I was reading Emily St. John Mandel's "Station Eleven" a few months ago, and (mild spoiler) had a moment where I thought to myself what a crazy coincidence it was, the way these characters' stories and lives turned out to be intertwined.
And then, a handful of seconds later, as my two remaining brain cells returned from their lunch break, I realised that, yeah NO SHIT their stories and fates could be intertwined in whatever crazy, coincidental ways one can think up, since the author has specifically written them exactly that way.
Please share your stories of similar dumbness with me so I feel less alone.