a jinx of remote proportions
two people saying the same thing at the same time is a common enough
occurence for someone to have given it a name. its called a jinx. a
jinx has to go beyond what relationship experts deem as wavelength
matching. compared to the abominable snowman or bigfoot, the jinx may
not be as huge a mystery but its a slightly scary occurence
nevertheless.
what happened this morning was exactly what the title says. the jinx
transcended physical bodies and perfectly synchronised neurons in 2
separate brains and jumped straight into cyberspace. hyper ( the same
one who has quipped in a comment or two) and i were trying to figure
out a way to beat the system on a website that enforced a minimum
purchase amount of $20 , while the product we wanted was $19.99. like
true netizens going for the cheapest deal, we proceeded to look for
the least expensive item that would just tip our shopping cart over
the requisite $20. after a few minutes i found one for $0.59 , mailed
hyper about , only to find another mail in which he was telling me
about the exact same item out of hundreds on the website. if it had
been THE cheapest item or one that was readily visible on a main page,
i wouldn't have bothered to blog about it. the thing was that it was
several links deep into the website and both of us had picked the same
thing sitting several miles apart.
after several years of struggle with high school physics, it had
became obvious that my only knowledge of force of any kind would come
from a certain jedi knight called obi-wan kenobi. despite that, i dont
believe in coincidence or its equally mysterious second cousin luck
and tend to lean more towards a scientific explanation for all
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