Enderfive
sarcasm incarnate
(Description of a "glitch in the Matrix" paraphrased from the subreddit of the same name (I don't actually use reddit, I just found the subreddit when I googled "reality glitch" to do my homework before posting the thread.))
A reality glitch or a "glitch in the Matrix", as it is called after the sci-fi movie starring Keanu Reeves, is when you experience weird coincidences that shouldn't happen according to conventional logic, when you know things you'd have no way of knowing or if you witness things that should be impossible.
For example, if you clearly remember leaving your phone at home because you didn't need it or whatever the reason, and then half an hour later discover that it's been in your pocket all along, that's a reality glitch. I'm sure there's others on the internet that can explain it better than I can, so if you're intrigued, google it and I'm sure you'll find a better explanation and better examples.
Anyhow, there's two reasons for me to create this thread.
1) So you could all discuss reality glitches or share your experiences that can be called one.
2) I had one (some) happen to me today and I'm slightly unnerved by it and I just wanted to share it with someone.
So basically, this whole day I've been noticing things that are slightly out of place. For example, every day when I come home from school, I throw my bag under the desk in my room. This morning I had to spend two minutes to search for the bag, since for some reason, it was in the kitchen. I have not carried it to the kitchen. Ever. It's possible that someone else did, and it would kind of make sense if I hadn't carried it to my room yesterday and left it at the front door instead, but I literally never do that.
Anyway, that wasn't the only thing. When I came home, I noticed that the three Mozart CDs that my dad listened to about two days ago and left beside the pile of other CDs were now neatly at the bottom of the pile. Unless he picked up all the CDs in the pile to put the Mozarts underneath while I was away (for what reason he'd do that, I have no idea since it's not like they're in order or anything), there's not much to explain it with.
But those two are just things that could have happened and could have a perfectly logical explanation, even if at first glance a bit unlikely. The real thing happened at school.
Basically, I clearly remembered (and still do) our Estonian teacher giving us a home assignment of preparing a 3 minute speech on a topic we'd choose. I vividly remember clarifying with her that we could use any topic, and I also clearly remember my despair over the 3 minute time constriction, since my speeches and other such things tend to get long. She definitely gave it to the whole class and that was it.
Today, when I asked her about the deadline for the speech, the date for which I had to prepare it, she couldn't recall giving the assignment. Neither did anyone else in the class that I talked to about it. What she did tell me, though, was that there was a speech competition coming up, where you'd have to perform two speeches, both three minutes long. She hadn't told anyone about it yet, though. No one. She was absolutely certain about it. There was no other way I could have known about the competition, either.
THEN WHO WAS PHONE
So, yeah, that unsettled me somewhat and now I've been noticing things out of place.
Anyhow, discuss my story or reality glitches in general, share your experiences and stuff.
A reality glitch or a "glitch in the Matrix", as it is called after the sci-fi movie starring Keanu Reeves, is when you experience weird coincidences that shouldn't happen according to conventional logic, when you know things you'd have no way of knowing or if you witness things that should be impossible.
For example, if you clearly remember leaving your phone at home because you didn't need it or whatever the reason, and then half an hour later discover that it's been in your pocket all along, that's a reality glitch. I'm sure there's others on the internet that can explain it better than I can, so if you're intrigued, google it and I'm sure you'll find a better explanation and better examples.
Anyhow, there's two reasons for me to create this thread.
1) So you could all discuss reality glitches or share your experiences that can be called one.
2) I had one (some) happen to me today and I'm slightly unnerved by it and I just wanted to share it with someone.
So basically, this whole day I've been noticing things that are slightly out of place. For example, every day when I come home from school, I throw my bag under the desk in my room. This morning I had to spend two minutes to search for the bag, since for some reason, it was in the kitchen. I have not carried it to the kitchen. Ever. It's possible that someone else did, and it would kind of make sense if I hadn't carried it to my room yesterday and left it at the front door instead, but I literally never do that.
Anyway, that wasn't the only thing. When I came home, I noticed that the three Mozart CDs that my dad listened to about two days ago and left beside the pile of other CDs were now neatly at the bottom of the pile. Unless he picked up all the CDs in the pile to put the Mozarts underneath while I was away (for what reason he'd do that, I have no idea since it's not like they're in order or anything), there's not much to explain it with.
But those two are just things that could have happened and could have a perfectly logical explanation, even if at first glance a bit unlikely. The real thing happened at school.
Basically, I clearly remembered (and still do) our Estonian teacher giving us a home assignment of preparing a 3 minute speech on a topic we'd choose. I vividly remember clarifying with her that we could use any topic, and I also clearly remember my despair over the 3 minute time constriction, since my speeches and other such things tend to get long. She definitely gave it to the whole class and that was it.
Today, when I asked her about the deadline for the speech, the date for which I had to prepare it, she couldn't recall giving the assignment. Neither did anyone else in the class that I talked to about it. What she did tell me, though, was that there was a speech competition coming up, where you'd have to perform two speeches, both three minutes long. She hadn't told anyone about it yet, though. No one. She was absolutely certain about it. There was no other way I could have known about the competition, either.
THEN WHO WAS PHONE
So, yeah, that unsettled me somewhat and now I've been noticing things out of place.
Anyhow, discuss my story or reality glitches in general, share your experiences and stuff.
