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John J. reacted to Todd Feinman's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with
Wow.
One unfortunate coincidence occurred some years ago. I had read about the "Suicide Machine" a service some time ago that would remove traces of your personal information online. I sent an email to staff in the morning including the lyrics from... -
John J. reacted to Todd Feinman's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with
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Agreed. Generally, I’d add that coincidences and synchronicities are more likely to occur in information-rich environments; libraries, especially sorting tables (we used to manually sort books back in the day) are ideal environments for those... -
John J. reacted to Dave51c's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with Like.
Probably not synchronistic, but name related: Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate toward areas of work or interest that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the...
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deirdre replied to the thread Mick West's Income.do they know you've been debunking -everything under the sun- as a hobby for twenty years? i miss the ghost and creature sighting threads.. you should get back into that topic once in a while. -
Edward Current replied to the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it?.A term I have seen for these kinds of names is "aptonym." I was in a band with an ER doctor, and two of his colleagues at the hospital were named Dr. Gutman and Dr. Doctor. But my favorite medical-related aptonym was my old boss' hematologist... -
Edward Current reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with
Funny.
My son is James G III, my cousin once removed is Joseph B the 5th, a first cousin is Arthur M III while my brother is another Arthur. This is not synchronicity, we are just uncreative namers... -
Mostly UFOs. I bring it up because people ask. And while I did okay out of videogames, I left 20 years ago, and I should have stayed a bit longer, so additional income is still useful. While investigating UFOs is fun, I would at least like to...
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It's highly normalized in social media content to have some form of donation - from the old PayPal tip jars to YouTube Superchats to Patreon or Cofi memberships. And just because some people are making big bucks already how many people making big... -
Mick West replied to the thread Mick West's Income.Mostly UFOs. I bring it up because people ask. And while I did okay out of videogames, I left 20 years ago, and I should have stayed a bit longer, so additional income is still useful. While investigating UFOs is fun, I would at least like to... -
NorCal Dave reacted to GM4AJK's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with Wow.
When I came to this thread last night, I found it interesting. At #17 I said to myself, "How long will I have to wait until I see 666 again?" Had my answer first thing this morning
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NorCal Dave reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Synchronicity - What's your experience of it? with Funny.
My son is James G III, my cousin once removed is Joseph B the 5th, a first cousin is Arthur M III while my brother is another Arthur. This is not synchronicity, we are just uncreative namers...
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NorCal Dave reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread The "Defense Against Drones Act" from Tim Burchett with
Agree.
And so few of them seem to know the history of their "disclosure" demands. Project Bluebook was secret, the report and files needed to be released to disclose The Truth and aliens. It was released, it was just more unsubstantiated stories. So... -
NorCal Dave reacted to MonkeeSage's post in the thread The "Defense Against Drones Act" from Tim Burchett with Agree.
Give that AARO's actual mission/vision is related to the real national security issue of detecting and identifying objects in secure airspaces (like potential drones, lighter than air ISR platforms, etc), it ironically seems actively harmful to...
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MMapperGuy reacted to Mick West's post in the thread Skywatch - Yet Another Skywatcher / Secret of Skinwalker Ranch type enterprise with Agree.
The official trailer for 'SKYWATCH' (2026), an adventure and mystery documentary exploring unexplained aerial phenomena in one of Arizona's most remote locations. The film will be available on major streaming platforms from 27 January 2026. It...
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MMapperGuy reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread The "Defense Against Drones Act" from Tim Burchett with Agree.
And so few of them seem to know the history of their "disclosure" demands. Project Bluebook was secret, the report and files needed to be released to disclose The Truth and aliens. It was released, it was just more unsubstantiated stories. So...