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I don't think there is an official name for this, so I named it as I best could. Most of us have probably experienced the phenomenon where one day, say a Wednesday, feels VERY Thursdayish, in fact some of us may have gone through an entire day believing it was the wrong day of the week. I find that often when a day feels like another day, other people around me feel the same.
Does anybody know why this happens to us?
Does anybody know why this happens to us?
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I once heard a joke about two hippopotamuses wallowing in a river, and one says to the other: "I keep thinking it's Tuesday."
But I don't know why we have these feelings. It is similar to deja vu - or did you just say that?
But I don't know why we have these feelings. It is similar to deja vu - or did you just say that?
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Glitch in the Matrix.basilmunroe wrote:Does anybody know why this happens to us?
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i suspect it has to do with our continued inability to get total agreement quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity. This conflict is compounded by the problem of gravity (which may indeed provide the solution to the problem).
Everything eventually comes down to quantum...
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Anybody have a less scientific explanation? Like a common consciousness or something.
I think whatever it is, it's related to the fact that two people who spend extended time together (like members of a household) experience time stretchiness at similar times. What I mean by that is that we often say "That week went by fast!" and our spouse or sibling or parent or child will say, "It sure did! -- I wonder why?"
I think whatever it is, it's related to the fact that two people who spend extended time together (like members of a household) experience time stretchiness at similar times. What I mean by that is that we often say "That week went by fast!" and our spouse or sibling or parent or child will say, "It sure did! -- I wonder why?"
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You grow like the people you live with?
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Here's my theory (I am ever the realist). I think that the times when people agree with you and when they don't are pretty equal, or random. It's just that you notice it and make significant note of it when people agree with you when you say "Man, it totally feels like Thursday today" or that your week/day went by slow or fast. Also, the people you spend lots of time with you are generally doing the same things (at work or sometimes at home) so you'll probably have similar experiences, and feel the same about a day or week.
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That SOUNDS reasonable, but it doesn't quite fit the bill.
For instance - all day yesterday (Wednesday), I was feeling like it should be Thursday. When I got home, without any prompting, my wife mentioned that she kept thinking "tomorrow is Friday". When I got to work this morning (Thursday), one of my colleagues said she thought yesterday was Thursday, and even woke up this morning thinking it was Friday.
I am the only link between these two and they've never met. I did not express my feelings until each of them had expressed them separately to me.
For instance - all day yesterday (Wednesday), I was feeling like it should be Thursday. When I got home, without any prompting, my wife mentioned that she kept thinking "tomorrow is Friday". When I got to work this morning (Thursday), one of my colleagues said she thought yesterday was Thursday, and even woke up this morning thinking it was Friday.
I am the only link between these two and they've never met. I did not express my feelings until each of them had expressed them separately to me.
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For those who had MLK Day off, this is a 4-day work week, which came after a 3-day weekend. That can mess with people's sense of which day falls where, and do it in a relatively uniform manner.
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If that were the case, I'd readily blame it on that, however we in Canada haven't had a day off since New Year's Day.
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Bringing the conversation down to my level.....
Two old ladies sitting on a park bench:
"It's windy today, isn't it?"
"That's funny, I thought it was Thursday."
"So am I. Let's go and have a cup of tea."
Two old ladies sitting on a park bench:
"It's windy today, isn't it?"
"That's funny, I thought it was Thursday."
"So am I. Let's go and have a cup of tea."
Rofl.earthcalling wrote:Bringing the conversation down to my level.....
Two old ladies sitting on a park bench:
"It's windy today, isn't it?"
"That's funny, I thought it was Thursday."
"So am I. Let's go and have a cup of tea."
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Haha, that's great.earthcalling wrote:Bringing the conversation down to my level.....
Two old ladies sitting on a park bench:
"It's windy today, isn't it?"
"That's funny, I thought it was Thursday."
"So am I. Let's go and have a cup of tea."
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Whenever that happens to me, it's because of how things happen.
Like, normally my routine consists of a particular thing happening on Thursday, however minor it might be.
It happens on Wednesday or Friday instead.
That throws me for up to a week afterward.
But then I am very absent-minded.
Like, normally my routine consists of a particular thing happening on Thursday, however minor it might be.
It happens on Wednesday or Friday instead.
That throws me for up to a week afterward.
But then I am very absent-minded.
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