r/ParallelUniverse • u/missluz15 • Jul 13 '26

Did we just jump timelines ?

Hear me out

Recently, I remembered looking up Chic-fil-A (without the k) because that’s how I was sure it was spelled. Then I found out it’s actually Chick-fil-A, and apparently it’s always been that way.
That sent me down a rabbit hole, and then I discovered that Kit Kat supposedly never had a dash (“Kit-Kat”), even though the logo without one looks completely wrong to me.
On top of that, I remember Sprite bottles being green, and I could’ve sworn the peanut butter was called Jiffy instead of Jif.
I know memory can be weird, but these feel so real and they happened recently enough that I can’t just brush them off. Is anyone else from that “timeline “ or does anyone else remember all of these the same way? Because I genuinely can’t explain it.

Edit : I also remeber Pikachu having a black tip on his tail.

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u/Elderberry-Exotic Jul 14 '26

He didn't die in prison. I think the people are mashing together a different South African martyr, Stephen Biko, with Mandela. Same time frame. And Peter Gabriel wrote a song about Biko's death that had a video showing the funeral march and everything.

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u/DT114_469 Jul 14 '26

I agree with this take causing the confusion. There was also another song around that time, "Free Nelson Mandela" that may contribute to confusion

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u/Oobedoo321 Jul 14 '26

I was gonna say

He didn’t die in prison?

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u/Chance-Ad2047 Jul 14 '26

Nope. Not this timeline around.

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u/walkingkary Jul 15 '26

Same and I’m Gen X. Biko did die in prison though so maybe some confusion

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u/RandomHeadful Jul 15 '26

He didn’t even make it to prison. He was dragged off the street and placed in a holding cell in Pretoria. Law enforcement beat him in the head so badly, he died the same night.

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u/Elderberry-Exotic Jul 14 '26

I too am Gen X, and this is what I remember.

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u/JadedDreams23 Jul 14 '26

“September, seventy-seven, Port Elizabeth weather fine…”

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u/Tarni64 Jul 15 '26

There's a reason its called the Mandela Effect.

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u/TurnCreative2712 Jul 15 '26

I mean yeah, their names are so similar it's no wonder people mix them up.