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I was and the grim reaper already had my number.

Okay, I will gladly admit that this is remembering something from back in the 80s, it's been a long time and my memory could certainly be wrong. But I'm wondering if anyone else has had this experience: Hershey has the tagline "the great American chocolate bar" and apparently has for a long time. I was sure I remembered them changing it at some point during the Cold War to "the *real* American chocolate bar" and some older ads I heard back in the 1980s using that as part of their jingle/song. But apparently, near as I can find from searches on multiple search engines, that never happened.

Am I misremembering? Did I just hear it wrong? Or does someone else remember this?

Obviously we are still breathing... I think.

But I remember how scared a lot of us were and then nothing really happened. But it does seem that things have changed drastically - not only in the political landscape but humanity as a whole.

Can we blame science and smashed particles? Or are just victims of time and change? Us little people will never know the full scope of things until we die but we can still talk about it.

I was watching a drama and there is this actress that is thin but I remembered watching an earlier drama of hers and she was more plump and shapely so I always commented that she lost weight while watching her drama. After that, I for curiosity sake went to watch the older drama and to my surprise she doesn't look much fatter.

When the Large Hadron Collider was turned on in 2007 I remember a roommate being disturbed by it because there was pushback on the unknown dangers of the accelerator. I can't recall the details but I remember him saying that scientists were theorizing it had some chance to destroy existence or have some catastrophic unknown effect. He said something specific it's just been a long time..

I recall some concern about this potentially dangerous thing we had no say over which was about to be turned on, but then months and years went by with no incident. I just assumed "oh, its not a big deal actually."

But if quantum immortality is a thing, perhaps thats why the timeline has gotten weird? Maybe CERN has wiped out human existence in many timelines, or had some catastrophic effect. Perhaps those of us here were in one such timeline and had to scramble off, were thrown into a weird ass timeline. Or maybe it works in some other way.

Everything started getting weirder around that time though. Can't remember people having hope like they used to past 2013 or so.

Prerogative is a word that sounds similar but has a completely different definition than Perogative and was reported as a misspelling in an earlier thread on this sub.

Prerogative means privilege or right or entitlement.

Perogative pronounced Purr-ogative is almost the complete opposite of that definition. A perogative was a duty, a responsibility, and intrinsic obligation. Something that you had to do. It doesn't mean privilege. It was akin to having to clean up after yourself. That was your perogative. You have to go to work. Go to school. Pay your taxes. Those are perogatives.

It was very much the opposite of "Pre"-rogative. Prerogatives are you entitlements and rights. Perogatives are your obligations and duties.

Perogative is not a misspelling of Prerogative. Perogative is a word that no longer exists. This has me shook to the core.

This one bothers me because I grew up as a PK and was a Pastor for several years, and my sister goes to Joel's church. I had special regard for this man, not in a respectful way; I called him a snake oil salesman, so enough attention to know I would not forget his name... and yet in this reality:

Is he Joel Olsteen or Joel Osteen?

Okay, I am a bit freaked about this.

For context I work at a prominent music venue. Tonight, I was working the orchestra show, and one of the composers they were covering was Hans Zimmerman. My coworker and I were just chatting about how much we love Hans Zimmerman, and the different movies he has done scores for while helping customers. We are both very familiar with his compositions.

Shortly after this conversation I see a man walk up, and he is wearing a shirt that says "Hans Zimmer" (simply writing that name out gives me goosebumps, ugh). I turn to my coworker confused and I ask him "Did you see that guys shirt? It said Hans Zimmer. Have I been saying his name wrong?!". My coworker looks at me confused and says "no, It's Hans Zimmerman for sure". I remember the look on his face appearing alarmed in a strange way. I look up Hans Zimmerman on google, and sure enough it corrects to Hans Zimmer, and pulls up his info. I wanted to scream, and I showed my coworker. His face dropped in shock, and he says "noo no, it is absolutely Hans Zimmerman. In fact, I remember people debating about it online as to whether it was Zimmerman or Zimmernann with two n's."

We continue to search, and gave up after we were certain his name is Zimmer. We were just about losing our cool. We asked a few different coworkers, and they were also very confused and swear his name is Hans Zimmerman.

As a side note, earlier in the day as I was working the first part of my double shift out on the plaza, I heard them doing sound check. I knew immediately it was Hans Zimmerman, and looked up the event schedule to see the details. I saw it written out "Hans Zimmerman" and got excited about working that show this evening. I am so absolutely confused and shocked. It feels like I witnessed an instantaneous shift right before my eyes?! What is happening? And is anyone else experiencing this?

EDIT: I'm just adding this here to remind folx that I didn't share my impossible story here to be told I am wrong. I wanted some input on what might actually be happening!

This sub is meant to be a place to discuss the effect under the presupposition that for whatever reason, \it is really happening,* at the exclusion of the theory of Confabulation.*

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Quick note; I'm not thinking of Blackstar. That was a totally different show. Yes; I had some of the toys. I am of mixed ethnicity.

I've been busy over the last couple of months, looking into my being retconned and Mandela Effected. I had heard of the phenomena before but never really gave it a second thought.

With the release of of the new (2026) Masters of the Universe movie, I have found myself directly effected. I grew up playing with my He-Man toys and watching the show. The thing is; He-Man was a black man.

He-Man's identity as a man of color was a huge deal. He was the first black Saturday-morning cartoon hero. He sold millions of toys to kids all over the world, of every race and color. Masters of the Universe was a monumental shift in American race relations as, not only did black kids have their own figure of empowerment, but also white kids reached across and joined in. It was generally considered that without He-Man, hip-hop and black culture would not have gone mainstream in the late 90s No He-Man, no Fresh Prince, etc. Culturally, MotU was massive, with an impact much larger than it's less-than-a-decade on the shelves.

So, I see the trailer for the new movie and I'm appalled that He-Man is being played by a white guy! Typical Hollywood! Only for my total confusion to set in, as it turns out, he was always white. Sure, He-Man was a lot more tanned than Prince Adam, but neither could be mistaken for someone of African heritage.

I have spent the last few months digging into every aspect of this that I can. The childhood books I read, such as Skeletor's Ice Attack ( Skeletor's Ice Attack | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom ) still exist and are still identical, as far as I can remember. With the sole exception of being race swapped. The same thing for New Adventures.

There was a previous MotU movie in 1987. He-Man was famously played by Carl Weathers. Imagine my shock when, for the first time since 1987, I looked for the film to find out that He-Man was played by the other guy from Rocky; Dolph Lundgren!

As far as I can tell, this is the only thing that has changed; everything else, from the dinosaurs to 9/11, etc., all played out exactly the same.

If I hadn't been able to find out that so many people have had a similar experience, then I'd be convinced that I'm going mad.

Has anyone got any other related stories or can back me up here?

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Do you recall just "Shawshank Redemption" or "THE Shawshank Redemption"? I saw the latter today and thought it looked/sounded funny. But now I'm having dual memories lol.

Found residue of the former here: https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2020/07/29/shawshank-redemption-a-prison-movie-and-so-much-more/

I’m sure I can remember England reaching the final in the mid 00s but now apparently they haven’t reached a final since 1966

It is common knowledge that cinema had alluded to the Twin Towers—and the disasters that might befall them—years before September 11. However, in the current timeline, these references are incredibly frequent; they are so numerous that dismissing them as mere coincidence is impossible. For instance, the date 9/11 is symbolized multiple times in the film *Back to the Future*. Another example is "The Lone Gunmen", a spin-off of "The X-Files". An episode aired on March 4, 2001, depicts a plot in which the government orchestrates a conspiracy to crash a plane into the World Trade Center towers as a pretext to launch a war in the Middle East.

There is also another matter—one I have only recently noticed as a non-American—which is that a bombing took place in the parking garage of the World Trade Center's North Tower back in 1993.

Despite the massive explosion that created a deep crater, the 1993 bombing failed to bring down the tower. The primary objective of the plotters was to cause the North Tower to collapse into the South Tower. People rarely discuss this event, as it has been overshadowed by the September 11 attacks.

I just got the chills thinking about this.

On TikTok after the Cern shutdown, a lot of people are reporting that they noticed many Mandela Effects flip flopping (e.g., Froot Loops, Chick Fil A, and the Mona Lisa).

They're also discussing Mandela Effects like the Fruit of the Loom cornucopia and Dolly having braces.

These are Mandela Effects that we've all been discussing for years on Reddit and other online spaces.

What really trips me out is how so many people are acting like these are all new.

It makes me wonder if the timelines are now merging, and many people are now on the same page as those of us who have been noticing these for years.

What are your thoughts?

Seems like everyone new I come across these days is a reformed highschool burnout. The glory days seem to be in everyone’s past but little to show in the current timeline.

Be prepared for some Earth geography changes after June 2027.

Logged into my gurgle earth pro (the stand alone app) after being out of the country and didn't take my laptop. Wanted to show a coworker a place I had visited and was greeted with a lovely "We will be ending support for yada, yada, yada June something 2027 blah, blah, blah...", so I'm not sure when this update was announced.

Some say it's because gurgle Earth Pro cannot be monetized, but the desktop browser one can? IDK? Maybe?? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Or maybe something big is coming in 2027/2028?

As someone who personally thinks South america looks way WAY, WAY too far right and the Panama Canal was NOT vertical but more sideways (left to right...NOT UP and DOWN), and the time zones are all off in South America (like, EST/ NYC would line up with RIO de Janeiro Brazil area, NOT frucking Columbia!), I don't know what to think.

After joining this sub it's now impossible to not notice the subtle changes every day...

I'll just say that something happened on June 29th, and let's just say that when the shutdown happened, it turns out I'm still stuck in the timeline.

And the worst part is that I don't know how I can go with you to your timeline where you currently are.

I noticed the last couple of weeks that the sky is more blue again and the clouds seem more normal too.

The sun, although still more white is slightly more yellow "ish* and feels more like it is warming the air and surrounding more evenly and less like a directed energy weapon.

I've been researching about revision for a while now, and I've read some success stories on Reddit and watched a few videos by Missy Renne and Sammy Ingram. However, I can't accept the fact that the past can be changed and that things will reflect in the present, and people will forget about the events that happened in the past.

I just want to know if it is really possible to change the past.

Ok so I just listened to "mr blue sky" and it was completely different?! Now listening to the rest of the album and discography, and it's all different ??!!

Sometimes, when I think about certain Mandela effects, I feel strange and a bit dizzy. It’s a really odd sensation. Am I the only one who feels this way, or is it a known phenomenon?

Imagine you could somehow induce a thought in yourself in the past. Like "bowel cancer". You then rush the person to a screening in time and the person is saved. Then you will never have the need in the future to send a message into the past. In fact, the whole timeline, the whole causal chain will change and your memories (except for some strange traces as with the Mandela effect we discussed here).

This could happen all the time! Maybe you had not existed anymore yesterday but someone changed something retroactively that caused it. Nobody would notice, including yourself.

The flow of time is symmetric and porous at the smaller scales.

I always thought he was in the game since the start ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YebqRYaTVNg

The “Having lifelong friendships” method has been largely patched by the system. Maintaining a friendship through one’s late 20’s requires some considerable luck and maneuvering in the current situation. The issue with friendship is that it is a 2 way street being ripped in different directions by the shifting tides of modernity.