16: Glitches, Doppelgängers & Bad Decisions (We Were Drinking)

What happens when you mix alcohol, the holidays, and reality glitches?

In this drinking game episode, Erin is joined by her friend Ariana as they read and react to some of the strangest Glitch in the Matrix stories ever shared - from Christmas decorations that defy physics, to phone calls that seem to come from another timeline, to moments of intuition that arrive a little too perfectly.

As the drinks flow, so do the theories. Are these harmless coincidences? Timeline overlaps? Consciousness misfires? Or brief moments where reality glitches and something else slips through?

Featuring:

1. A Christmas ribbon that appears to pass through solid plastic

2. A doppelgänger phone call overheard in real time

3. A neighborhood that doesn’t look the same twice

4. A late-night instinct that exposed a betrayal

This episode is equal parts fun, unsettling, and “wait… what?” - so grab a drink, play along at home, and decide for yourself whether these stories are just strange coincidences… or evidence that reality isn’t as stable as we think.

🍷 Yes, alcohol was involved.

🚫 No, that does not explain everything.

🥂 OFFICIAL DRINKING GAME RULES

1. If something used to be one thing and turns into something else → BOTH drink

2. An object appearing or returning itself to you → BOTH drink

3. Item duplicates → BOTH drink

4. A Christmas miracle → BOTH drink

5. There’s a witness to the glitch → BOTH take a mini shot

6. Vanishing person → BOTH finish your drink

🌀 Timestamps and Story Links:

04:30 - Drinking Game Rules

1. 06:30 - Our Mysterious Case of the Christmas Ribbon [photos]

2. 14:00 - Christmas Morning Doppelgänger Phone Glitch

3. 25:35 - I May Have Glitched Into a Secret Dimension.. [part 1] [part 2] [photos]

4. 35:00 - The Premonition That Caught Cheating

5. 37:00 - Dream Premonition (Ariana's Story)

6. 44:00 - R/AskReddit: "People of Reddit, What is the most "Glitch in The Matrix" experience you've had?"

7. 48:00 - The Dream Punch in the Wall

8. 50:00 - The Lost Sunglasses

9. 51:00 - Bank T-Shirt (Ariana's Story)

10. 54:00 - Mag!c Mushr00ms

11. 57:00 - Knife Popped Out of Existence

12. 1:05:30 - Hearing Song Before It Was Released

13. 01:07:30 - Berlin Wall Memory

14. 01:08:00 - Greece 9/11 Premonition (Ariana's Story)

15. 01:13:45 - Saw Mom But Older

16. 01:14:00 - Passed Ourselves

17. 01:15:00 - Left the Lights On (Ariana's Story)

18. 01:15:55 - Dream a Memory

19. 01:16:30 - Brain Erased Phone