the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena.

A moment that is generally agreed to have had a significant influence on pop culture and everyday life. While the term was coined by Rose McGowan in context of the #MeToo movement, and is mostly associated with the K-pop community, the phenomenon is universal and a basic component of how culture works.

Real world events such as social/political movements, the election of a new U.S. President, major catastrophes and disasters, as well as entertainment such as movies, music and TV, can all function as cultural resets. Notable cultural resets in relatively recent memory include:

* The Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964
* The Watergate scandal of 1974
* The release of Nevermind by Nirvana in 1991
* The September 11, 2001 attacks
* The election and inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009
* The COVID-19 pandemic

Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data.

apophenia can be classed as a false alarm, caused by an excess in sensitivity.

Apophenia is often used as an explanation of paranormal and religious claims, and adherence to horoscopes.
political opinions and insistence on opinion polls.
socially in terms of perceived consenus.
and underpins the origin of selfconsciousness and the original misidentification with the ego.

A gathering of Apophs, Type I worshipers of Apophis who traditionally practiced by pinning notes to walls and stringing yarn between between them. Newer sects prefer to practice by creating images that ignore whitespace, contrast and general taste.

Occasionally, practitioners can be seen in message boards proclaiming faith by acting as if they need to eat a candy bar or something, and less often can be spotted in public trying to save children through acts of extreme futility.