Nobody Owned An Aries, Until I Owned An Aries

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This has more to do with observation of the world around us. Life around us is irrelavent until it effects us personally.

Many years ago as Chrysler was trying to come out of it’s bankruptcy era it “produced a winner” know as the ‘K’ car (series of cars). The K car was so popular, (and many say it was because the government bought so many for “government use” that basically the tax payers bailed out Chrysler…) that is saved Chyrsler, and they have continued their success. We (my husband and I) never thought much about the K car, we weren’t in the market for that type of car. Fast forward many years, and one day we were at a car dealer. By then, many of these K cars were on the used car lot dealers, and we were in the market for a reliable station wagon to accomodate people and/or our dogs. There was a pretty nice Chryler Aries station wagon that fit our needs and our price range. We were excited about this car, because we hadn’t seen many on the road, and never thought about owning one….after all, we didn’t go looking for it, it kind of found us.

After driving it off the lot, we thought we found a gem, a unique find, a one and only….oh boy…we were worng! Right away, we began noticing that nearly everywhere we looked, every road we drove, we saw other Aries station wagons. They were common place, numerous, and we saw them frequently. Wow…nobody owned an Aries station wagon, until we owned an Aries station wagon. Were we “trend setters?” HARDLY!

It is a unique phenomenon called “Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon”. It is something at occurs when a person, after having learned something unique or some obsure fact, or other item for the first time, and then encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned or become aware of it.

Learn more about the phenomenon….it will amaze you.

After reading this post, what have you done that you thought many people around you don’t do, until you did it, then realize how many others are so similar to you. I’d love to hear your comments.

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