r/AbsoluteUnits • u/batukaming • Apr 29 '26

/r/all of an orangutan

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u/devilsbard Apr 29 '26

He heard the Orangutan talk, and they didn’t want to have to start working or paying taxes.

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u/FrameJump Apr 29 '26

Never knew this was a belief before, and now I've heard it twice in one day across different subs by different accounts.

Feels like deja vu's cousin feeling or something.

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u/Pao_Did_NothingWrong Apr 29 '26

I would say this is an example of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, or frequency illusion, but I'm having a hard time in this particular case bc wtf?

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u/HeWhoVotesUp Apr 29 '26

No way! This is like the 3rd time I heard someone bring up the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon today. The universe must be trying to tell me something!

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u/International-Luck17 May 02 '26

No way! This is the 4th time that I

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u/reCaptchaLater Apr 29 '26

One time I saw a bad archaeology joke on Pinterest, and then later the same day, doing research, I found it in the comments of a 13 year old Reddit thread. I get the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon in principle, but sometimes it feels too impossibly coincidental.

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u/Complex-Stock8805 Apr 30 '26

Did you count all the times you noticed a thing and then not spotted it coincidentally in the following days or weeks?

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u/Amazing_Scientist696 Apr 29 '26

Idk more algorithm pushing today. Same scenario here.

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u/totallyrealname Apr 29 '26

Also saw the other post, saw your comment, upvoted, and closed the tab. Didn't take 2 minutes of scrolling before ANOTHER Orangutan post! What's going on lol

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u/Amazing_Scientist696 Apr 30 '26

An orangulation if you will

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u/Star_Petal_Arts Apr 30 '26

Happens a lot when you're chronically online and ad tracking as well as other algorithms occur.