comment: >
context: This is a friendly reminder to read our rules.
  Remember, /r/Showerthoughts is for showerthoughts, not "thoughts had in the shower!"
  (For an explanation of what a "showerthought" is, please read this page.)
  Rule-breaking posts may result in bans. >
  
  Absolutely! As the saying goes, 'once is happenstance, twice is a coincidence, and three times is a pattern.' >
  
  You could have used “thrice” but missed the opportunity.     Rare, that.    Tsk tsk >
  
  Depends. 
  Statistically it might just be a coincidence coincidentally occurring many times. 
  Or it could be an actual pattern. >
  
  Like flipping a coin 4 times and it lands on heads all four times >
  
  Exactly. Still a coincidence.