Why is it that almost every day, I look at a clock at exactly 12:34, 2:34, or 11:11? I can go for hours without checking the time, and have no idea what time it is. Then when I do check the clock, it's one of those "fancy" times. It doesn't matter if it's a.m. or p.m. (although I seem to see 2:34 a.m. more than 2:34 p.m., thank you so much, insomnia), and it's never one of the other consecutive-number times like 4:56. I see either 12:34, 2:34, or 11:11 on a digital clock nearly every day. Today, just now, I looked at my computer clock and it was 12:34.
This happens way more often than random chance would seem to indicate. Why exactly 12:34? Why don't I happen to look when it's 12:33? Why 11:11 instead of 11:12? What is it about 2:34 draws me to check the time? It seems like if this were just an subconscious awareness that "that time" is approaching, I wouldn't hit it so exactly.
One of life's little mysteries, or a devious plot to defy statistics? Am I a focus for some kind of energy paths that govern probability? Should I be worried, or am I in the early stages in developing superpowers?
2 comments:
I have exactly the same "problem" (though the problem we have is very harmless)! I look at the clock at 12:12, 13:13, 14:14... and so on. This happens more than 5 times a day with an average checking frequency of 7 times/day. First, I tried to explain this by the idea that I might be checking the time every 61 minutes... but than there must be a change of periodicity between 23:23 and 00:00... So I still don't have any explanation...
I vote for superpower..... harness that wonderful energy!!!
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