CastletonSnob Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 The Mandela Effect is not a real thing. There's no such thing as parallel universes. You just misremembered something from your childhood. There's nothing special or unique about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I don't even know what it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Yes, but you see, in my timeline it is. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 19 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I don't even know what it is! The Mandela Effect and How We Share False Memories WWW.VERYWELLMIND.COM The Mandela Effect occurs when a large mass of people believes that an event occurred when it did not. Explore examples and possible explanations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I don't believe that this is a "real" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 This thread title is some Mandela effect bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 ITT @Commissar SFLUFAN has never read The Berenstain Bears 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 It's a real thing in that lots of people misremember things in a similar way. I don't think it's especially revelatory. It makes complete sense to me that if one person remembers something slightly wrong and communicates that to someone with vaguely similar experiences that the second person might accept that misremembered thing as truth. Especially for things like public figures and media that we all experience at arms length through TV or newspapers, it's not hard to imagine why lots of people get things wrong in the same way, even independently. I think it's similar to why people get so freaked out by targeted advertising and assume their phone is spying on them. How could the first google suggestion be for this random thing I was just thinking about? How could Facebook send me this ad for this service that I was just talking about? Because people are generally predictable and not the wholly unique special flowers that we think we are. That and we're noticing outliers and ignoring that Facebook showed you 200 ads that you completely ignored because they were not relevant. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Is this why the democrats can’t flip Texas? 🤔 1 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 You will never convince me that Dolly didn't have braces in Moonraker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I think the effect is more that everyone misremembers the same thing the same way. i.e: Everyone wants to sing "off the woooooorrrllldd" at the end of "We are the Champions" or thinking Lambchop's Play-Along's ending theme is "This is the song that never ends" instead of "This is the song that doesn't end" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 The mandela effect isn’t necessarily a belief in parallel universes, that’s just a theory regarding it. The effect itself is just a mass misremembrance of something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I have this vivid memory of riding in a hot air balloon on a fall day as a kid. Brought it up to my parents and I said “I definitely never rode in a hot air balloon right?” They said definitely not, but we did go somewhere when I was around 11 or 12 years old and watched hot air balloons take off. I literally have no memory of doing that or seeing them but I have this fake memory of fucking flying in one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 hours ago, TwinIon said: It's a real thing in that lots of people misremember things in a similar way. I don't think it's especially revelatory. It makes complete sense to me that if one person remembers something slightly wrong and communicates that to someone with vaguely similar experiences that the second person might accept that misremembered thing as truth. Especially for things like public figures and media that we all experience at arms length through TV or newspapers, it's not hard to imagine why lots of people get things wrong in the same way, even independently. I think it's similar to why people get so freaked out by targeted advertising and assume their phone is spying on them. How could the first google suggestion be for this random thing I was just thinking about? How could Facebook send me this ad for this service that I was just talking about? Because people are generally predictable and not the wholly unique special flowers that we think we are. That and we're noticing outliers and ignoring that Facebook showed you 200 ads that you completely ignored because they were not relevant. Anytime I hear someone shit on the "soft sciences" like psychology, I appreciate that it's the main are that does memory research and people's notion of what memories are, how they work, and how reliable they are... they're just trash. 39 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: I think the effect is more that everyone misremembers the same thing the same way. i.e: Everyone wants to sing "off the woooooorrrllldd" at the end of "We are the Champions" or thinking Lambchop's Play-Along's ending theme is "This is the song that never ends" instead of "This is the song that doesn't end" This one's a little weird to me because they DO say "of the world," it's just not at the end. The Lambchop one is a good example though, I hadn't heard of that one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 This thread is confusing the shit out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, best3444 said: This thread is confusing the shit out of me. sometimes you just gotta say "k" and move on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Member Sinbad’s ’Shazaam’ movie from the 90s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 *Mandala effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 4 hours ago, DarkStar189 said: I have this vivid memory of riding in a hot air balloon on a fall day as a kid. Brought it up to my parents and I said “I definitely never rode in a hot air balloon right?” They said definitely not, but we did go somewhere when I was around 11 or 12 years old and watched hot air balloons take off. I literally have no memory of doing that or seeing them but I have this fake memory of fucking flying in one. Perhaps you did ride in a hot air balloon when you were 12 but you fell out of it hurt your head and lost your memory. Your parents never told you because it was too traumatizing for you. In fact maybe you fell out of a hot air balloon out in the wilderness and have been missing for years and the parents that found you in the woods aren't your original parents but your brain is so damaged you recognize them as your real parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Perhaps you did ride in a hot air balloon when you were 12 but you fell out of it hurt your head and lost your memory. Your parents never told you because it was too traumatizing for you. In fact maybe you fell out of a hot air balloon out in the wilderness and have been missing for years and the parents that found you in the woods aren't your original parents but your brain is so damaged you recognize them as your real parents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Mass delusions (or misremembering if you prefer) are definitely a thing. Comes up in religious academia all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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