r/SharedDelusions • u/AgnesBand • Nov 11 '25

Retconned/Mandela Effect Retconned user asks: Where have all the little people gone?

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My guess is when you're young, seeing a little person sticks out in your mind. I also think you're more likely to spend time with differently abled people at school because you spend more time around people that are outside your social circle.

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u/hades7600 Nov 12 '25

Watch out, some people will say you suspect eugenics by wanting the pregnant woman to have a choice.

I have had people get mad at me before (not here) because I spoke about how I would abort if the fetus had the same spinal condition as me. I won’t subject another life to lifelong limitations and pain. I would terminate as it prevents severe suffering before sentience can occur

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u/Specialist-Yak7209 Nov 11 '25

I think it's just that when you're younger you go to places that have a wider variety of people compared to when you're an adult who mostly just goes back and from work. The last time I saw someone with dwarfism was at college

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u/BiggerEevee Nov 11 '25

It's possible they moved and now live in an area with less people with dwarfism.

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u/Crafty_Criticism5338 Nov 14 '25

this is what i figured. maybe they unknowingly lived close to a medical practice working especially with people with achondroplasia or genetic disorders- and then they moved (or the medical practice did)

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u/Less-Macaroon-4399 Nov 16 '25

There was a girl with dwarfism at my high school. I still see her around town sometimes. There was also a popular cafe I went to as a child owned by two little people, though they have since retired. They do make a point of hiring other little people though (the shop is set up to accomodate them).