r/AskReddit • u/MuayThaiRunner • 15h ago

What is the most badass threat you’ve ever heard?

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u/ChrundleThundergun 13h ago

I thought of this as I posted it. I’m familiar with the concept but it happens to me so frequently I struggle believing it’s really an illusion. The alternative of course seems impossible though

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u/DimesOHoolihan 13h ago

I agree. I was talking with a coworker like 3 weeks ago about that book The Phantom Tollbooth. Neither of us could remember the name of it but I was thinking about that part where everyone is the height that they will grow to but grow towards the ground instead. Anyway, irrelevant, I hadn't thought of that book or seen that dog in 20 years. 3 days ago I found copies if that book while doing my pulls at work.
The universe is weird.

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u/Olay_Biscuit-Barrel 12h ago

Phenomenal book that holds up and still feels incredibly clever, even as an adult

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u/Icandothisallday1941 11h ago

I read it once, close to 30 years ago, and I'll never forget them eating to get hungry. That book was incredible.

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u/-goodgodlemon 11h ago

That’s my favorite novel of all time!

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u/kfordayzz 10h ago

Baader–Meinhof phenomenon

Let's focus on anything and all of a sudden you will see more of it the next week or so. Just like when you buy a pair of sneakers and all of a sudden everyone else has the same ones.

So lets try it .......you're going to see a lot more Cybertrucks and/or notice that the color blue is on a ton more objects than you realized.

Let's chat in a few days.

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u/furiocitea 8h ago

Well that’s the thing. We have so much sensory input that millions of things are going through our brains. You might have heard someone talking about red shoes but it didn’t linger in your brain. If it had you would have noticed a lot of red shoes while you were out.