This isn't so much a spooky story, as it is the tale of the most useless supernatural talent of all time.

It was a pretty common early-teen experience for me. Going to school, come home, do homework, watch Simpsons. You see the Simpsons reruns were on every day. Now, pretty straight forward so far, right? Well hold onto your hats, because shit's about to get WILD! ( )

Now by sheer volume of existing Simpsons content, it's pretty easy to reference something specific from the Simpsons in everyday conversation, by joke, by quote or by anecdote. So making a Simpsons reference at least every day at school is a conservative estimate.

I would get home from school, still high on the dopamine rush from making such an awesome Simpsons reference. I'd turn on the TV... AND THAT VERY SAME SIMPSONS EPISODE THAT I REFERENCED WOULD BE AIRING!

My syndicate-television based ESP powers grew weaker when I moved away from home and watched less television. I have lost the ability to anticipate which particular episode of rerun television I'll be watching in the early evening.

Besides, television is pretty much all on demand anyway so this power has been rendered redundant.