XeroxCool@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWatching "They Live!" has opened my eyes to how often the movie is referenced, as if I put on the same sunglassesmessage-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down11
arrow-up1213arrow-down1message-squareWatching "They Live!" has opened my eyes to how often the movie is referenced, as if I put on the same sunglassesXeroxCool@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareMagiilaro@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 days agoThis is a effect called “Frequency illusion” The frequency illusion (also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon) is a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or product more frequently after recently becoming aware of it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
minus-squareborokov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 days agoNo, it’s because it stay in cache, and when the simulation is overloaded, it directly takes an asset already resident in cache instead of loading a new one. Like the car in GTA3: https://x.com/ObbeVermeij/status/1790730197286752530?ref=libertycity.net
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoLike when you buy a car you think you’ve not seen many of and suddenly you see them everywhere
minus-squareCluckN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoYeah it’s also like when you buy a car you think you’ve not seen many of and suddenly you see them everywhere
minus-squareBongles@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI noticed too that when I bought my car, I started seeing a lot of them in my area. It’s probably the same phenomenon.
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI’m aware of the illusion, but very few topics feel as meta as this one
This is a effect called “Frequency illusion”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
No, it’s because it stay in cache, and when the simulation is overloaded, it directly takes an asset already resident in cache instead of loading a new one. Like the car in GTA3: https://x.com/ObbeVermeij/status/1790730197286752530?ref=libertycity.net
Like when you buy a car you think you’ve not seen many of and suddenly you see them everywhere
Yeah it’s also like when you buy a car you think you’ve not seen many of and suddenly you see them everywhere
I noticed too that when I bought my car, I started seeing a lot of them in my area. It’s probably the same phenomenon.
I’m aware of the illusion, but very few topics feel as meta as this one