Some more frakking woo: Do you see 11:11?

[DiskoVilante]

Damnit...why is it that any little coincidence gets blown out of proportion?

Ever notice noticing the time XX:11 or XX:XX (eg, 10:10, 12:12, 11:11, 01:01, etc..) a lot? I used to look at clocks and keep seeing times ending with "11" in the minutes section (digital clock of course). I thought something weird was going on, but I realized that I was having a classic case of selective memory. This experience of seeing ":11" has stopped for me.

But now, I go on facebook (facebook.com-social networking site that used to be only for college students but now is open to everyone and is so much much better than myspace) and I see there is a online user group dedicated to the number 11:11...I do some research and I come up with this load of crap: http://www.1111spiritguardians.com/ Have you heard of these people? They say strange things happen at times such as 11:11, 12:12, etc. They say angels are the cause of these events and message.

People...why is this happening? I can't believe there are people that believe such flim-flammery.

I'm getting depressed.

[Alareth]

I find the fact that I see 11:11 at least once a day to be more annoying than paranormal.

[NotJesus]

Sometimes, when I'm at work, it stays 3:22 for almost an hour.

[LostAngeles]

I used to a lot and I would always make wishes on it. I also used to wish on stars too.

I noticed in retrospect that I stopped doing that b.s. once I got out of a really b.s. relationship.

[CFLarsen]

Been there, done that, years ago.

Uri Geller: The Number Of The Fleeced (http://www.skepticreport.com/psychicpowers/uri11.htm)
On his web site, Uri Geller has a list of things he connects with the number 11. He believes this number to be all-important. E.g. he attaches meaning to the fact that some people have noticed their clocks sometimes show the numbers "11:11". Read why Uri thinks Harry Potter and Jesus Christ is involved in the World Trade Center attacks.

Sheesh, will someone entertain me with something new?

[DiskoVilante]

:P
Well jeez CFL...cut me some slack.
Hehehe...

[Fnord]

It's never 5:00 around here. It'll be 4:55, and then suddenly it's 5:05!

It's an angel-controlled time warp, driven by modified WMD's, and powered by thermate paste and psi-wheels! I can't prove it, of course, because the Bushites have locked up all the evidence beneath Area 51-Gamma and won't return my calls, which would be tapped anway, despite all the aluminium foil I have wrapped around my telephone.:hypnotize

[CFLarsen]

:P
Well jeez CFL...cut me some slack.
Hehehe...

Cured your depression, no? :)

[DiskoVilante]

Cured your depression, no? :)

Yep! Thanks :)

[KingMerv00]

Let's see...a little math:

Minutes in a day = 60*24 = 1440


Subtract the time you sleep (Let's say 11PM to 6AM)
1440-420 = 1020

Ratio of those two time points (11:11AM and 12:12PM) to the total
1020/2 = 510

If we assume that interesting things happen to you at random times of day, the odds of that event happening to you at 11:11AM or 12:12PM are 1 in 510.

You odds are twice as good if you stay up past 12:12AM.

Not impressed.

[Elizabeth I]

Sometimes, when I'm at work, it stays 3:22 for almost an hour.
Especially during meetings...

[Comsat Angel]

11:11
"Temporal Definitions: the hour as seen between 11:10:59 and 11:12"
next!

[DiskoVilante]

Oh no, Comsat Angel...you're post #11 !!!

[Fnord]

DANG IT!

I missed 5:00 ... AGAIN!

[ShowerComic]

I've always been fond of 1:59 on March 14th, myself.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_day

Add http to that.

[D'rok]

Dang...and here I was getting all worked up over the number 23...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481369/

[strathmeyer]

Yeah, but the real spooky thing is the time zones! I mean, what if some time zones are more likely to have things happen at 11:11 than others? And what if strange happenings from one time zone leak into another, such that the other time zones would also experience increased happenings at 12:11 and 10:11?

[ARubberChickenWithAPulley]

Just think: in just under 5 years, it is going to be 2011. That year, we will have 11/11/11. So twice on that day, it will be 11:11 on 11/11/11. I don't know, but I have a feeling it's gonna get crraaazzzyyy!!!

[SPQR]

From the site in the OP:
Sometimes you will even see these numbers flashing after a power outage, even though digital clocks are supposed to reset to 12:00, not 11:11 or 12:12!

In my experience, digital clocks, non-battery powered, flash the time they were displaying at the time the power went out. Wait, I get it! Angels cause power outages! It makes so much sense! :rolleyes:

[Jeff Corey]

1313 is my lucky time and I only can see it once a day.

[gtc]

I used to see 11:11 a lot as a child.

Of course it might have had something to do with a bored child wearing his first digital watch and waiting to file back into class after morning tea ended at 11:10.

[Little 10 Toes]

11:11:11. The time where all is one. :D

[J. Arthur Hastur]

Just think: in just under 5 years, it is going to be 2011. That year, we will have 11/11/11. So twice on that day, it will be 11:11 on 11/11/11. I don't know, but I have a feeling it's gonna get crraaazzzyyy!!!

11:11 am or pm?

[reasonmusic]

I set 12 clocks one minute apart in my house... one of them is on :11 all the time. I can see the future!

[Kilgore Trout]

I'll prove this whole idea is a bunch of nonsense. I'm going to set the clock of my computer right now to 11:11 and we'll jus

[TruthBeTold]

:D That's funny! :D

Kilgore!! Come back!!!!! :eek:

I always thought that if I saw 11:11 on the clock that it meant I was watching the clock too much.

Ironically I was in the car with my kid the other day and it was 11:11 and she touched the clock for good luck! I looked at her like she had 2 heads!! I had heard that when I was a kid and I guess it's just one of those things that will be handed down forever somehow...I never told her that!!

Aren't ya glad that time doesn't allow for 6:66?

[RenaissanceBiker]

I can't believe there are people that believe such flim-flammery.

There is plenty of evidence that people will believe in even stranger notions. Why can't you believe some will believe this one?

[Almo]

I see 12:34 a lot. But I don't care.

[TruthBeTold]

Really Almo?
ME TOO!!:eek:

[fishbob]

Yeah, but the real spooky thing is the time zones! I mean, what if some time zones are more likely to have things happen at 11:11 than others? And what if strange happenings from one time zone leak into another, such that the other time zones would also experience increased happenings at 12:11 and 10:11?

chronosynclastic infundibularia.

It's just a jump to the left . . .

[SRW]

As always Follow the Money! Somewhere behind this someone is cashing in. Hype it enough and people will start to think it is real. George Barnard will sell you a DVD don't ya know...

[ThatSoundAgain]

It's called the wish minute (http://www.whiteninjacomics.com/comics/makesawish.shtml).

Just be careful what you wish for, please.

[Slimething]

My favorite time is 00:00 because it means the power failure is over..for a minute or two.

[Cuddles]

It's been 11:55 in my office for the last few weeks. I'm hoping someone will fix the clock and let us out for lunch before we all starve.

[TruthBeTold]

:D

[fishbait]

People...why is this happening? I can't believe there are people that believe such flim-flammery.George Carlin hit the nail right on the pointy end:

"Spirituality: the last refuge of a failed human. Just another way of distracting yourself from who you really are" - George Carlin

[tkingdoll]

11:11 is the name of a great Rufus Wainwright song. It's also a 'special' time between me and hubby because he tends to call me or text around midmorning, and if it happens to coincide with 11:11 one of us will point it out.

Of course we don't 'notice' that time more than, say 14:28 or 09:16, it's just that it's all 1s so it stands out. No other time looks that striking (pun intended).

Dem peeps just love patterns.

Oh, we also like to point out when it's 00:00 - because it gives us the opportunity to say "hey, it's ooooooooh!"

[JonnyFive]

I've always been fond of 1:59 on March 14th, myself.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_day

Add http to that.

It'll be even better in the year 2653.

[becomingagodo]

It'll be even better in the year 2653.
You would be dead so it would not be better. Plus china would be the superpower or japan and we would be making their shoes or robots.

[JonnyFive]

You would be dead so it would not be better. Plus china would be the superpower or japan and we would be making their shoes or robots.

You might be dead. I'll still be going strong thanks to my magnetic super bed, shoe soles, and bracelets. Kiss my grits, mortal skeptics! ;)

[richardm]

I used to look at clocks and keep seeing times ending with "11" in the minutes section
Cool, I clicked on this thread at 15:11!