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This morning on the train I saw a reference to the book 'Silent Spring' in one of the books I'm currently reading. (Silent Spring is from 1962 and it's about environmental poisons such as DDT.)

I had never heard about this book before, I think. (As I'm writing this, I wonder if it was mentioned in 'The Moth in the Iron Lung', which i read years ago.)

Now fast forward to this evening, watching the first episode of 'Three Body Problem'. My head almost exploded when at the 35 minute mark a guy holds up, not even kidding, that very book from 1962.

You never see something your entire life, then twice in less than 24 hours. Fucking weird.

This morning on the train I saw a reference to the book 'Silent Spring' in one of the books I'm currently reading. (Silent Spring is from 1962 and it's about environmental poisons such as DDT.) I had never heard about this book before, I think. (As I'm writing this, I wonder if it was mentioned in 'The Moth in the Iron Lung', which i read years ago.) Now fast forward to this evening, watching the first episode of 'Three Body Problem'. My head almost exploded when at the 35 minute mark a guy holds up, not even kidding, that very book from 1962. You never see something your entire life, then twice in less than 24 hours. Fucking weird.

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[–] • 5 pts

Yesterday I was going to get my morning dunkn at the train station when the person taking my order sort of fucked up taking the payment.

It really wasn't a big deal, just a minor annoyance, but it made me remember the only other time they had fucked up my payment.

A few months ago, one lady was taking orders during a massive morning rush, operating two cash registers at once. I paid, and this little mousy girl wearing a mask just started staring at me with the biggest bug-eyes I have ever seen. She just stared, didn't say a thing. It kind of freaked me out, because I didn't know why she was staring at me. It turned out I had accidentally paid for her order in the chaos. But I just remembered how unsettling her silent gaze was. Mind you, it was crowded, so he head was not more than a foot or two away from my face.

Regardless, as I was recollecting this odd, but ultimately meaningless memory, I turned around, and lo and behold, the bug-eyed girl wearing the mask was standing right behind me.

That felt weird. Like I had accidentally summoned her with my thoughts.

[–] • 6 pts

So did you bang her or not?

[–] • 1 pt

She wasn't bad looking, she just had such disconcerting eyes, like a mouse that had lost it's fear of humans and decided to stare at you all night long while you slept. And even when you woke up and noticed the mouse staring at you, and looked it right in the eyes, it just kept staring.

Unnatural, really.

[–] • 3 pts

She's been assigned to follow you daily for your surveillance, and she was freaking out because she's not supposed to make contact. They had her follow close to try to make the other time feel normal.

[–] • 2 pts

Wow, that would've freaked me out a little. Thanks for the story!