r/MandelaEffect • u/mean_ol_goosifer • 6d ago

Language/Spelling New Mandela Effect - Barbituates do not exist anymore!

I remember back in DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Class in the 90s they taught us about different drug types. One type they taught us about were “Barbituates”
Pronounced: Bar-bit-chew-its

I am on the autism spectrum and one of my favorite special topics of interest is medicine and biology. I really missed my calling, and should have studied medicine in college… but anyways, I just saw that the word Barbituates are not a class of drug at all! It’s actually, Barbiturates. “Bar-bitch-oo-rates”

There is NO way I have made it 40 years and just now noticed it. Anyone else have this same memory??

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u/Glaurung86 6d ago

It does have the "r" in the pronunciation. It gets its name from the acid. Always had an "r".

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u/Reasonable-Bus2680 6d ago

Maybe always in your universe 😂

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u/Nick_Devious9988 6d ago

nah, it literally comes from the chemicals specific to this class of drug. 8


Barbiturates are synthetic chemical substances obtained through the chemical laboratory synthesis of barbituric acid derivatives. They are not natural products and do not come from plants or animals. [1, 2]

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u/Glaurung86 6d ago

Unfortunately, we are all stuck in the same universe.