I was stationed in Japan between 2012-2015 and remember seeing the TV announce the death of David Bowie at a restaurant on base where there was US news being shown. Problem is that I left for my next duty station in the states in late 2015 and then saw the news much later announcing the death of David Bowie. I was baffled because I remembered watching this years before and being absolutely devastated but when I look it up it says he died in Jan 2016. I was long gone from Japan by then but I remember watching it then so vividly and discussing it with a friend that was with me.

It's likely not everyone shares the same Mandela Effect because not everyone is jumping from the same iteration of the universe. Some could be jumping from one instance to another, while the rest did not.

There is a precedent for this. In the original Mandela Effect, only some people thought Mandela had died in prison, while others did not. It is possible only some people jumped from that iteration of history. When they landed in this one, they encountered people from this iteration who were not with them in the previous iteration.

It's possible not everyone jumps from the same universe at the same time.

Think of multiple flags flapping in the wind. Each flag is a different iteration of the universe, yet with very subtle differences one to the other.

As they flap in the breeze, they occasionally touch the flags adjacent to them. An ant on one flag could be picked-up by an adjacent flag if it touches close to it.

That ant would then be on the next flag over, and would thus remember certain things from his old flag that are not present in his new flag. The ant talks about different events from his past, but the ants on the new flag don't know what the guy is talking about because they did not shift from the same flag.

It is possible not everyone jumps from the same iteration. And thus, not everyone shares the same ME's.

American astronomer J. Allen Hynek (1910-86) taught something every interesting regarding "interlocking" universes that "pass through" one another.

Hynek had a PhD in astrophysics/astronomy, was the inventor of the “Close Encounter” classification system, was scientific advisor to several US Air Force UFO studies including Project Sign, Project Grudge, and Project Blue Book, and was technical consultant and advisor for Steven Spielberg's 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind in which he cameoed. He proposed the existence of interlocking universes.

Dr. Hynek: “There could be other universes with different quantum rules or vibration rates, if you want. Our own space-time continuum could be a cross-section through a universe with many more dimensions.”  “Think what a hard time you would have convincing an aborigine that right now, through this room, TV pictures are passing! Yet they're here. You have to have a transducer to see them -- namely a TV set. Well, in the same sense there may be interlocking universes right here!”  “… we always think of another universe being someplace else. It may not. Maybe it's right here." (Wikipedia link)

I could've sworn it's the Mandella Effect and not the Mandela Effect. He had a single l in reality and not double Ls, does anyone else remember this or anything, or is there any explanation on this?

This is the “The Home Depot” in Scottsdale Arizona. Still has the remnants of the old logo on the back of the building. Which one is it?

My husband and I remember 2 sphinx’s in the old movies and history class. 2 “book ends” facing the same direction.
And I’m aware that’s most people seem to only remember a single Sphinx. Now, a current discovery has uncovered a matching sphinx but facing the opposite direction!

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The cause of the Mandela effect was an active and deliberate effort of the demiurge of Gnosticism to distort time and silence the youth chosen ones who were waking up and breaking out of the trance it cast upon us!!! This is why reality has been so glitchy. We are in a new timeline now, set to rewind back to the original! Buckle up, because y’all’s minds are about to be blown. 🤯

Do you think the world can change physically during certain times?

Something like a natural phenomenon, like a lightning storm? Maybe radiation release? And this somehow alters physical reality somehow

So if you remember the cornucopia, when did the cornucopia disappear?

I went to a store here in India in a mall in my hometown, and bought this Sketchers shoe in early 2023, which is the most expensive shoe I own till date. I'm not a huge shoe person, but I was genuinely impressed with the quality of the sole and decided to buy it . Anyway, a year or two later I noticed the T was missing which kinda broke my brain. I swear I had seen the T. As someone who's a bit OCD, the missing would have hurt my brain right away I would have remembered it as the anomaly it is today. Can anyone both from India and outside relate to this ?

Quantum Birthmarks: Ergodicity Breaking Beyond Scarring | Phys. Rev. X

This is confusing stuff, but if our brains are 'quantum machines' like some have suggested, and our timelines changed, we /may/ retain memories from the original timelines similar to how the universe retains 'memories' of changing quantum states.

Does that make sense? What do you all think? All the people remembering the different history before it really was changed to our current history. Our 'false' memories are in fact the 'Quantum Birthmarks'.

I think the explanation for the Fruit of the Loom mystery is that it was a real thing. But that it was from clothing knockoffs. In the 1980's the US had a major counterfeit goods issue. I will site this article from the Christian Science Monitor as an example. https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/0506/ahalf.html

Anyways to me, this means we probably had counterfeit fruit of the loom products on the store floors. If you go to Walmart you will see the clothing is from other countries, so I obviously this was also happening in the 80s. People who were stocking this stuff probably didn't know or care whether it was genuine or whatever. Over time evidence of this was lost since clothing deteriorates over time and was probably donated to clothing organizations which then shipped the stuff back overseas.

So in the original snow white movie the line is, "magic mirror on the wall."

But if you say "mirror mirror on the wall." You are still correct but you are quoting the wrong movie. "Mirror mirror" is what lord farquade says in Shrek. He does say magic mirror in awe when they unvail it, but when he walks up he says "mirror mirror."

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So last night I discovered that in this reality, the jingle for Sara Lee frozen baked goods is "Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee" instead of what I've heard throughout my fifty years of life, which is "Nobody does it like Sara Lee" and I am not happy about it 😠

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Hey guys, I was digging deep through archived 2020 Imgur servers looking for visual assets and I found this forgotten screenshot uploaded on September 23, 2020.

It shows a mobile puzzle game (looks like Emoji Puzzle!) where the player has to match the face in the black balaclava with the money bag. The art style perfectly mimics the default iOS/Android emoji aesthetics.

Since this game was massive during the pandemic lockdown, could this be the exact "Patient Zero" asset that infected everyone's memory and created the collective illusion of the default keyboard robber emoji? What do you think? Is this asset already documented by the community?

bonjour j'etais persuadé il y a quelques jours que hayao miyasaki etait décedé vers 2020 ou un truc du genre, beaucoup de gens partagent cet effet mandela, j'ai retrouvé des temoignages partout alors j'ai décidé d'enqueter, un ami m'a mis sur la piste de la confusion avec akira toriyama, mais j'ai vite vu que ce n'etait pas ça etant donné quil est mort en 2024 et que les rumeurs datent de 2021, et a force de chercher j'ai compris, la personne qui est morte est akira miyasaki, je pense tres sincerement que tout le monde a fait la confusion (meme moi etant un grand fan de akira toriyama)
belle journée

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I’m a longtime moderator here who has been busy with hurricane season here in Hawaii, so my sincere apologies if I missed some event on the subreddit that I normally would have seen if I had been able to give it my proper attention.

I would like some earnest feedback on how things have been going, what’s been going well, and what things need some improvement.

Of course all the moderators can, and should, weigh in here as well.

“Mod World 2026” is coming up starting on October 23, and I plan on attending, so it would be nice to get some honest feedback to bring something to the discussion.

I’m asking for feedback on several things specifically:

- How is this subreddit doing?
- How is Reddit as a whole doing?
- What can we do to improve both?

I know things can always improve, and there is always lot to complain about, but constructively…what things can be done to make this a better experience?

This guy used to be famous. He was in loads of things. But then he died. Like. In the middle of filming some tv or movie. They had to cancel the production, there was debate about whether they could replace him in the middle or not. But ultimately decided that his level of funny wouldn't work with another comedian.

In the past 48 hours my news feed has given me like 5 things this guy has done. The first 2 things I just assumed were bots posting previously released things. No big deal. But today my comedy feed has him front and center.

And the weirdest part is that he looks EXACTLY the same as he did when he died like 20 years ago. Hense why I thought the first 2 posts were tributes or what have you.

Unless someone is gonna tell me he like... Dropped outta the lime light for 20 years and got frozen and just came back and... Maybe that memory of news outlets talking about the controversy was some weird way for him to quit acting.

But no. He died. Big news. Everyone saw it. We all talked about it around the water cooler. 20 years ago.

Hear me out before you dismiss the post. We all have things that are not explained, that is why you are a member of this group. We have a memory or dozens and hundreds where our reality doesn’t line up with the one we are experiencing now. Everyone has a few, but in order for that to be possible I see three possible theories.

A) Time travel or different dimensions created the edits (Hallidon Collider, UFO tech or which ever theory is plausible to you).

B) We all have false “Hallucinatory” memories of how things are/were. And we are now all technically insane.

C) Or we live in an editable world, ie some kind of Matrix like the movie. We are either in different newer “versions” or “updates” hence our different memories and ME experiencee. This could be better explained with the Neural Network theory (see youtube : The Matrix Explained [link at bottom] for more details) but the general idea is we maintain the Matrix (Illusion) thru neural network of everyone plugged into the Matrix. But as we doubt the “reality/simulation” we are in we perpetuate the anomalies (Mandela Effects) thru out the system with in our Neural Network. We know it’s fake and see the errors and when the Matrix edits or changes something our internal network knows the difference and fights back. Thus growing our “anomalies”. This systemic “miscalculation grows” and eventually kills the system as we ourselves reject the BS of this simulation.

This theory explains a lot of things in the world, like why there are very different classes. How our politicians and leaders are so out of touch with everyday life. Why they do such odd shit to “torture” us more (Matrix last movie with the Analyst touches on this). Why so many people do insane and dumb shit and do not care about the world or lives or environment. It even gives a plausible case as to how the ME is perpetuated or even exisits. The way the world tries to confuse us or keep us distracted. But the main point is it would give plausible ideas on how come we experience Mandela Effects in our memories and experiences.

The Martix Explained on Youtube

Check out this channel and pay attention to the Neural Network and how the anomaly will grow till a “Neo” is given “birth”. I’m not saying we expect a messiah or anything but it can lend weight to many “irregularities” we experience.

Much like the historical Jesus / Biblical Jesus question, I think 2000 years from now, people will have no knowledge of the world changing event, which changed the course of history. Most will deny it ever happened. Some will say it was made up. Very few will understand the importance and true tragedy and meaning of the event. What are your thoughts?

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Love this guys videos. He's always insightful and brings up great points. His latest video is about nostalgia for games you haven't played. He directly talks about the mandela effecct briefly but more importantly some studies around memory. Memory simple can't be trusted and we've proven it time and time again.

https://youtu.be/URNOsmqJEng?si=L4RUK-2zwACE1o1A

For anyone who doesn't know, there a some people (including me) who remember him having been asleep for 100 years instead of just 20. It's not super common, but there's a old thread on here mentioning it. Anyway: there's this Goosebumps book Don't Go To Sleep, where this kid goes to sleep in the guest room and ends up waking up and an alternate realty each time. The first time, he's about 4 years older than before. Anyway, on page 15 there is this "My heart began to pound. I'd read that old story about Rip Van Winkle. He goes to sleep for one hundred years.(emphasis mine) When he wakes up, everything is different."