Doesn’t have to be a new trend. Could just be newly foregrounded event stream to you, like noticing red cars after buying a red car. But has to be tangible, not inferred pattern.
“People saying thank you/sorry more in LA than in Seattle” counts.
“LA people are nicer” doesn’t.
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What was the last phenomenon, observable as a stream of discrete events, that “popped” from background to foreground for you, and what if anything triggered the pop?
Example for me: fancy water bottles trend. Now I notice them everywhere. Noticed when I got one as schwag.

