#The Mandela Effect

[gabbydagoof]

Chat how do we feel about a Space Goofs psychological horror AU???

I'm writing a fanfic about it so stay tuned for some alien angst-

[leseigneurdufeu]

the mandela effect: when a large demographics has the same erroneous memory.

the goncharov effect: when a large demographics knows very well what the real memory is but pretends completely unprompted to remember the same erroneous memory.

[neil-gaiman]

Hello Mr.Gaiman! :) I had a question about the Bentleys license plate in s2, in s1 it said “sid-rat” which is tardis backwards, but in s2 it says “niat-ruc” which is curtain spelled backwards. I was just wondering if there was a particular reason for this choice or if it’s something we’ll understand after s3?

I'm sorry. You have undergone a small universe shift. You may find some other discrepancies as you go.

[tiredofsatansbullshit]

'The Mandela Effect' concept is racist propaganda.

I'm not talking about every single theory or example that falls under what people know as 'The Mandela Effect', I'm talking about the concept it is named after.

In the 1980s, when South African freedom fight Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for speaking out and going against the South African apartheid government, many people believed that he had died in prison. Mandela did not die then, he instead went on to serve parts of his sentence and later became the President of South Africa after the first free elections in 1994.

The term 'The Mandela Effect' was coined by a (self-proclaimed) paranormal investigator who claims to vividly remember news coverage of Nelson Mandela's death, as well as a speech given by his wife about his death and riots that took place after. This (self-proclaimed) paranormal investigator created a website on the topic and found many others who share the same memories as her.

While I'm not here to fight against, or attempt to discredit, the basis of the Mandela Effect, the instance of this 'false memory' can be, rather easily, explained. The South African apartheid government hated Nelson Mandela, and what he stood for. They especially hated the kind of symbol he was becoming and what that could mean for the future of their racist rule. To dissuade others from following in his footsteps, and to discourage the kind of rebellion against the apartheid government, they spread the idea that Mandela had died in prison. To further sentiments against Mandela, and the ANC (the, at the time, freedom fighting group that he was apart of), the ideas of (violent) riots taking place in multiple cities due to his death were spread.

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TLDR: People have not completely made up this idea in their heads that Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s, but rather, it was propaganda spread by the South African apartheid government.

[n0b0dii2]

gabriel plush.

-- THE MANDELA CATALOGUE -- @kisterkatalogue

[beeclops]

Choose your fighter

[eemoo1o]

If Ron ever worked with Cognito then I think the perfect job for him would probably be a job in the Mandela effect (if that’s a division at all).

[nyankewlll]

My Inside out Mandela effect

Im bad at explaining things, so this might be weirdly formatted 😭

Some things to know first is that when i was a kid, i’d watch inside out nearly everyday, i knew every dialogue and i knew every scene by heart, i could probably watch it in my head if i wanted to

over the years my interest in inside out died, and i went a few years without watching it. In 2022 i decided to rewatch it again and during the opening where joy and sadness were introduced, i was waiting for the part where they fought over the button, it zoomed back out onto riley, changing from giggling to crying repeatedly. Then the scene switched to rileys POV, where her parents looked at eachother confused at the sight of this. Obviously this scene never came and i was confused because i remember this scene so clearly

Inside out is my special interest now so i KNOW for sure this wasnt a delete scene that was available to watch, or a scene from a parody video because ive seen every one

heres a poor recreation of it

i remember being so confused when i waited for a scene that never ended up coming, maybe im misremembering or im thinking of a parody video i watched years ago thats deleted now.

[im-not-a-l0ser]

Without going back and checking

[yourlocalbadgerscales]

😱 HARRY POTTER MANDELA EFFECT!!?!!‼️ REAL??! 💯‼️ NO CLICKBAIT! 😨 **INSANE** **READ FULL POST**

The title is me trying to be funny, btw. This is where you’re supposed to laugh. Ha. Anyways, you know the blond man with big blue eyes in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? The new DADA teacher?

[didasgomas]

Meme for @angelic-writer 's Mandela Effect large crossover story because why not

Heavenly beings when the shit transpires :

From 6:30 to 6:37

[n0b0dii2]

the preacher doodle.

-- THE MANDELA CATALOGUE --

@kisterkatalogue

[angelic-writer]

The Mandela Effect - I'm Here

Day 23 of @augusnippets

Prompts: Massage/gentle touch/wiping away tears

Uses characters from FOTD and Cut Down the Altar by @moonlightsmasquerade and @missr3n3

CW: Nightmare, Referenced drowning, referenced medical whump

Sean comforts his friend June after she has a nightmare about his near death.

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It was unmistakable. Sean was right there, lifeless, on the floor of the boat. The others were desperately trying to revive him, shouting at him to wake up. They did everything they possibly could to keep him alive from chest compressions to shocking him. Nothing seemed to be working. He was as still as death.

The world around June was warping. She could barely see Leah and Maddie trying to comfort a soaking wet Joshua, could barely hear Dylan speaking on the radio for the rescue team to get there as soon as they could. The roaring thunder, the waves crashing against the boat, the mechanical beeps of the defibrillator - Everything blended together to make a chaotic symphony.

She could see the search and rescue officers on the boat now. Llweylyn trying his best to keep the kid alive, but his body was stubborn, not even taking a single breath.

"Time of death: 4:31 A.M."

No.

No, this can't be right.

She can't let Sean die.

She was at his side now, desperately pumping his chest, begging him to wake up. The others gathered around her, creating a barrier that no one can get through. They barely knew each other yet they displayed a camaraderie that left her speechless. She kept on trying, trying trying trying trying her hardest to get him to breathe, open his eyes, anything!!

"June..."

A voice spoke through the crowd. She can't bear to look at who spoke. If she did, it would be all over.

"June!"

The voice was getting louder now. It was becoming more recognizable.

"June!!"

June's eyes snapped open, shooting up in bed like a rocket. She looked around frantically, her voice jumbled. "W-Wha?! What the-"

A soft hand touched her arm, making her flinch. Looking to see who touched her, her fears instantly melted away. It was Sean, sitting beside her in bed, looking at her with a concerned expression. "Hey, it's okay. It's just a dream. I'm here. I'm okay."

The next thing she knew, she was hugging him tightly, burying her face in his shoulder. He's here. He's here. The nightmare is over.

Sean rubbed her back, whispering comforting words into her ear. "Shh... It's okay. I'm fine now. Everything's gonna be okay." He ran his hand through her hair, humming a gentle tune. Once she had calmed down slightly, Sean wiped away her tears.

"I... I can't get that image out of my mind. Y-You were dead. The officers called it. I thought you actually..."

"I didn't, okay? I'm here now. I won't let anything come between us, okay?"

June rested her head on his chest, hearing his steady heartbeat. It was hard to believe that there was nothing last time she checked. When Joshua pulled him out, there was no pulse. Nothing that indicated life. She still shuddered at the image of the bruises dotting his chest.

Sean glided his hands on her shoulders and starting massaging them, his thumbs working to relax her tense muscles. June hummed in content as she smiled. Despite how long he was under for, he was still the same Sean she knew. Everyone called it a miracle with how fast he recovered. She wondered if someone else had a hand in his miraculous recovery.

Sean's right hand stroked her hair. "Your hair's getting a bit long. Do you want me to braid it?"

June nodded.

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

me when i get sleep paralysis

[belphegorswh0re]

This game reminds me of the Mandela effect

The game That's not my neighbor has always reminded me of the Mandela effect. Especially when it comes to completing the achievement steel memory. Cause you have to remember the appearances of the people without looking at any folders and whatnot. For example, the twins, Selenne and Elenois. There's a only about two differences between the two. The color of eyeshadow and the mole. Elenois has a mole on her left cheek, and Selenne has one on her right cheek. And with the eyeshadow, Elenois has a light pink eyeshadow, and Selenne has a (kind of?) purple eyeshadow. This can make things kind of tricky with their doppelgangers if it isn't obvious to tell if they're actually them. And since the two are twins it's kind of hard to tell them apart unless you know who they are based off of their eyeshadow or the mole. Just wanted to get that off my mind! Thanks for reading this!

[lord-radish]

I've had some thoughts about the Mandela Effect for a while now.

Like I get that it's just a fun internet phenomenon that shines a light on a sort of "benign" form of mass hysteria, where an error enters the public lexicon and a large swath of people believe the error to the point where the eventual truth is disconcerting and jarring. Theoretically, that's cool. Awesome observation, fun little trend to point out those little idiosyncrasies. It's also an interesting comment on ignorance, because a handful of people were just straight-up misinformed about the life and death of Nelson Mandela and they blew that up into this big thing.

However, regardless of anyone's best intentions, the Mandela Effect is also a way to excuse ignorance and turn both it and misinformation into an argument of belief. I strongly believe that the Mandela Effect is an anti-intellectual standpoint - it's possible to engage with the concept as just a thought experiment, but there is a point where it begins to have more widespread ramifications.

There are people who take the Mandela Effect, a thought experiment about colliding timelines and alternate realities, literally - to the point where they do believe in a series of colliding timelines as a legitimate explanation for things they believe that don't line up with reality. When offered two choices - an outlandish thought experiment involving an infinite number of divergent timelines infinitely merging and leaving people with foreign memories of a reality that now ceases to exist, and the simple concept that they might have innocently been wrong about something - people choose to give the thought experiment equal weight to the thought that they might have been misinformed.

This is useful for people who want to disseminate false information and argue in bad faith. It gives people the choice between a comfortable lie and an uncomfortable truth. It lets people talk their way out of being wrong - I wasn't ignorant to the fact that Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa for decades, I'm simply one of a chosen handful of people who hail from a timeline where he died in prison.

I had a friend who became fascinated by flat earthers and began to argue their viewpoint in earnest. According to my friend, it's not that the earth is really flat, you see; it's just that exploring the possibility is a worthwhile endeavour for scientists to do so they can conclusively rule it out, and it could help alleviate the anti-science bias that many flat earthers share due to being pushed out of academic spaces and the associated shame of being belittled by their supposed peers.

That was the start of his fascination with UFOs, pseudoscience, and eventually far-right figureheads like Ben Shapiro. Is there a connection? I don't know - dude probably trended more towards conservativism in the first place. But when he began entertaining ignorance on the same level as fact, he just sort of... kept going.

The next step after flat earth conspiracies was the Mandela Effect.

I'm bringing this up because one day, we were talking and the Mandela Effect came up. And he said that actually, it isn't the Mandela Effect - it never was. It's the Mandala Effect.

It fits the concept pretty well - according to Wikipedia, "A mandala generally represents the spiritual journey, starting from outside to the inner core, through layers". Layers of reality, folding in on themselves in an infinite journey. It's not the Mandela Effect any more, where a group of people were independently ignorant of a major facet of world news in an airport lounge. It's the Mandala Effect - a map of the deities and a spiritual journey hailing from Eastern mythology.

And like the Mandela Effect is wont to do, I had this awful sense of dissonance, like my brainmeat was being pulled two ways at once. But rather than it being because of a long-standing misconception that had just been corrected, ala the Berenstain Bears, it was because it was never the Mandala Effect. It was a popular internet trend that stemmed from people being misinformed about Nelson Mandela. This was a new origin for the thought experiment, a blatant lie that's congruent with the internal logic of the thing it's trying to supplant, being presented as the truth.

The attempt to fold the Mandela Effect in on itself and change the nature of its origin, presentation and message was a blatant attempt to rewrite its own history. It was exploiting this new little shortcut to tell people a blatantly false statement, but because of how close Mandela and Mandala are as words and because the Mandela Effect is all about how those similarities and resulting misconceptions are due to shifts in reality, someone had managed to convince people like my friend that the Mandala Effect was just as valid of a choice as the Mandela Effect.

This bullshit new way to address the thought experiment was - to my friend - just as valid as its actual origin in that fucking airport lounge. And my friend insisted on calling it the Mandala Effect to continue the thought experiment, insisting that it was the true name of the phenomenon from that point on, and he kept taking it further and further even after everyone started getting sick of it. Like with the flat earth stuff, a degree of it was him being a contrarian. But he kept insisting on it.

That's always going to stick with me. People get defensive about the Mandela Effect, how it's just having fun - and if you can keep a healthy sense of boundaries and remain grounded in reality, treating it as the hypothetical thought experiment that it is, that's 100% fine. But I'm adamant that the Mandela Effect, when taken further than that, is an anti-intellectual viewpoint that makes it easier to disseminate false information.

Sometimes you're just wrong about shit, even about stuff you're 120% sure that you know front to back. It's okay to be wrong. Literally everyone is wrong like that at one point or another in their lives. It's humiliating, but a part of being alive is realising that you're wrong, growing from it and correcting yourself. It's okay to be wrong sometimes.

And the Mandela Effect is a fine hypothetical to play around with. I'm not saying it's inherently evil and an irredeemable tool of political radicalisation. I think it can be a tool of political radicalisation, equally platforming a fantastical mistruth against actual, real-world reality and facts - but yeah, people can engage with the concept behind the Mandela Effect as they see fit.

I'm concerned about the potential misuse of the Mandela Effect to spread misinformation and to give people an excuse to be disingenuous and intellectually lazy. I've been thinking about the effect and my own distaste for people platforming ignorance, and this is the conclusion I've come to. That's my gripe.