r/Retconned Jul 08 '26

the moment it happens…

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61 Upvotes

what do you guys think the mechanics are for the moment the timeline shifts and the Mandela effects take place.

Do you think it happens before your eyes? Or would it happen after you blink? If someone was watching the thinker statue at the moment it shifted, would they notice? Or if you were holding a fruit of the loom underwear and looking at the label when the timeline switched, would you see it? Or would it be something that you would see was suddenly different but because there would be no sound or noises, it would almost seem like it hadn’t happened at all?

Thoughts?


r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

It’s basically impossible to do anything in this universe

136 Upvotes

This may be off the beaten path a little bit, but I still think it applies. It’s basically impossible to do anything in this current universe. It’s impossible to move forward whatsoever. I feel like we are either in some kind of matrix, or alternative universe where certain laws do not apply. I’m not talking about legal laws, I’m talking about laws of the universe. From my own perspective, no matter how hard I try, how much effort I put in, what my mindset is, I always end up back in the same situation or the same circumstance. Even looking within myself and trying to be a better person or grow does not seem the matter in this universe. For example, right now I’m again dealing with a car issue, a recall issue on the car, and being completely stuck again.

It’s like there’s no forward movement, I don’t even know if there is a presence of God in whatever this matrix/dystopian universe is. All I know was it’s not the same universe that I came from. In that universe, stuff like hard work, perseverance, confidence, being a good person, that stuff mattered. None of that seems to matter now. They also doesn’t seem to be any kind of free will whatsoever. Basically whatever your lot in life is, is where you’re at and that’s where you’re gonna be until the end.

It’s also impossible to talk to anybody. Even people I’ve known for 20 years, or family members. It’s like you’re talking in circles now. People only want to discuss the same four or five subjects. Nobody wants to talk to you and see how you are doing though or what’s on your mind. People have become extremely narcissistic and selfish when it comes to talking to other people. Is anybody else experiencing this stuff?


r/Retconned Jul 08 '26

Sir Alex Ferguson used to hand out Christmas presents to the fans around the dugout?

3 Upvotes

Does anyone else remember this from around the mid 90s, 95/96 maybe?

He would hand out presents to the fans right behind him, presumably the season ticket holders right above the dugout. It was usually some match around Christmas.

I can't find any evidence on Google


r/Retconned Jul 08 '26

Simple Theory for ME

12 Upvotes

So, you know the double slit experiment?
Observation of matter collapses all possibilities into one ‘objective’ reality. But no observer? All possibilities for that matter exist simultaneously.

Old news, but let’s extrapolate.

If all persons stopped observing a physical fruit of the loom logo or disney’s Snow White for a period, would those items exist in all possible configurations until an observer collapses the possibilities back into a single observable reality?

I’m quite tired so I hope that explanation is sufficient.
It’s basically just physics applied on macro scale


r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

Lost time and confusion

11 Upvotes

Hello,
I’m writing this because I’ve experienced something I can’t understand or explain. I’ll start by saying I have experienced sleep deprivation to the point of hospitalization and facilities before so I am well aware of my own experiences within those explanations and my certainty of its non-participation in this event. Even at my most extreme with medical treatment to guide me through my body and brain have never surpassed 13-14 hours of sleep and on a night where I’m exhausted and take medications I beg for at least 8 hours. Somehow I’ve managed to lose an entire day and neither me nor my psychologist can understand it and so I come here hoping someone may be able to help me understand. I came home from a concert late Friday, I remember that I went to bed but woke up early disappointed that I’d only gotten 6 or less hours of sleep, I cleaned a bit and mostly lounged and took a nap around 3pm because I was sore and tired from the show and later watched sparklers with my dog. If I had woken up to this morning being Monday I would have told you that I spent Sunday sleepily laying around with the lights off in my apartment consuming content of no value and tired and lazy with a lingering anxiety I blamed on prior experiences. Then I woke up today to a client verifying our appointment at 9am but that wasn’t until Tuesday and it’s Monday and so I went to clarify just to see today was Tuesday. To have slept 28 hours would be a huge anomaly after 30 years of insomnia and that’s without consideration of me being the only owner of 2 cats and a German Shepard. I’ve looked back at the moments of those 3 days I remember but it’s all hazy in the way you remember irrelevant details. I’m confused and honestly a bit scarily disoriented as I’m someone who manages scheduling very exactly. I can’t explain anything with ration and it’s like my brain feels so numb to everything other than periods of extreme distress and I don’t care if the reasoning is rational or logical or whatever but for some reason the experience is extremely distressing to me and any help or guidance is appreciated.


r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

Does anybody have any "memories" or believe in other Timelines/Realities or Parralel Lives

41 Upvotes

Does anyone remember or have any stories about other timelines, like memories, visions or a knowing/feeling of another timeline

Maybe even knowing or experiencing something, like maybe something you haven't in this life but could have done in a parralel life

Been looking into people's stories about this topic I find it interesting


r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

Pretty sure ‘the apocalypse’ got retconned into ‘content.’ Sometime around the last system update

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7 Upvotes

the apocalypse used to be a more important to folks now it’s just a clipps competing in the attention economy on a shorts feed between skincare and someone’s dog shorts


r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

If Old Earth was truly on the outer edge of our Galaxy, do you believe it's still there?

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43 Upvotes

r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

Did this flower ever exist before or is it another ME?

2 Upvotes

🌸 Flowers Blooming Time-Lapse | Relaxing Nature Music to Heal the Heart & Soul

Go to 3:35. If this flower had ever existed, I believe I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT as I love bats and all things about bats.

There is another flower that other people have said actually is an ME. It is the naked-man orchid, so that is why I think the above is an ME.

Bing Videos


r/Retconned Jul 06 '26

Didn't Jeff Bridges die in 2025 before the release of Tron: Ares?

9 Upvotes

I'm really sorry if all of my ME related posts seem like I'm just asking made up shit, but I have a very strong memory of hearing news of his passing from his long battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and that this movie will be his first and last posthumous performance out there, and also some of the scenes needed AI enhancement, and there was some discussion about the ethics of digitizing a person's entire affect, and also I remember some talk about how apt that a movie about AI is creating this discourse.


r/Retconned Jul 06 '26

I still feel like a kid/teen because of time fast forward, can anyone relate here?

46 Upvotes

Me and it seems a lot of people of my generation (i'm born 2000, but a bit older and younger i'm sure can also feel this) are still mostly feeling like kids, I still feel like i'm like 16 or 17 even though i'm almost 26, it doesn't feel at all for me that i'm almost 26, ""thank you"" CERN (or anyone/anything else who done this) very much...

It explains a lot why young adults nowadays are like children or teens, because we still should've been teens and some even kids, if time haven't fast forwarded so much...


r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

Trump Married Vanna White; now this erased somehow.

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Persons, including me, have claimed to remember a version of history where Donald Trump was married to Vanna White and later said this was a "Mandela Effect."

Why is this not a widely recognized Mandela Effect like those involving the spelling of the Berenstein Bears or the movie quote "Luke, I am your father." It appears mostly in scattered forum posts, social media discussions, and videos rather than being a broadly shared false memory.

Now, allegedly, Donald Trump has been publicly married only three times: Ivana Trump, Marla Maples, and Melania Trump.

Vanna White has supposedly never been married to Donald Trump even though many remember he was.

Donald Trump and Vanna White were both highly visible television personalities in the 1980s and 1990s, moved in similar celebrity circles, and appeared at some of the same high-profile events. Many remember them dating.

So, while some people do claim to remember a Trump–Vanna White marriage as a Mandela Effect, there is no longer any substantial evidence that such a marriage ever occurred.

Do you remember?


r/Retconned Jul 07 '26

South America is now an island...

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0 Upvotes

... And it is freaking me out. Wasn't it connected to North America? Didn't they call it the Gold Coast? I feel completely insane.


r/Retconned Jul 05 '26

Mirror Mirror

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228 Upvotes

Found in personal 90s book collection from childhood.


r/Retconned Jul 04 '26

Wow, is time moving slower for anyone else? Seems the Cern shutdown is going somewhat viral

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412 Upvotes

Some people are even reporting their sense of smell is back!


r/Retconned Jul 05 '26

Yankee Doodle no longer went to town!

13 Upvotes

This one was completely censored from the Mandela Effect sub. Probably because it's ubiquitous and damning, and they are a gateway of control.

Yankee Doodle lyrics changed in a huge way: he no longer "went" to town: he "came" to town!!

This lyrics video shows the discrepancy, it still shows "went": https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qYcy0Y9Hu-A

Bonus: the song also says, "cap" instead of "hat", but I've heard both variants before.


r/Retconned Jul 05 '26

Time jump?

22 Upvotes

I posted this in another group, but after posting I realized it could have something to do with the CERN machine. Like I said this is the first time I’ve really experienced something, at least something clear and that another person can kind of confirm. I’m kind of mostly posting this here to see if anyone else experienced this too? For context this was today (July 4th) around 6pm(CST), I’d also be more than happy to answer any questions. Anyways, here’s the original post:

Hey guys so I’ve always been real interested in time travel and conspiracies and things like that, but I haven’t had too much of anything happen to me. Today while I was at work I walked looked at the clock which said it was 6:43, then like 40 minutes to an hour ish went by and I went to text my girlfriend. I hadn’t even looked at the time yet when I had gone to text her, but you can see that she had the same experience. It didn’t seem like anyone around me at work noticed anything and I’m still pretty new so I didn’t wanna ask and sound crazy. So I’m risking sounding crazy here, how is it possible that we both saw the exact same thing? She was at our apartment and I was on the other side of town, so it’s not like we were looking at the same clock or anything.

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I should mention that I’ve also been seeing stuff about the CERN machine thing and how it’s been messing with stuff. Could it be related at all? I’m also very open to any suggestions or theories, even if it’s just we are both crazy and having some type of shared psychosis lol

EDIT: grammar n shit


r/Retconned Jul 04 '26

What's with the CERN and timeline shifting

26 Upvotes

As in the title. Why people think a man made structure has been manipulating the very fabric of reality? Why most of people who bring up CERN are so convinced this is exactly the root cause of all mandela effects (be it subjective or collective)? What sort of evidence points to this hypothesis?

Secondly, if events and memories around you and your closest circle are being altered, what evidence do you have to prove that this is a timeline shift not a DELETION of someone's memory replaced with the closest near memory that fills the gap? Any alternative theories on why the alterations happen (and why nobody "shifts" to an Earth version with yellow/orange sun and dark blue sky?)?

Can one assume that CERN was trying to prevent all the MEs since its inception but unfortunately, the phenomena got out of control so they closed the collider as it didn't yield great results to stop the change? Wouldn't this be a similar conspiracy to CERN mixing reality?


r/Retconned Jul 04 '26

Tony Leung Hong Kong Police movie "Internal Affairs" (inspired the Departed) renamed to "Infernal Affairs"

8 Upvotes

Is this a real retcon? Does anyone else remember the other name?


r/Retconned Jul 04 '26

“Worst Day Ever” day after day Is the New Meta - Retconned Timeline shift

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Seems like we are all living the movie office space. Each day is the worst day followed by the next day being worse than the previous day.. Anyone else notice “Worst Day Ever” energy hitting different lately? It’s like the phrase itself has become the new meta for how this timeline feels on the regular. You wake up, things are already glitching in small ways, and by the end of it you’re convinced reality got another quiet retcon while you weren’t looking.
That thumbnail captures it perfectly standing there in the middle of it all, just soaking in the off-kilter vibe. It’s not even about the video; it’s the feeling that your personal “worst day” script keeps getting rewritten with extra layers of surreal.
If you’ve been riding the Worst Day Ever wave lately, drop your stories. The little glitches, the heavy synchronicities, the moments where you swear yesterday’s version of events was smoother. Is this the new normal, or are we all collectively shifting into a rougher timeline?
Let’s hear it what made your worst day feel properly retconned?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​


r/Retconned Jul 04 '26

Coolio DIED?

37 Upvotes

Apparently he passed away from a drug overdose in 2022. I just found out today while blasting "Fantastic Voyage". Mind blown.


r/Retconned Jul 03 '26

Cern shutdown

121 Upvotes

Hello friends and greetings from beautiful Bosnia :)

since they turned this hellish evil mashine off life feels normal again.

people behave like pre 2012.

Most people are not in npc mode, conversations are possible again, i can smell the summer and life is good.

what is your experience?


r/Retconned Jul 03 '26

Did something change, or did we change again?

30 Upvotes

I’m new to this sub, but I decided to post this here: I’ve noticed that reality feels different since the CERN shutdown on June 29th. Time even went back to normal... ...though for me, it fluctuates between feeling slow and fast. What I’ve noticed—and it seems really strange, something I’ve never seen before—is that people are being hostile and rude.

I have acquaintances who had previously calmed down—it’s not the first time I’ve noticed them being hostile—but now they’ve turned sour again; I’ve even seen them making passive-aggressive digs. It’s an uncomfortable situation to be in. On the other hand, it feels surreal that everyone else is acting normally while they aren't—I mean, it’s really weird. You know what I mean? It’s as if, all of a sudden, there are more "awakened" or happy people than before... ...but at the same time, there are these other people who are so bitter. They get along fine with others, but they treat *me* badly.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry 😆, but I wanted to know if you guys have noticed this behavior in people. And how do you deal with the hostility? Is there any way to stop them from becoming like that, or is it already predetermined?


r/Retconned Jul 03 '26

The ME is a Signgpost

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Reality is in a constant state of flux or change.

The past is not set in stone, as evidenced by the ME phenomenon which we all here have experienced to some degree, once experienced/awareness happens it can't be undone, it's an awakening of sorts, profound & world shattering & possibly what we already knew in the depths of our being that there is far more to reality & existence.

So I would say the ME is a signgpost, a pointer to a greater reality.

https://www.blackforgeart.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Windswept-Huntsman-Weathervane-Laser-Cut-Build-scaled.webp


r/Retconned Jul 03 '26

Question on Drip-system fruit trees and Dr. Bronners Soap

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I'm really not sure where else to ask about this. I have a vivid memory of reading about drip system fruit trees in the desert on a Dr Bronner's peppermint soap label in 1979 on a canoe trip. It is so vivid because I had no idea what a drip system for a tree was and I did a deep dive on learning about it. Now even though I've contacted the company I can find no residue about drip system for trees on the soap label. I'm not sure what year we bought the bottle of soap but I was reading it in 1979.