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don't you love/hate weird coincidences?

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Vimick

I have this happen to me often extremely weird coincidental things that seem way much of a coincidence. a great example is what happened to me today. well it began yesterday. Here is how it went.
I was flipping through on demand on the tv to look for good movie because I was bored i looked through a few and one reminded me of a good movie called Unbreakable with Bruce Willis and Samuel. L Jackson that came out in 2000 . I only saw it once when it did come out in 2000. And i thought to myself that would be a good movie to watch right now but the on demand didnt have it so i dismissed it and watched a dvd i owned.
NOW tonight I am bored again flipping through the channels looking for a movie to watch. AND LOW AND BEHOLD Unbreakable is playing on USA! i have never ever seen any point in the past 8 years that this movie has ever been on tv and now after not having thought of the movie for years and then just thinking about it yesterday it comes on tv? what are the odds? such a weird coincidence. way too coincidental to me. And this is only one example this happens to me occasionally for different things and they are always so oddly coincidental.
Ever have this happen to you? what do you think? am I just being weird?
I have this happen to me often extremely weird coincidental things that seem way much of a coincidence. a great example is what happened to me today. well it began yesterday. Here is how it went. I was flipping through on demand on the tv to look for good movie because I was bored i looked through a few and one reminded me of a good movie called Unbreakable with Bruce Willis and Samuel. L Jackson that came out in 2000 . I only saw it once when it did come out in 2000. And i thought to myself that would be a good movie to watch right now but the on demand didnt have it so i dismissed it and watched a dvd i owned. NOW tonight I am bored again flipping through the channels looking for a movie to watch. AND LOW AND BEHOLD Unbreakable is playing on USA! i have never ever seen any point in the past 8 years that this movie has ever been on tv and now after not having thought of the movie for years and then just thinking about it yesterday it comes on tv? what are the odds? such a weird coincidence. way too coincidental to me. And this is only one example this happens to me occasionally for different things and they are always so oddly coincidental. Ever have this happen to you? what do you think? am I just being weird?

Last edited by Vimick, 4 years, 8 months ago
Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

I have weird things like that happen to me all the time too. always just little things, like what you were talking about with unbreakable (good movie by the way). i have a theory (not that i really believe it, i just find it a bit of fun). i think that when something like that happens its a future version of myself sending me information. So when it does happen to me i then concentrate on sending it back to the past me, so the circle is complete :P . If that makes any sense.
I have weird things like that happen to me all the time too. always just little things, like what you were talking about with unbreakable (good movie by the way). i have a theory (not that i really believe it, i just find it a bit of fun). i think that when something like that happens its a future version of myself sending me information. So when it does happen to me i then concentrate on sending it back to the past me, so the circle is complete :P . If that makes any sense.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

NewAgeAlchemist

I had been reading up on different mythologies and listening to eddie izzard on youtube. After listening to his robin hood bit I decided to check the wiki and the pop-culture section made reference to a star trek episode. day or two passed and I normally grab food on the way to my Dungeons and Dragons game, decided to eat at home (probably feeling cheap) and as I was flipping through channels I encountered star trek. Wasn't aware the channel had been running it in that slot and it turned out to be the robin hood episode.
I had been reading up on different mythologies and listening to eddie izzard on youtube. After listening to his robin hood bit I decided to check the wiki and the pop-culture section made reference to a star trek episode. day or two passed and I normally grab food on the way to my Dungeons and Dragons game, decided to eat at home (probably feeling cheap) and as I was flipping through channels I encountered star trek. Wasn't aware the channel had been running it in that slot and it turned out to be the robin hood episode.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

delimew

I've had many instances of thinking of a movie, or even a TV episode, recently before seeing it. this happened a lot at boarding school, when someone went out to rent movies for the weekend, it was almost always a movie i'd randomly been thinking about the day before.
personally though, I believe this to be some form of precognition rather than a 'coincidence'.
if you want coincidence, a few years ago i was looking for something to watch on TV, and i saw there was a movie on that i really wanted to see (forget what it was). it didn't start for another hour or so though, so i just muted the TV and did stuff on the internet. i forget the details, but i started getting really absorbed in whatever it was i was doing and completely forgot about everything else. then all of a sudden the TV turned itself off and on* thus unmuting itself. this happened at the exact same time the movie started, and was the only reason i ended up watching it.
all the more reason to believe coincidence is more than people think i suppose.
(*it's done this several times before, but it's pretty rare. easily less than once a month. so the odds of it happening right as the movie started would be pretty close to zero)
I've had many instances of thinking of a movie, or even a TV episode, recently before seeing it. this happened a lot at boarding school, when someone went out to rent movies for the weekend, it was almost always a movie i'd randomly been thinking about the day before. personally though, I believe this to be some form of precognition rather than a 'coincidence'. if you want coincidence, a few years ago i was looking for something to watch on TV, and i saw there was a movie on that i really wanted to see (forget what it was). it didn't start for another hour or so though, so i just muted the TV and did stuff on the internet. i forget the details, but i started getting really absorbed in whatever it was i was doing and completely forgot about everything else. then all of a sudden the TV turned itself off and on* thus unmuting itself. this happened at the exact same time the movie started, and was the only reason i ended up watching it. all the more reason to believe coincidence is more than people think i suppose. (*it's done this several times before, but it's pretty rare. easily less than once a month. so the odds of it happening right as the movie started would be pretty close to zero)

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Vimick

Yeah this happens a lot with TV shows with me if only it was with things more substantial. say if i think about what i would do if i won a new car and the next day i did win a new car. that'd be sweet.
Also once in a while i get an extremely strong sense of deja vu. it happens rarely but when it does happen it hits hard. sometimes to the point that i stop functioning because im too consumed by how familiar the situation seems.
Yeah this happens a lot with TV shows with me if only it was with things more substantial. say if i think about what i would do if i won a new car and the next day i did win a new car. that'd be sweet. Also once in a while i get an extremely strong sense of deja vu. it happens rarely but when it does happen it hits hard. sometimes to the point that i stop functioning because im too consumed by how familiar the situation seems.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Linked

Vimick that happens to me alot too. just like you not that often and when i get it it lasts for maybe 30 - 50 sec.
Vimick that happens to me alot too. just like you not that often and when i get it it lasts for maybe 30 - 50 sec.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Vimick

hahahah that reminds me of a quote "i have deja vu and amnesia at the same time, i think i've forgotten this before"
hahahah that reminds me of a quote "i have deja vu and amnesia at the same time, i think i've forgotten this before"

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Linked

wtf? where did you get that quote? its weird :D
wtf? where did you get that quote? its weird :D

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

NewAgeAlchemist

Usually attributed to Steven Wright
Usually attributed to Steven Wright

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Dash

whenever i look up music videos on youtube its usually on all of the radio stations 3 days to a week later...
really rare songs too.. chemicals between us, comfortably numb, patience,
personally i think it works off empathy, you want or enjoy something, someone else wants to hear or see it so they can enjoy it too,
like maybe Vimick made someone at USA want to play unbreakable..
or delimew made that guy who rented the videos want to rent the one you were thinking about
make sense to me..
whenever i look up music videos on youtube its usually on all of the radio stations 3 days to a week later... really rare songs too.. chemicals between us, comfortably numb, patience, personally i think it works off empathy, you want or enjoy something, someone else wants to hear or see it so they can enjoy it too, like maybe Vimick made someone at USA want to play unbreakable.. or delimew made that guy who rented the videos want to rent the one you were thinking about make sense to me..

Last edited by Dash, 4 years, 8 months ago
Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Vimick

Dash, thats an interesting concept
Dash, thats an interesting concept

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

ARandomKid

Speaking of weird coincidences, this morning Comfortably Numb was played on a station I listen to that's almost always just talk. They threw in this segment because they were doing something about lyrics...I dunno. Either way, it was PRETTY weird.
Speaking of weird coincidences, this morning Comfortably Numb was played on a station I listen to that's almost always just talk. They threw in this segment because they were doing something about lyrics...I dunno. Either way, it was PRETTY weird.

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Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Dash

DUN DUN DUN!
;;>.>
... and yes.. i do have my moments.. usually followed by posts like this =]
DUN DUN DUN! ;;>.> ... and yes.. i do have my moments.. usually followed by posts like this =]

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

PotentiaL

Haha I was thinking of writing a post about this same subject, and ya beat me to it. This kind of thing happens to me all the time, I actually keep a journal where I write them down when they happen so Ill remember them. I average about 3 to 4 a week, usually they're associated with some phrase or person.
I haven't read a lot of it, but the Holographic Universe by Micheal Talbot seems like a pretty plausible explanation of crazy coincidences. He talks something about how reality is just a projection of our own minds, nothing is really there at all, and how our mind can create parallels and coincidences inside our reality.
I really love this subject, I think Ill try to get a hold of that book.
Haha I was thinking of writing a post about this same subject, and ya beat me to it. This kind of thing happens to me all the time, I actually keep a journal where I write them down when they happen so Ill remember them. I average about 3 to 4 a week, usually they're associated with some phrase or person. I haven't read a lot of it, but the Holographic Universe by Micheal Talbot seems like a pretty plausible explanation of crazy coincidences. He talks something about how reality is just a projection of our own minds, nothing is really there at all, and how our mind can create parallels and coincidences inside our reality. I really love this subject, I think Ill try to get a hold of that book.

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Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Dash

well.. if anyone here watched the matrix then you should know that everything IS just a projection of our minds.. .. sorta ..
we see, hear, feel, smell and taste what our brain tells us..
so.. yeah.. i guess
well.. if anyone here watched the matrix then you should know that everything IS just a projection of our minds.. .. sorta .. we see, hear, feel, smell and taste what our brain tells us.. so.. yeah.. i guess

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

one just happened to me then! i really wanted to see a particular james bond movie but i didnt know what it was called, then i went into the lounge and turned the tv on and there was a ad for the exact movie it was playing the scene that i wanted to se again. but it was only an ad. it on friday...but still weird.
one just happened to me then! i really wanted to see a particular james bond movie but i didnt know what it was called, then i went into the lounge and turned the tv on and there was a ad for the exact movie it was playing the scene that i wanted to se again. but it was only an ad. it on friday...but still weird.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

Vimick

Potential, damn Sean just wrote a blog about how thats pretty much one of his beliefs.
http://alittleweird.com/2008/04/05/beliefs-reality-and-questions-galore/#comments
he should get in here and maybe discuss this more with us, see what he thinks.
maybe theres some sort of unconscious suggestive projection, using empathy like dash said, where we project what we feel and want onto the world and the world responds sometimes. i dont know. interesting though
Potential, damn Sean just wrote a blog about how thats pretty much one of his beliefs. http://alittleweird.com/2008/04/05/beliefs-reality-and-questions-galore/#comments he should get in here and maybe discuss this more with us, see what he thinks. maybe theres some sort of unconscious suggestive projection, using empathy like dash said, where we project what we feel and want onto the world and the world responds sometimes. i dont know. interesting though

Last edited by Vimick, 4 years, 8 months ago
Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

delimew

Dash's theory does sound good, certainly not an idea i'd thought about, though personally i'm not too sure about it. most of the movies that i thought about where ones i'm sure i wouldn't think about normally, and i believe i've also had some cases that empathy couldn't explain. (though admittedly i can't think of any examples right now) so for now i'm sticking with my theory of it being some form of precognition.
Dash's theory does sound good, certainly not an idea i'd thought about, though personally i'm not too sure about it. most of the movies that i thought about where ones i'm sure i wouldn't think about normally, and i believe i've also had some cases that empathy couldn't explain. (though admittedly i can't think of any examples right now) so for now i'm sticking with my theory of it being some form of precognition.

Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

ethanescence

This sounds like the theory of the law of attraction.
I think it's just a coincidence anyway. A coincidence is something that you just can't "determine" the connection between the two events - and doesn't necessarily mean they aren't related. If you can't see any direct relation, that's usually defined as coincidence.
This sounds like the theory of the law of attraction. I think it's just a coincidence anyway. A coincidence is something that you just can't "determine" the connection between the two events - and doesn't necessarily mean they aren't related. If you can't see any direct relation, that's usually defined as coincidence.

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Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

funkydeath

Just a quick thought... it could be possible when one has these sorts of coincidences when referring to television programs, that advertising agencies actually send directly to your brain advertisements (possibly psychically). However you hardly ever realize because you get the message at the same time as you are watching the ad. However, it could be possible that for some reason occasionally you receive it before you see the ad; or without even seeing the ad. In which case the feeling that you really want to see the movie is achieved without you having to watch the advertisements.
Just a quick thought... it could be possible when one has these sorts of coincidences when referring to television programs, that advertising agencies actually send directly to your brain advertisements (possibly psychically). However you hardly ever realize because you get the message at the same time as you are watching the ad. However, it could be possible that for some reason occasionally you receive it before you see the ad; or without even seeing the ad. In which case the feeling that you really want to see the movie is achieved without you having to watch the advertisements.

Last edited by funkydeath, 4 years, 8 months ago
Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

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