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Sometimes I've read books where there was never an opportunity for them to go to a bathroom and it made me wonder. Similarly with books where they never eat. |
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We ended up going out to dinner with him and his wife, but it was really shocking that she was able to spot him given the context. |
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Isn't it fun! It feels so special and unique but apparently it is more common than it feels like it should be.
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![]() None of the coincidental stuff people have mentioned above ever seems to happen in my life. |
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I have had coincidences - on holiday for example I’ve met people I’ve not seen for 20 years - who would have thought I’d meet a school friend in Xian? |
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I had to work in a different city for three months some years ago. 40 km+ away. PitA but realistic, I guess.
I was wearing some fancy shoes I bought online. I got on an elevator to the office (that I hardly ever used once I found the staircase) and the guy right beside me started laughing. I guess he's more perceptive than I am. He was wearing the exact same set of shoes. Same color, and I think even the same size! The brand isn't popular. I'm not on the lookout for other people's shoes but I've never seen anybody wearing the same set of shoes again. Last edited by issybird; 03-01-2022 at 03:21 PM. Reason: Off-topic, provocative comment deleted. |
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Multiple skills.
In real life, it's quite a common occurrence for someone to have multiple skills. A language teacher who knows a lot about garden propagation. An architect who knows how to race cars and build a simple miniature machine. An outdoor adventurer who has the ability to bake the cutest cupcake and speaks sign language. However, sometimes readers question it when a characters 'conveniently' have the relevant skills or even a related skill that is clearly stated as his occupation, for example, the ability of an engineer to analyze a machine. |
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In fiction people are often caught/convicted by testimony from eyewitnesses. In real life, police and lawyers know that eyewitness testimony is VERY unreliable. You have deliberate deception as well as just inability to recall details but a desire to help and so they make things up, though usually don't realize it.
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People have been wrongly convicted to be released years later due to eye witness testimony. It was realised in 1930s that it could be manipulated. A bit related to false memories caused by clever (or stupid) interviewing.
So in real live AND in novels (An old Perry Mason story has him planting a fake suspect that the police convince the witnesses is the person of interest so as to discredit another identification?) |
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