What is THE MANDELA EFFECT?

Do you remember Nelson Mandela dying? Or reading Berenstein Bears? You might be a victim of the Mandela Effect! Let's discuss!

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[kathleenbeggs]

In college, I had to write a paper on a children's book. . .I chose the Berenstein Bears, and received an A+ on it😊 I remember it spelled this way.

[carrissamccarthy]

I know I sound crazy but I vividly remember being in elementary school and learning about Nelson Mandela and how he died in prison in the 80s.

[jxckson]

They need to merge a reality where the gas is cheap again

[Kendyizaguirre]

I think we all exist simultaneously in different universes and realities. If we pay attention we get subtle glances of these realities.

[thomascooper]

Bro that is a lie! I clearly remember the bears book because I'm German and coming from Germany to the states and I was surprised that they had a German last name! Berenstein makes alot more sense that berenstain! Come on y'all.... Most ppl just don't want to be freaked out by the fact that things like this are happening!

[X_Zainab_XX]

I don’t believe in alternate realities I just enjoy researching this stuff and getting confused lmao

[savedsheep]

It’s exists. People will find out soon. The monopoly man did have a monocle. I remember asking my mom why you would only need one lens.

[EH-kfyp]

Mistaking a word or a picture can logically be surmized as something misremembered; but, for a mass of people around the world remembering a well know person's death is something else. I remember Mandela dying and watching the news cast where people were crying and had set up shrines on the street while placing flowers around his picture. Then about a year later I saw him alive and well on T.V.... I was confused but then just chalked it up as me stupidly misremember his death. But then, I found out that I was not the only person who remembered this... wow.
I think that this is harder to explain than that childrens book. However, the thoughts of slipping between dimensions is ridiculas but fun to think about.

[PHBRNTGGR]

Remember the movie The Butterfly Effect...and how it had different alternate endings?

[aprilbarton]

Just like the fact we all remember tinkerbell on the Disney film intros creating the castle, flying round it and writing Disney and dotting the I... maybe sometimes her wand doesn't work... but when you look on dvds and VHS tapes this never happens... my mind is blown 😳

[chosenone]

Febreze spray used to be named “Febreeze” I vividly remember seeing walking around a grocery store with my parents as a child and seeing a can of “Febreeze” but apparently thats never been how it was spelled

[markpunsheon]

I remember a lad from when I was around the age of 19/20 being found dead. Almost 20 years later he works with a friend of mine. I've asked several people, and a fair few of them, my Brother included, remember him dying. But he is very much alive and kicking, and certainly looks pretty much the same as he always did.

[StormClan]

If you watch the movie dumb and dumber Jim carrie sees a guy with a one eye glass and he says hey its the monopoly guy. Let me know if I am correct or wrong. Edit: its actually Ace Ventura

[drewrites]

It's weird because in a way I remember both Mandela dying in prison AND him becoming president after prison. Weird, I know.

[Primal]

The Monopoly man one is actually a bit more odd for those of us who remembered Ace Ventura as kid, when Ace finds the monopoly man. A short bald man with a big moustache in a tux AND a monocle. To misremember is one thing, but when other forms of media get it wrong? Hell, I asked my parents to describe the fruit of the loom logo and they listed the fruit laid out and named some of them specifically - including the horn of plenty. I asked out of no where, no prompting whatsoever and they both gave the same description, one that I also remember. The fact there apparently has never been a horn in the logo feels off on a level that is hard to explain.
Also as for the bears, I remember SPECIFICALLY in grade 2 where our teacher was going over common mispronunciations, like Lie-berry instead of library. One of those was her highlighting BerenSTEIN bears, because people would mispronounce as BerenSTAIN. That was back in 91... so this shit is kinda weird today.

[abbeywatson]

I’m from the UK so I have literally never seen the peanut guy before, yet I DISTINCTLY remember the monopoly guy wearing a monocle!

…at this point I don’t even know if I’m breathing correctly anymore 😂

[eskillz]

We don't know exactly what happened but we know something happened . The fact that we all have different memories of world events or breaking news coverage shows that some things were changed .
1 hypothesis is that the world actually ended and we are living in an alternate reality that was created . I believe they got most of the events as right as they could but mistakes were made so you began to notice little things .

[idio_cracy]

I remember Mr. monopoly wearing a monocle. This is scary and awesome at the same time.

[lisacheney]

I remember Mandela dying. I was really surprised when he showed back up. I also remember that guy getting ran over by the tank, but now people say the tank stopped short of running over him.

[cuposleep]

I had multiple experiences with this ever since I was a kid. Like that one glass light at my place. When I was around 2-3 years old I clearly remember it being hit by a broom by accident and falling down the stairs and shattering. And I overheard my parents saying that it can't be replaced since it was a very old model. After 5 years I moved back into the house and saw it was still intact. When I asked my parents about it they said it was never broken.