# Suppose I said that this day was repeating for me. How would I make you believe it through a topic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933 "2012-05-24T09:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/1 "2012-05-24T09:32:59Z")
Need answer fast. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/2 "2012-05-24T09:56:23Z")
Idle? Hey, Idle? Idle! Idle Thoughts! Idle Thoughts, I thought that was you! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/3 "2012-05-24T10:48:11Z")
I will post in this thread today at 4:59 PM local time. What will I write? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/4 "2012-05-24T10:50:40Z")
Post some news event or a winning lottery number before they occur. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/5 "2012-05-24T10:57:51Z")
What will my next move be in my game v Chessic Sense? (See the Game Room.) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/6 "2012-05-24T15:50:16Z")
You’d have to post a youtube video of a skill you mastered but didn’t have yesterday. Bill Murray became a virtuoso pianist! ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/7 "2012-05-24T15:59:00Z")
Why is it important for me to believe you? I’ll forget all about it by tomorrow, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/8 "2012-05-24T16:34:28Z")
You could buy a lot of insurance from me. I’ll get the forms. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/9 "2012-05-24T16:35:38Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > You could buy a lot of insurance from me. I’ll get the forms. Ned? Ned Ryerson? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/10 "2012-05-24T16:37:59Z")
Bing! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/11 "2012-05-24T17:04:16Z")
In yesterday’s version of the thread (for you) I proposed the experiment that I’d reveal a secret about myself to you. Today (for you) is the same day (for me) so I obviously don’t remember revealing that secret. You’ll convince me you’re in a repeating day if you tell it to me. Bonus points if we’ve done this multiple times, and you’ve collected multiple secrets about me from me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/12 "2012-05-24T17:30:43Z")
I don’t remember any of that. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/13 "2012-05-24T18:58:50Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > In yesterday’s version of the thread (for you) I proposed the experiment that I’d reveal a secret about myself to you. Today (for you) is the same day (for me) so I obviously don’t remember revealing that secret. You’ll convince me you’re in a repeating day if you tell it to me. Bonus points if we’ve done this multiple times, and you’ve collected multiple secrets about me from me. For this to work, you’ll have to reveal a secret about yourself, since on the first day of the thread (which this may be), he’ll need to learn it. Ideally, you’ll post the secret immediately after posting the experiment proposal–that way, Idle Thoughts’s other actions in between the proposal and the reveal can’t do anything to modify your day in such a way as to change the secret you reveal. That said, I think the best way to convince me that the day is repeating is to do the following three things: 1. Create a video of yourself walking down the street, predicting everything that’s about to happen (“A green car is about to run that stop light up ahead. Now a squirrel will run across the telephone wire. You see that old guy up ahead? He’s going to stop, look back, look at his watch, and cross the street. That woman with a kid in tow is going to go into that restaurant, but her son will hang back, and she’ll step back out of the restaurant to get him.”) 2. Ask me to recount my day in great detail, including mostly things that happen in my periphery. (For example, ask me to write things such as, “At 2:55, a woman walked by my window as her son pushed a stroller.”) When the day repeats, you’ll narrate it for me. 3. Find as many winning lottery numbers and the like as you can from around the world, from big-time events to smaller ones. Post the winning numbers at the beginning of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/14 "2012-05-24T19:20:08Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > For this to work, you’ll have to reveal a secret about yourself, since on the first day of the thread (which this may be), he’ll need to learn it. > > Ideally, you’ll post the secret immediately after posting the experiment proposal–that way, Idle Thoughts’s other actions in between the proposal and the reveal can’t do anything to modify your day in such a way as to change the secret you reveal. > > That said, I think the best way to convince me that the day is repeating is to do the following three things: > > 1. Create a video of yourself walking down the street, predicting everything that’s about to happen (“A green car is about to run that stop light up ahead. Now a squirrel will run across the telephone wire. You see that old guy up ahead? He’s going to stop, look back, look at his watch, and cross the street. That woman with a kid in tow is going to go into that restaurant, but her son will hang back, and she’ll step back out of the restaurant to get him.”) > 2. Ask me to recount my day in great detail, including mostly things that happen in my periphery. (For example, ask me to write things such as, “At 2:55, a woman walked by my window as her son pushed a stroller.”) When the day repeats, you’ll narrate it for me. > 3. Find as many winning lottery numbers and the like as you can from around the world, from big-time events to smaller ones. Post the winning numbers at the beginning of the day. Good catch/point. There are a lot of good answers in this thread. Good to be prepared, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/15 "2012-05-25T14:27:52Z")
So **Idle Thoughts** , you’ve finally made it through to the next day. Congratulations! How many times did May 24th repeat for you? Was there some sort of epiphany on the final iteration that allowed you to break the cycle? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-said-that-this-day-was-repeating-for-me-how-would-i-make-you-believe-it-through-a-topic/622933/16 "2012-05-25T15:52:50Z")
Why is it important for me to believe you? I’ll forget all about it by tomorrow, anyway.