sliding doors moment
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- alternateOccur in succession
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- butterfly effectSmall inputs, disproportionate results
what if · missed connection · turning point · coincidence · fork · path · timing · serendipity · diverge · split second · near miss · choice · railway · platform · threshold · Gwyneth Paltrow · London · subway
- what-ifswhat if, hypothetical, thought experiment, speculation, conjecture
inevitability vs. contingency
sliding doors momentfate
Predetermined course of events
destiny · inevitability · meant to be · written in the stars · providence
pivotal vs. inconsequential
sliding doors momentnon-event
Disappointing lack of significance
ordinary day · same difference · business as usual · nothing special · nothing burger