#coincidence — Public Fediverse posts

I love it when more than one person on my feed talks about the same random thing at the same time.

We need a word or phrase to describe this phenomenon. If you’ve heard a good one or want to make up a new slang term, please share. I will use it!

(But I hate seeing friends getting hurt, so I declare this trend officially over. 😂 Be safe out there, everyone. )

@nik
@vlrny
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#Timeline #Coincidence #Slang #Linguistics

I love it when more than one person on my feed talks about the same random thing at the same time.

We need a word or phrase to describe this phenomenon. If you’ve heard a good one or want to make up a new slang term, please share. I will use it!

(But I hate seeing friends getting hurt, so I declare this trend officially over. 😂 Be safe out there, everyone. )

@nik
@vlrny
.

#Timeline #Coincidence #Slang #Linguistics

I love it when more than one person on my feed talks about the same random thing at the same time.

We need a word or phrase to describe this phenomenon. If you’ve heard a good one or want to make up a new slang term, please share. I will use it!

(But I hate seeing friends getting hurt, so I declare this trend officially over. 😂 Be safe out there, everyone. )

@nik
@vlrny
.

#Timeline #Coincidence #Slang #Linguistics

I love it when more than one person on my feed talks about the same random thing at the same time.

We need a word or phrase to describe this phenomenon. If you’ve heard a good one or want to make up a new slang term, please share. I will use it!

(But I hate seeing friends getting hurt, so I declare this trend officially over. 😂 Be safe out there, everyone. )

@nik
@vlrny
.

#Timeline #Coincidence #Slang #Linguistics

I love it when more than one person on my feed talks about the same random thing at the same time.

We need a word or phrase to describe this phenomenon. If you’ve heard a good one or want to make up a new slang term, please share. I will use it!

(But I hate seeing friends getting hurt, so I declare this trend officially over. 😂 Be safe out there, everyone. )

@nik
@vlrny
.

#Timeline #Coincidence #Slang #Linguistics

Coincidence

1/4 Yesterday morning, I was thinking about persons I’ve known who I have not seen or heard from for 40+ years. I searched for some of them on the internet. Google AI mis-informed me that a few of them had undergone major career changes: One had gone from a degree and career in forestry into medical school and become a physician; another had become a freelance journalist in South Africa after I knew him as a forester and firefighter. But, in reality, neither of those career changes was true. Google AI had seamlessly combined the search results for different persons who just coincidentally shared the same names. Google AI also claimed that I worked professionally in Tokyo, though I have no recollection of ever being in Japan.

#Coincidence #Serendipity #Biography #Memoir #PeaceCorps

The Accidental Phone Call

She misdialed a number, she said,
but not really.

So we reminisced about old times,
the good work we did together,
where our coworkers are,
what our children are doing.

Organizations end,
but relationships don’t have to.
I can do better at staying connected.

I can be more intentional,
while at the same time
knowing that
on this journey
there are no
accidental phone calls.

August 10, 2015