Completely unrelated but similar photos next to each other.

Had originally posted on r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix but they took it down fsr so I'm just curious if anyone has this happen.

Probably nothing, but something so strange has been happening since 2023. I used to work at Starbucks where a lot of counting was involved for date stickers and prep. Ex. Whipped cream cans, that for each required several components: the cans, lids, gaskets, canisters, and sticker date dots. The cans, lids and gaskets were fairly easy to keep track of but I got annoyed counting anywhere from 12-25 stickers when I had to make whips while trying to take orders at the same time over drive thru. The number varied because some cans were still used and others were cleaned. We never kept a solid number available just whenever we felt like they were low. I eventually just blindly pulled from the roll of date stickers and it happened to be the exact amount needed. I figured it was a coincidence but it kept happening. More often that not the amount was exactly what I needed. I left Starbucks and moved to a BBQ joint where I was required to fill various amounts of containers ranging from 2oz to a pint with BBQ sauce to get orders. A few hundred individual 2oz containers and anywhere from 12-50 various other sizes. The lids were kept separate from the containers. Stupid design but it was so customers could grab one or the other when needed. This meant I would go from the furthest point in the BOH to the floor. Naturally I just stopped counting and the same phenomenon happened, continuing to do so until I left the business. A little while later I joined a bakery where we create our own printed labels and package things we make in house. Packaging cookies especially where there are dozens of the individual sleeves to put them in and print stickers for each. I tested this theory and lo and behold the exact same phenomena. I would say not every single time this happens but 8 times out of 10 it does. I'm horrible at math and always wonder why this could possibly be happening. Doesn't cause distress or anything just a very odd series of coincidence to the point I feel like maybe it's not a coincidence.

TLDR: I magically know the correct number of things of need in large and small quantities without counting.

Back in 2014, during the World Cup in Brazil, I was talking to a friend in person about superstitions, fortune-telling, that kind of thing.

My grandma does some random old-lady superstition stuff sometimes, so I decided to mess with him and say she had “seen” who was going to win the World Cup.

He asked who.

I just picked a country and said:

Germany.

The idea was simple: if Germany lost, I could say, “See? This stuff is nonsense.” If they won, I could keep the joke going and pretend my grandma could actually see the future.

Germany won.

So obviously I milked it and kept telling him my grandma knew things.

Then years passed. I didn’t make any prediction in 2018 or 2022. The whole thing just died.

Until 2026.

The same friend and I were talking on Instagram and remembered the old story. So I thought: “I’m doing this again.”

I sent him:

“Can I tell you again who’s going to win this World Cup? lol my grandma told me”

He asked who, and I replied:

“Spain.”

I even made up a little story saying I had asked her before traveling to Recife, that she told me “I’ll tell you tomorrow,” and then gave me the answer the next day.

My grandma, obviously, has no idea she’s even part of this story lol.

The chat is dated May 18, so it was all there in writing before the World Cup. My friend even replied:

“We should bet on Spain lol”

Neither of us did.

Which makes sense, because I knew perfectly well where that “prediction” came from lol.

Then Spain went and won the World Cup.

In July I even went back to the chat and asked him why he hadn’t bet on Spain.

So, for now, the record of my psychic grandma who doesn’t even know she’s psychic is:

2014 — Germany

2026 — Spain

Two times I made the joke. Two correct picks.

100%.

And that’s the part that kills me lol. It’s not like I kept guessing every World Cup until I happened to get two right. Those were literally the only two times I did it.

So obviously I’m doing it again in 2030.

If I get it wrong, the streak is over.

But if I somehow get it right again, I may have accidentally created the perfect case study for how a religion gets started lol.

Guys What are Unique or Best Co incidence Happened or Observed in Your life

somehow, TWICE in a row my concepts landed in the same FUCKING theme as already accepted concept i didnt KNOW was accepted like what the fuck??????? HOW???????

first time was a skin for an character, its like a gardener cutesy looking gardener and guess what, THERE WAS A GARDENER!!! ALREADY!! ACCEPTED 1 DAY AGO!!

the other time i was conceptizing like actual fun concept killer for the same game and they are ice themed, for WHATEVER FUCKING REASON ALREADY IN-GAME CHARACTER IS GONNA HAVE AN CHANGED LORE, REMODEL TO BE ICE THEMED?? WHAT??????????????????????????????????????????? i am beyond frustration i am angry