Do you believe in glitches in the matrix?

[fangoriagurkel]

I went to draw my a shot this afternoon and I drew the plunger back LIKE I ALWAYS DO to check for air bubbles etc… Well all of a sudden I hear a metal ping on the tile floor. The force must have pushed the needle out of its orange safely lock. No big deal, right? It happens. EXCEPT… I cannot find the needle OR the orange safety lock. Our entire kitchen is tile, it’s not like it can get buried in carpet or something. I looked over every single tile and absolutely nothing to be found. Unless it someone bounced 2.5 feet to land at a weird angle under the stove, it is 100% disappeared.

[mcmel]

No. It’s there and you’ll find it in 10 years when it stabs your foot. I’d look for it until I found it today. Things are really good at hiding in grout too so I’d look there really well.

[mofongo]

Idk, but this reminds me of when I was giving PoBoy, may he TIP, a shot of glucosamine, or whatever he got, and he ran away with the orange part and needle in his shoulder area. We had a good laug chasing him down.

[momin2013]

Did you vacuum the floor? I’d do that if you haven’t yet…

[Nonny]

It totally bounced 2.5 feet under your stove. Or fridge.

Spaces under appliances are the black holes were dropped things go to live in kitchens.

[wanderingback]

It def probably went under the fridge or other appliance, happens all the time. It didn’t literally vanish.

[dancingirl21]

It’s there somewhere. I’m always amazed at how far/fast objects can bounce when dropped.

[arehopsveggies]

I swear something glitched in my world one time. I was crossing the street with my baby. It would’ve been way easier to jaywalk from the restaurant to the hotel, but I went up to the corner and used the crosswalk. A big suv ran the light - I was already well into the middle of the road. I looked up, screamed, and then… it was past me driving away. I can not explain how it didn’t run us over. I didn’t see it swerve. I didn’t have time to even jump out of the way.

I feel like the only possible option is that God picked the car up and moved it. There are no “reasonable” explanations

[fivechickens]

I totally did when my earbuds (case and all) fell off D3 bed while I was helping her get ready to go to sleep and could not find them for the life of me. I looked *everywhere* and in everything (including her shoes and AFO/braces) . The next morning I continued to look thinking for sure they landed under her nightstand in the corner angled in a way that made them hard to see. Still nothing. So I was like fuck it she has a black hole/open into the matrix in her room. An hour later I started getting her ready for the day. I grabbed one of her AFOs/braces and the earbud case fell out of it.

So it’s there in the kitchen somewhere. I would for sure vacuum.

[cville]

No. Or ghosts. The human brain and capacity for love and fear and complexity is plenty for me. No need to conjure up the paranormal.

[Jalapeñomel]

My students will ask, “have you ever seen your neighbors bring in their groceries?”

[livinitup]

Yes. Yes, I do.

[basilosaurus]

Mar 18, 2023 18:00:02 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

My students will ask, “have you ever seen your neighbors bring in their groceries?”

I have not! But they have given me food, so they must shop I run into a couple chefs I know at the store on occasion, though.

I don't believe in anything supernatural. What you dropped is currently conspiring with the matcheless socks in the dryer

[sonrisa]

When these moments happen I say we have elves. Obviously I don’t think we have elves in the house, but it allows me to let go of those moments until the item shows up someplace unexpected or doesn’t.

[huskymom]

One day I dropped the plastic milk jug cap…I hear/felt it land by my feet…and it was gone. No where near the stove or fridge. I thought it must be a glitch but my friend asked if I had any gaps in my cabinet and sure enough, if you felt above the cabinet kick plate/baseboard, where the cabinets meet in the corner (where I was standing) there is a small gap so it’s the only rational explanation that it bounced in there??

[nicolewi]

We make strawberry freezer jam every summer. I have this one really cool old jar from my mother-in-law, with a cool Florida lid. It was originally an orange marmalade jar. So while we’re making jam, I fill that jar, and I cannot find the lid anywhere. Like I know I just had washed in the dishwasher, I’ve taken all the lids out and put them on a clean towel, and it is just gone. Looked all over. It was the weirdest thing. Just last week, my husband opened a jar of jam, and there it was!! Must have been stuck inside another lid, that got put on before I started searching.

[notsopicky]

Yes, AND: My grandmother gave me a big expensive gold ring when I was a teen. I loved that damn thing. I was washing dishes one evening and it flew off from the soapy water (it was a bit big). It bounced on the floor and of course found the one tiny sliver of space btw. 2 kickplates under the cabinets to fall through (I had searched every inch of that kitchen for 2 hours to find that damn ring, to no avail--it was GONE). My dad did not believe me. I begged him to get the small handsaw to open the kickplates up just a little bit more so I could get a flashlight and my hand in there to find it. He refused and refused because he thought I was lying, that I had lost it in some stupid place and spun this big dramatic tale while doing dishes. He fiiiiiiinally relented, opened up the space and voila, there's the ring. I don't think he's ever apologized to me as much as he did that day. On the other hand, had the ring not been there, that day would have ended very badly for me.

All that to say, check to see where the seams are in the kickplates.

[meanie]

I would vacuum with the hose attachment and cover it with pantyhose so you can see what it picks up.

I've definitely had that happen before, but the item turns up in a totally different area - like I hear something hit the floor but I find it on the counter.

I think other glitches are more due to how our brains work than any outside influence. Deja Vu for example is just a memory snag and you are basically remembering the thing you just did.

[maudefindlay]

No.

[notreal]

Mar 19, 2023 9:26:23 GMT -5 meanie said:

I think other glitches are more due to how our brains work than any outside influence. Deja Vu for example is just a memory snag and you are basically remembering the thing you just did.

I find the idea that I am stuck in an neverending time loop from which there is no escape less terrifying than the idea that my memory is on the fritz.

[Gato]

I believe almost everything that seems mysterious actually has a pretty boring explanation.

I cannot figure out what occasionally makes a knocking sound in the outer walls of my house, though. Can. Not. Believe me, many people have offered explanations, none of which make sense. The fact that my ex is an archeologist, and he and all of his friends had ghost stories, probably makes me more inclined to be superstitious about this.

[TR]

Mar 19, 2023 12:29:07 GMT -5 Gato said:

I believe almost everything that seems mysterious actually has a pretty boring explanation.

I cannot figure out what occasionally makes a knocking sound in the outer walls of my house, though. Can. Not. Believe me, many people have offered explanations, none of which make sense. The fact that my ex is an archeologist, and he and all of his friends had ghost stories, probably makes me more inclined to be superstitious about this.

I had walls make knocking sounds in my wall in my college apartment and was told it was water in the pipes. But I really don’t understand how.

[tacokick]

Mar 19, 2023 12:29:07 GMT -5 Gato said:

I believe almost everything that seems mysterious actually has a pretty boring explanation.

I cannot figure out what occasionally makes a knocking sound in the outer walls of my house, though. Can. Not. Believe me, many people have offered explanations, none of which make sense. The fact that my ex is an archeologist, and he and all of his friends had ghost stories, probably makes me more inclined to be superstitious about this.

Could it be a water meter? Ours is under the porch and it knocks if we run the water a long time.

[W.T.Faulkner]

It’s usually me glitching.

[Gato]

Mar 19, 2023 13:09:16 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Mar 19, 2023 12:29:07 GMT -5 Gato said:

I believe almost everything that seems mysterious actually has a pretty boring explanation.

I cannot figure out what occasionally makes a knocking sound in the outer walls of my house, though. Can. Not. Believe me, many people have offered explanations, none of which make sense. The fact that my ex is an archeologist, and he and all of his friends had ghost stories, probably makes me more inclined to be superstitious about this.

Could it be a water meter? Ours is under the porch and it knocks if we run the water a long time.

Oh, that’s one I’ve never heard before! It’s weird because it happens in the north AND south side of the house. No branches, animals, or plumbing on or near those walls. Heat runs up those walls, but the knocking only happens in the summer. There must be a logical explanation, but the previous owner of this house died fairly young, so we always say, there’s our ghost again.

[sonrisa]

Mar 19, 2023 12:07:24 GMT -5 notreal said:

Mar 19, 2023 9:26:23 GMT -5 meanie said:

I think other glitches are more due to how our brains work than any outside influence. Deja Vu for example is just a memory snag and you are basically remembering the thing you just did.

I find the idea that I am stuck in an neverending time loop from which there is no escape less terrifying than the idea that my memory is on the fritz.

Your memory isn't on the fritz - it just isn't a video recording. All memory shifts, develops and curates. Yes, there are occasional hiccups, but that is true of every body system. Just like you might trip occasionally but usually walk or run smoothly, your brain has it's moments.

[mcsangel2]

Mar 19, 2023 13:15:25 GMT -5 Gato said:

Mar 19, 2023 13:09:16 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Could it be a water meter? Ours is under the porch and it knocks if we run the water a long time.

Oh, that’s one I’ve never heard before! It’s weird because it happens in the north AND south side of the house. No branches, animals, or plumbing on or near those walls. Heat runs up those walls, but the knocking only happens in the summer. There must be a logical explanation, but the previous owner of this house died fairly young, so we always say, there’s our ghost again.

I know what it is! The wood in the frame of your house is swelling with the heat and humidity of the summer days and it stresses points in the frame where boards meet. It causes the frame to warp a little bit. In the evening when it starts to cool down, the boards shrink back down and the joints of the frame suddenly pop back into place. It causes noises that sound like a loud pop/bang/knock.

Happens in my house too, which is over 40 years old, in the summer, but it's typically just one or two later in the evening. If your house is having a LOT of pops/knocks, it's a sign the frame of the house was warped to begin with or the ground underneath is settling unevenly. Watch out for foundation issues (cracks in concrete patio/driveway, etc).

[krystee]

I remember feeling sure a 50-yard bubble around me must have frozen in time once. My friend was driving us on the highway (a particular stretch where people go WAY too fast), and it was snowing. She spun out and we spun around a couple of times on the road. On the first spin, when we were facing backwards, there were a LOT of cars speeding toward us and I remember thinking this is it. There is NO chance they can stop suddenly in this snow and not hit us. And when we FINALLY stopped, it was like they were in the exact same place and had frozen in place for a full minute. It was so weird, and I remember being so shocked and thrilled to be in one piece.

[Gato]

Mar 19, 2023 13:28:12 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

Mar 19, 2023 13:15:25 GMT -5 Gato said:

Oh, that’s one I’ve never heard before! It’s weird because it happens in the north AND south side of the house. No branches, animals, or plumbing on or near those walls. Heat runs up those walls, but the knocking only happens in the summer. There must be a logical explanation, but the previous owner of this house died fairly young, so we always say, there’s our ghost again.

I know what it is! The wood in the frame of your house is swelling with the heat and humidity of the summer days and it stresses points in the frame where boards meet. It causes the frame to warp a little bit. In the evening when it starts to cool down, the boards shrink back down and the joints of the frame suddenly pop back into place. It causes noises that sound like a loud pop/bang/knock.

Happens in my house too, which is over 40 years old, in the summer, but it's typically just one or two later in the evening. If your house is having a LOT of pops/knocks, it's a sign the frame of the house was warped to begin with or the ground underneath is settling unevenly. Watch out for foundation issues (cracks in concrete patio/driveway, etc).

Interesting! That could be it. Although, this is the least old house I’ve ever lived in. And it’s more than one knock—it’s sometimes dozens of knocks over the course of an hour or two. Then nothing for weeks. Then more knocking.

I’m not that invested and don’t want to derail the thread away from the matrix, haha, but I’ll investigate your theory more.

[mcsangel2]

Mar 19, 2023 15:05:34 GMT -5 Gato said:

Mar 19, 2023 13:28:12 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

I know what it is! The wood in the frame of your house is swelling with the heat and humidity of the summer days and it stresses points in the frame where boards meet. It causes the frame to warp a little bit. In the evening when it starts to cool down, the boards shrink back down and the joints of the frame suddenly pop back into place. It causes noises that sound like a loud pop/bang/knock.

Happens in my house too, which is over 40 years old, in the summer, but it's typically just one or two later in the evening. If your house is having a LOT of pops/knocks, it's a sign the frame of the house was warped to begin with or the ground underneath is settling unevenly. Watch out for foundation issues (cracks in concrete patio/driveway, etc).

Interesting! That could be it. Although, this is the least old house I’ve ever lived in. And it’s more than one knock—it’s sometimes dozens of knocks over the course of an hour or two. Then nothing for weeks. Then more knocking.

I’m not that invested and don’t want to derail the thread away from the matrix, haha, but I’ll investigate your theory more.

Ughh..I was afraid to ask if you lived in a newer house or not. I read a story about a house in my metro area that was having excessive knocking in the evening. It was found that the frame of his house was poorly constructed and it seems more common in newer houses than older ones. Your time frame of it being over an hour or two also fits, as it will happen as the temp and humidity crosses back over a certain threshold. When it warms up again, keep track of the temp/humidity of the days it happens vs the days it doesn't.