Flutterz Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 For those of you who don't know (or don't remember, and with that kind of name I don't blame you) what the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is: http://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/ Basically, if you gain some new information and then encounter it soon after and get the feeling that it's more than a coincidence, that's the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. Before I knew that it was a thing it would drive me absolutely crazy, whenever I'd learn a new word and then suddenly encounter it the very next day, and the only explanation anyone could give me was that it was just a coincidence, which sounded stupid considering how often it happened. Actually, now that I do know it's a thing, it still drives me crazy. Just today I was watching Hyouka and noticed that the Japanese word "wagamama" means "selfish". I only really noticed this because Wagamama is a pro Dota 2 player. A few minutes ago I opened Anki to do my Japanese vocab review, and wouldn't you know it, "wagamama" was one of today's words. Have you encountered this phenomenon recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 A wise man once told me that there are alot of Japanese people in Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Not sure if it is the same thing, but alot of times I feel that weird coincidences pop up. Like I would watch a anime or read a manga that deals with a certain theme and than I overhear people (who have obviously never seen a single episode of anime before) talk about ideas that are very similar. Or when I watch two different shows and notice odd similarities in the characters conversations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERO! Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I was researching the lyrics for the 1st opening of the 1st anime I ever watched and the word wagamama was in it. I translated it To see what it meant in English. Next Day I go shopping with my family, we get hungry and then the first restaurant that we see is wagamama. It's not the same but it's similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulJustIn Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 For those of you who don't know (or don't remember, and with that kind of name I don't blame you) what the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is: http://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakamutt Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Has definitely happened to me in the "what this is weird" sense, though I don't think I ever felt that it was more than a coincidence that hard. It's been a while though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 A wise man once told me that there are alot of Japanese people in Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinovaA Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hmmmm... this definitely happens to me. Whenever I hear a word I have never really heard before... I begin to hear it all the time. It's pretty weird. Although, the weirdest thing was when I had this REALLY vivid dream and it happened to me maybe like 4 months later when I moved across the country. I must have seen the locations before in pictures or something.. because the accuracy of my dream was a little uncanny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalor Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Before I knew that it was a thing it would drive me absolutely crazy, whenever I'd learn a new word and then suddenly encounter it the very next day, and the only explanation anyone could give me was that it was just a coincidence, which sounded stupid considering how often it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I literally heard about this phenomenon for the first time two days ago, so you making a thread about it kinda proves the scariness of it. However, considering I heard of it on #tlwiki, it's easy to imagine how the information quickly diffused here, making it less surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 I literally heard about this phenomenon for the first time two days ago, so you making a thread about it kinda proves the scariness of it. However, considering I heard of it on #tlwiki, it's easy to imagine how the information quickly diffused here, making it less surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodai Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 That's happened...once or twice, but I don't remember a specific occurrence that I can name. My apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Thing is, the first time I found out this has a name was years ago, and then I encountered it a couple of months ago again so I kinda remembered the name. The only reason I brought it up now was the "wagamama" thing, I don't even go on #tlwiki. That's the cool thing about it, it literally is just a coincidence, but because of the way our brains work we find that hard to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 And you linked the same article out of the probably dozens of articles that talk about the phenomenon. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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