you see it everywhere.

For example say you see a chipmunk in an area you never noticed them before, and now you just see chipmunks everywhere.

  • *Tagger*
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    213 hours ago

    The number 14, seriously, it’s everywhere

    • @[email protected]
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      12 hours ago

      It’s a fun phenomenon, especially if discussing with New Age types who will start dropping numerology interpretations.

      If you can rein in an immediate “this is stupid bullshit and so are you” reflex, it’s interesting from an for-entertainment-purposes-only perspective.

      • @MutilationWave
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        38 hours ago

        Some friends and I that hung out in college had this with 11:11 on the clock. Felt like we’d look at the time and it would be 11:11 once or even both times every day.