Why does it seem like when you’re running late, you always hit the longest red light in the world? And, of course, there would be a big rig and pedestrians getting in the way. But the real question is, why is my brain focused on the big rig that made me almost miss my exit and not on the fact that there was hardly any other traffic? Why did I get annoyed at the pedestrians even though they didn’t actually get in the way? Why did I notice the red light and not the three green lights I had just driven through? Sometimes it seems like the whole world is conspiring against you, like life is full
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