Mandela Effect/False Memories

[Cocomelonmom]

Love stuff like this!! I experience very strong dejavu, throughout my life from a young age (I know it's not what we're talking about here, but to me it kind of ties in with the whole parallel universe type vibe!)
I also have very vivid dreams, to the point they feel real and I can vividly remember dreams often years later, which is also an interesting and intense feeling.

I definitely have some of these Mandela effects but I can't think of any right now!

Oh also, I was in Mexico in December 2012!!

 

[klarakluckbag]

Two very famous film quotes are examples of this.
Jimmy Cagney never actually said "You dirty rat". And Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam". It's strange how so many people misremember things!

 

[Woolmercardington]

@DrLoomis Loved hearing about your movie one. My biggest movie mindfcuk moment comes from James Bond and has become a popular Mandela. https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/moonraker-dolly-did-not-wear-braces
This screwed with my mind as I had such a clear memory from seeing it as a kid at least twice.

 

[1001 others]

Are they new builds? They keep popping up everywhere. It can be disorientating sometimes.

No, and I don't remember ever seeing this street - the one I turn into is the only one off that road (well, it was two weeks ago when I last went there).

Sorry to be slightly off topic but I call it Worcestershire sauce

So do I!

If you have Google Earth and know the postcode or road name, you can Google the location and also Google past images and work out exactly when they were built.

Or…it could be one of those weird time slips!

Hmmm, conveniently that block of the town doesn't show up on Street View ... it shows on aerial view but only as a bird's eye view (I can't zoom in). How odd! It must have been a time slip. There are houses all along that road but to get to them, I'm sure the roads feed in from the bottom, as opposed to along the top / off the second street I turn into, because I have never, ever seen a street there. I called a friend when I got home and asked her how many streets go off that second one; she answered "One" very matter-of-factly. When I told her my story she seemed unconvinced and said maybe there is another one, but it's obscured in some way, so not easily recognisable ... she was also very puzzled by it all.

Slightly O/T, I have a friend who often experiences time slippages! Her accounts are so wild. I believe her, but most people don't.

 

[HockyRorror]

I have a very weird one.

I visit the next town over a lot, and always take the same shortcut to get to a business that I frequent (turn right into a street off the highway, turn left at the end, take the first street on the right, then take the next street on the left).

Today, I took the same shortcut I normally do, only to end up down a private driveway of houses! It was a HUGE, 'What?!!!' moment. I exited, turned around and headed back along the first street ... only to have to travel an extra 500 or so metres before I saw the street I normally turn down.

I honestly do not remember this other street that I mistakenly turned into, even existing! I have never, ever seen it ... and I've been taking this route for 25+ years!

If you have Google Earth and know the postcode or road name, you can Google the location and also Google past images and work out exactly when they were built.

Or…it could be one of those weird time slips!

 

[WhatABore]

This is very interesting, although personal stories seem way more interesting than the famous ones. I guess it's easy to misremember or mishear a movie quote, but the timing of these misremembering is also noteworthy, especially 2012, like mentioned above.

I remember learning that cows have 8 stomachs. That seems crazy if I think about it now but my gut is still telling me it's 8, not 4. Some people remember learning they have 6 or 7. It's pretty weird.

The Flinstones/ Flintstones one was interesting, too. However it's easy to omit the T. As kids are sensitive to phonetics it's easy to think you remember it was The Flinstones, as I think I remember or just said so many times that it must be true. Have I ever actually looked at the logo properly when I watched it? Nope.

The celebrity deaths are intruiging. Like Mandela himself. That would've been a big event. The fact that different groups remember him dying in different centuries is baffling! I can't say I have any recollections of misremembered deaths, but maybe that's because I'm quite young. I didn't really remember Mandela. I know when Micheal Jackson died, it was big news, but didn't care to look into it. At the time though I thought he was already dead so didn't bother me that much clearly

I always thought cows have 6

 

[emmer_moans]

Fascinating thread. I can’t think of a personal example but am Intrigued to hear yours.

 

[Kim Mild]

I have a very weird one.

I visit the next town over a lot, and always take the same shortcut to get to a business that I frequent (turn right into a street off the highway, turn left at the end, take the first street on the right, then take the next street on the left).

Today, I took the same shortcut I normally do, only to end up down a private driveway of houses! It was a HUGE, 'What?!!!' moment. I exited, turned around and headed back along the first street ... only to have to travel an extra 500 or so metres before I saw the street I normally turn down.

I honestly do not remember this other street that I mistakenly turned into, even existing! I have never, ever seen it ... and I've been taking this route for 25+ years!

Are they new builds? They keep popping up everywhere. It can be disorientating sometimes.

 

[Dot_Cotton]

really?!!! They were definitely switched!!!

I know, even though Walkers confirmed, I still won’t believe there wasn’t a switch haha.

Don’t know if this counts, but it blew my mind. So I used to love Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I would go a few times a year so I am confident that I knew my way around. About 2 years ago, I found out there was a ride there on all my visits up to about 2005 that I had no idea was even there.

 

[Sleepthiefismyfavourite]

I thought it was fruit in a basket logo

Me too!!!

 

[WhatABore]

One I saw the other day was that the term "Bucket list" only started being used after the bucket list film.
I haven't looked into this one myself yet though

 

[Vee6]

I feel like it always has jut everyone calls it Worcester sauce.
Not 100% sure though.
But I've always seen it on the bottles as Worcestershire cause but always called it Worcester sauce

Liza Minellie’s character in Cabaret calls it that

 

[MillionDollarBaby]

Has anyone ever experienced this?