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The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon in which the minority of the public will retain memories of past events that have been altered from the majority and the majority will have no memory or history of the alteration despite evidence in the form of video, print, merchandise (etc) existing that support the minority's claim.

The name of the effect refers to people remembering Nelson Mandela tragic death in prison in the 1980s, when he actually survived long after his release.


Overview

The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon in which the minority of the public will retain memories of past events that have been altered from the majority and the majority will have no memory or history of the alteration despite evidence in the form of video, print, merchandise (etc) existing that support the minority's claim.

The name of the effect refers to people remembering Nelson Mandela's tragic death in prison in the 1980s, when he actually survived long after his release.

/r/Mandela_Effect recognizes that there are possible connections to other forms of science, parallel realities, simulation, enlightenment, cases of manifestation, and other general "glitches" experienced.

We appreciate all of the participation and look forward to all of the contributions yet to come as we unravel the mysteries of the Mandela Effect.


Rules

  • Please keep it civil. Calling someone crazy, similar insults or claiming someone's memories are false will not be tolerated.

  • Skepticism of the phenomenon itself existing beyond false memory is allowed but only within your own separate self-post. Please tag/flair it as Skeptic Discussion. This is to allow better focused discussions on different theories since this subreddit is dedicated for people who believe something is going on beyond false memories.

  • No low effort posts or titles.

  • No low effort YouTube submissions.
    To improve the quality of posts on this subreddit, we ask that if you submit a YouTube video, to please think of a creative title.
    The title should clearly convey what the video is about.
    Please don't use caps lock in your titles.
    If you're posting a video from your own channel, please don't spam the subreddit but rather interact with it. This may mean less promotion and more contribution.
    For example, to try to make the post more engaging, feel free write a quick comment as to how the video relates to you or what prompted you to post it. This way we can perhaps generate a discussion about it rather than seeing it as yet another video spam post.

We do realize that not everything is an ME and encourage objectivity by considering explanations why the memory may have formed or the reason(s) as to why an ME is simply a misconception.

Please don't go claiming all MEs are a misconception, this is where the balance needs to be drawn. This is not what this sub is for.

We encourage refraining from downvoting and to bring the good content up through upvotes.

Please tag/flair your posts to help keep the subreddit organized.
You'll see a 'flair' link underneath any post you make. From there, you'll be presented with presets to choose from.


Posting Guidelines

You'll see a 'flair' link underneath any post you make. From there, you'll be presented with one or more presets to choose from.

Theory - Main and personal theories about the nature of the mandela effect.

Glitch in the Matrix Stories of highly unlikely coincidences or synchronicities that we usually tell ourselves to forget, because they're just too out of step with what experience tells us reality should be like. Could be non-mandela effect related.

Personal Experience Personal experiences relating to the Mandela effect and individual stories about changes affecting only you personally. You can also use this tag for introductory posts about your discovery of the Mandela effect

Thoughts - Personal ideas not necessarily relating to an experience or theory

Observations - Personal observations about the effect, patterns, etc..

/r/Mandela_Effect

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New Mandildo effect: eyes open while kissing!

People used to kiss with their eyes open. Closing them was seen as rude. I remember that I swear. But now it's changed. Everyone closes their eyes and it's freaking me out. What's going on???

1 Comment
2024/10/21
11:08 UTC

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There was never a wrestler named Victor Ortega?

(SOLVED)

The only information I can find on such a person is a Colombian diver. But I have this distinct memory of a wrestler with that name. I have found evidence of wrestlers with that last name, but I can never find any evidence of a Victor. Does anyone else remember such a person? I don't remember much about him, or even what he looked like. I just remember his name, and I feel like I played a wrestling game with that name in it (I believe it was Legends)

3 Comments
2024/10/20
22:27 UTC

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Conclusive proof that we've all been wrong about the whole "Berenstain" thing this entire time...

7 Comments
2024/10/20
19:09 UTC

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Black ops 2 map express

I used to play a lot of black ops 2 back in the day. I never remember this red info sign on the platform. I remember it as being absolutely flat

0 Comments
2024/10/17
18:40 UTC

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Scorpions Bad Boys Running Wild

I remember the lyrics "They control you and they make you play" being said twice in the song, at the beginning and at the end. Now it's only said once, and "Tie you up and you can't get away." is sung two times. It used to be the other way around.

1 Comment
2024/10/14
01:46 UTC

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The Berenstains'

12 Comments
2024/10/13
13:08 UTC

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Berenstain'

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2024/10/13
13:06 UTC

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The Middle - Exes and Ohhhs

I swear I remember there actually being a scene in there of Brick reading about the story on his microfiche involving her mom being arrested for indecent exposure. My memory has it that Frankie was narrating it, explaining what he was doing, and the camera shows a closeup of his shocked face. I almost feel like the camera may have been slowly zooming in on his face while this happened. Yeah, he does mention reading it, but I seem to remember it actually showing him read it. I also feel almost as if it may have actually shown the newspaper, but I am not as sure on that one as I am the closeup of his face.

0 Comments
2024/10/12
02:06 UTC

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Why there has been no Mandela FX lately

If everyone recalls, right before Mandela returned to this world around 2013, all new MEs stopped. I think they even had to shut down CERN because it uses up so much power that is needed the Mandela “portal” to open.

I believe that Mandela will be back soon because there hasn’t been a new ME for years. Mandela is plotting his return later this year.

8 Comments
2024/10/07
21:17 UTC

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Song Ebony and Ivoru

Song Ebony and Ivory

Hello, does anyone remember the song ebony and ivory by Paul McCartney? I remember Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson recorded that song. Last night, I heard a version of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder on the song. Now, it could be that they also recorded the song. But that was the first time i've ever heard of stevie wonder being on that song. I don't know if this is a Mandela effect.

4 Comments
2024/10/06
13:16 UTC

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Have my workouts been a lie?

I have always called my exercise routine Callistetics, but apparently it's Callisthenics. Some of my friends agree with me, but google says otherwise. Which is it!

6 Comments
2024/10/02
22:58 UTC

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Tony stark had a German shepherd In the MCU

In the MCU, From the first Iron man To Iron Man 3, Tony Stark Used to have a German Shepherd named Scout, It dies in Iron man 3 when the house is attacked, I remember when Obadiah Stane brought pizza to Tony Stark in the first Iron man, Tony teased Scout with the pizza making him jump up and down, it's weird that he wasn't in the movies at all, do i remember this wrong or does anyone else remember this too?

6 Comments
2024/10/01
19:40 UTC

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My mother is having a crisis. 😂 Does anyone remember a pizza shop with a fat monk statue outside of it in Ontario, California?

We can't find it ANYWHERE and she thinks it's some Mandela bullshit.

3 Comments
2024/09/30
03:26 UTC

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Elysium InfiniteAI Unveils the Truth: The End of the Middle Earth Illusion

2 Comments
2024/09/30
00:22 UTC

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Pearl Jam - Vitology or was it Vitalogy....?

Pearl JAm Vitology or Vitalogy, what do you remember? 1994 album from Pearl Jam

3 Comments
2024/09/28
01:32 UTC

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Wait, when did this happen? I clearly remember her name being Lady Bird

30 Comments
2024/09/27
15:04 UTC

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New ME: Barq’s has caffeine and “Supposably” is a word

As far as I remember all root beers don’t have caffeine. Only just a few days ago I learned about this because of the weird food history channel on YouTube.

Then I used to cringe hearing people say Supposably, like I would if they said PROLLY instead of probably. Then I learned supposably is a word! 🤔 now google is saying prolly is a word in Oxford English dictionary as a 1920s informal variation of probably.

20 Comments
2024/09/22
17:53 UTC

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Simpson's Mandela effect.

In the episode Homer finds a crashed suger truck and he starts selling sugar. He puts the sugar into the family's dinner, and says he plans to sell it. I remember Marge saying, we'll the Sugar at the store doesn't have broken glass and nails in it. Apparently Lisa said this line, I don't even remember her being in that scene.

0 Comments
2024/09/22
04:21 UTC

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Shanksville plane shot down by military

This was a brief blip that my Auntie and I experienced on 9-11 (we're Aussies tho so it's actually 11-9 but hey). We were watching the footage just like everyone else and they were broadcasting American channels that day. There was a news clip that claimed the Shanksville plane had been shot down by the military. It was never mentioned again. And it seems like most people watching didn't see it except for a very very small amount of outliers I've met over the years.

I'm a hardcore tinfoil and 100% the entirety of Shanksville was staged. I believe the military story was something that was planned to incorporate into the narrative bit in this version of reality they ditched the idea.

To this day my Auntie believes that they really did just try to cover it up and doesn't know she's an outlier too.

How bout it guys who remembers this one? Just about everyone was watching and this claim was very memorable to me and my Auntie cause we were talking all morning about how it's funny that only mentioned it once and never again

6 Comments
2024/09/22
01:28 UTC

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Repost from r/mandelaeffect: When did Franco Columbo's name change to "Columbu"? He is the 1976 and 1981 Mr. Olympia and best friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger for anyone that's too young to remember.

First 2 photo's were taken from this video challenge about lifting a gold dumbbell filmed at Gold's Gym in Venice beach. The video is 1 year old and those posters have been there for many, many, MANY years!

Youtube: "watch?v=ukhd3wunXZo"

https://imgur.com/MzbODyp https://imgur.com/nK65aBC

The next video was done after Franco Columbo passed away in 2019.

Arnold and 2 or three announcers call him by his name.

I'm not saying I have the answers as to WHY. However, his name was COLUMBO with an "O".

Watch the video below on Youtube where Arnold speaks his name in the first few seconds and the announcers introduce him 2 more times.

watch?v=roL5opNm3FY

https://imgur.com/lOw7Fsg https://imgur.com/Fz6qL32

12 Comments
2024/09/21
19:16 UTC

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Is this a new one?

In my minds eye I succinctly see the Cracker Barrel sign and on the sign is the depiction of a dark female figure in an dress and a bonnet setting a table. Now it's the image of a boomer leaned up against a barrel. Anyone else remember it as I do? Edit: for grammar.

3 Comments
2024/09/19
22:54 UTC

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Call of Duty zombies Black Ops 3.

When Black ops 3 first came out, the special addition came with Der Riese remaster. One of my first times playing the remaster, I linked the teleporters and it gave me a free perk power up. I remember it was Deadshot. Which I wasn't too excited about. It literally never gave me a perk power up again, and while it could have been patched out later. I played that Map for hours on end the same night I got the free perk. I always got pack a Punch open as well, and I don't think they would have fixed it that quickly. Especially since I got the power up at like 9 pm, and played till like 3 am with friends online. They also never got the power up again.

0 Comments
2024/09/17
03:03 UTC

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I swore that Eminem was dead

I remember seeing in the internet years ago that Eminem had died.

I remember listening to the song Without Me and in the comments they said "We are without him now" because he had died.

And the joke "Eminem has been real quiet since X" because he had died.

I found out he was actually alive today when I went to reddit and there was a joke about a guy on Youtube who said "I raped Eminem", which was a typo. He meant "I rapped Eminem" and the title of the post was "Who's gonna tell him?".

I thought: "Ok. The joke is that he can't rape Eminem because he's dead". And then I read the comments and I saw people saying "What if Eminem sees this?".

I thought "Why the hell are people acting like he is alive?"

Just for confirmation, I looked up Eminem on google and I was shocked when I found out Eminem is actually alive.

Before today, I was 100% sure that Eminem was dead.

My brain tricked me, I guess.

I have a terrible memory, so it's not a big surprise.

Did anyone else have a similar expericence?

6 Comments
2024/09/16
10:47 UTC

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Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime

I remember the music video showing, in the background behind the singer, a picture of a woman with black hair laying on her side smiling. I think she may have been wearing a black dress, but I could be wrong. Instead, all we ever see that resembles something like this is the black and white stock footage.

2 Comments
2024/09/11
10:41 UTC

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I vividly remember a Lasgana emoji for IPhone

Let me know if I’m being stupid, but me and my sister both remember a Lasagne emoji. Now all I can find is AI renditions.

1 Comment
2024/09/09
21:12 UTC

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I would have sworn that the WWF panda had bamboo/green in his mouth

6 Comments
2024/09/05
20:25 UTC

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A scene from Northern Exposure has changed.

In the episode "Get Real", there's a scene where Joel steps outside and sees a circus performing. Ed looks back at him and Joel points at his books as if to indicate "I have to study/work", and then we see that mute guy that Marilyn is dating dancing with a piece of cloth.

However, I remember this way differently. I remember him stepping out, and seeing the same guy dance with a girl, likely Maggie, and Joel called them for his attention, and Joel pointed at his chest as if to indicate "You're breaking my heart." and the guy just kind of callously looked away and continued dancing.

0 Comments
2024/09/05
10:49 UTC

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Alice In Wonderland (Disney version): Alice's ribbon looks all wrong now.

I distinctly remember her hair ribbon being the same pale blue as her dress, as well as being much thicker, and tied in a bow. Now it's just a thin black band, which looks really out of place. Also I thought I'd note that I do know she has a blue ribbon in some versions, but I distinctly remember the Disney version being like this.

5 Comments
2024/09/05
06:29 UTC

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Kids TV Show- Maya/Mia the Bee

Hi everyone,

I'll start off by saying, I realize people may just think, "Oh you were little and remember things wrong" but my memory is pretty sharp.

As a child, I would watch the show Maya the Bee. Except, I remember it spelled Mia. I distinctly recall thinking, "How is m-i-a pronounced 'my-ah?'"

Is there anyone else out there that shares this memory? 🙂

Thank-you! 🐝

2 Comments
2024/09/03
16:40 UTC

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Hotaru Fuba is now Hotaru Futaba

Does anyone else remember SNK's Hotaru Futaba from Garou: Mark of the Wolves being Hotaru Fuba?

EDIT: This article also remembers her being Hotaru Fuba.

0 Comments
2024/09/01
03:07 UTC

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