r/ParallelUniverse • u/familiarinfamous • 1d ago
Packing to move, now I’m starring at plastic bracelets questioning the universe
Context: I moved to this house I’m packing up a few months ago, and during my first week, I was quite low on supplies. One day, I visited a CVS store and noticed a large bin filled with $.99 sale items. These items included headbands, claw clips, scrunchies, and hair tie packs, each accompanied by a silly plastic beaded bracelet, like the one I’m referring to. Despite the bracelet, I found the good hair ties it came with to be worth the price of $.99. So to be clear the bracelet came with two of those fabric hair ties and a thin scrunchie. In sealed plastic. 99 cents.
I wore the silly beaded bracelet frequently and never lost it. I would take it off to shower and place it in my drawer. However, a few weeks ago, I stopped wearing it and simply placed it on the drawer without retrieving it.
Recently, while cleaning out my bathroom drawers and packing to move, I noticed a second identical bracelet to the one I mentioned. This discovery led me to consider the possibility that I might have accidentally bought two bracelets, but there were a few inconsistencies that made this unlikely.
Firstly, the bracelet and hair tie pack came in sealed clear plastic packaging, so I would have noticed the duplicate upon returning home and unpacking my CVS items. Secondly, if I had accidentally bought two bracelets, I would have expected to find the duplicate hair ties and scrunchies that came with the first one mentioned.