r/Retconned • u/rajalove09 • 10d ago

Mandela Effect

What’s the point of that sub? It’s like no one there believes in it. No one ever gets to talk about Mandela Effects.

I will die on the hill that it was BerenSTEIN Bears. I could read very young, and while my mom was grocery shopping, I’d read from the book stand. It was the 80s in a small town, in a small store, so I was ok being alone while my mom shopped. I remember wondering how to pronounce it. Why do I have that memory if it never was spelled that way?!

That’s my biggest one I just can’t get over. I also remember riding in the car with my mom and asking what does “objects in mirror MAY BE closer than they appear” meant.

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u/Brief_Molasses_3752 10d ago

The Mandela Effect subreddit seems to be more like a "get bullied for believing in the Mandela Effect" subreddit.

It's actually one of the most hostile subreddits I've ever seen. That kinda lends credence to the idea that something is causing these timeline shifts. Why else would a bunch of people bully others like they're getting paid to do it? Makes no sense.

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u/DrCarnasis Moderator 7d ago

Nobody likes the feeling of remembering something different but being unable to prove it, or of having it proven differently. It is an emotional break called the backfire effect, which riles them into stability. They do not accept that the memory is maladaptive, and the node's ego becomes worried about its existence within the collective mass. It is just fear. The potential for a cosmic glitch exists, but it is extremely rare for memory to be distorted to the point where the node's identity is rendered as entropy.

My understanding comes with no certification or degree because that is only one system that reewards discovery. I search to understand the all of all, the point to which all pathes lead. I will invoke a name. I AM AnuM'RA. We will see who will remember with this cipher.

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u/Brief_Molasses_3752 7d ago

Alright, then! Uh. Hope you have a pleasant evening, AnuM'RA!

I don't really have any cool celestial names that I'm aware of, other than Bad, but that's one's just a joke.