That might be a case of frequency illusion. A common example is how when someone gets a new car, they might start noticing that car model more often on the streets, and it happens because of the cognitive biases related to selective attention and/or memory.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe ... but just this afternoon, I was cooking and turned on a bunch of timers for different dishes I was making ... I went to turn off the timer for my main dish on the stove ... when the timer cleared and showed the time of day .... it was 4:20pm

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

wild. I've always heard it as selective attention

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selective_attention&redirect=no

I guess we're not so different you and I.