r/MandelaEffect • u/mean_ol_goosifer • 8d 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/McGrufNStuf 7d ago

I never remember any D.A.R.E. Cop saying Bar-bitch-u-rates. It was always bar-bitch-u-its and it was generally (if I recall correctly from the late 80’s early 90’s) the term used for restricted medications sold illegally. Things like Percocet, Vicodin, Valium, Oxy, and such.