In the context of the fact that, according to TFA, the pits were there all along: you'll really notice how pitted your current windshield is when you go get a new, crystal-clear one. The folks in TFA just skipped the "go get a new one" step, and for the first time took a really hard look at their windshield.
Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
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Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#12The conclusion is terrifying in my opinion. A not yet explained phenomenon or even something as far fetched as "aliens" would have been a more comforting answer than "essentially we can all start losing our mind at once, and it takes very little to trigger it".
It's all just memes?
Always has been.
Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#13The TLDR cause was: The windshield pitting epidemic was a case of collective delusion, where heightened awareness, media influence, and misattributed environmental factors led people to notice and misinterpret existing, ordinary damage as a mysterious phenomenon.
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Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#14The story completely misses that this period coincides with a temporary expansion of the habitat of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.
https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
The devil of the trees and terror of all loggers, forest rangers and apparently windshields.
Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#15Timely, given the "lights in the sky" fever.
I don't get why someone would see lights in the sky and jump to anything other than "domestic/commercial aircraft". Why would aliens or foreign powers light their vehicles up for easy spotting?
I would really start to worry if I spotted an aircraft at dusk/night with no lights on it.
Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#16The conclusion is terrifying in my opinion. A not yet explained phenomenon or even something as far fetched as "aliens" would have been a more comforting answer than "essentially we can all start losing our mind at once, and it takes very little to trigger it".
This happens all the time. See: drone sightings right now. Previously: Havana syndrome.
Best example: A whole town thinking Bigfoot AND aliens were invading at the same time https://medium.com/@weirdones/the-pa-ufo-bigfoot-invasion-of...
Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#17The conclusion is terrifying in my opinion. A not yet explained phenomenon or even something as far fetched as "aliens" would have been a more comforting answer than "essentially we can all start losing our mind at once, and it takes very little to trigger it".
This happens all the time. See: drone sightings right now. Previously: Havana syndrome.
Havana syndrome can have a far less charitable explanation.
There is no objective test for Havana syndrome, but being diagnosed with it grants significant financial and non-financial benefits.
Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#18What if we are living in a simulation and the new pitted glass texture was rolled out, but our collective memories weren't updated?
What if they switch the simulation off an hour after we notice?
Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#19Timely, given the "lights in the sky" fever.
I don't get why someone would see lights in the sky and jump to anything other than "domestic/commercial aircraft". Why would aliens or foreign powers light their vehicles up for easy spotting? I would really start to worry if I spotted an aircraft at dusk/night with no lights on it.
They were primed by social media and other sources to believe it.
Re: Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)
#20The TLDR cause was: The windshield pitting epidemic was a case of collective delusion, where heightened awareness, media influence, and misattributed environmental factors led people to notice and misinterpret existing, ordinary damage as a mysterious phenomenon.
Yes, probably -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion