The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is when you never noticed something or saw something before, and then you see it everywhere.

For example say you see a chipmunk in an area you never noticed them before, and now you just see chipmunks everywhere.

  • OneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Off-topic here, but for those already familiar with the history of the Red Army Faction, this is such a bad misnomer. (It assumes that someone has never heard those weird sounds before. And/or know the story.)

    • EABOD25@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      You’re right. It is off topic