I’ve been following this specific Mandela effect for a very long time. People didn’t used to remember it the same way. There used to be a lot of variance in size and color and direction and all that. It’s only when that specific fake got picked as the one people used to illustrate the cornucopia that people’s descriptions started getting closer to that one until now many people insist it’s EXACTLY right and I’m lying about its source.
There’s also this weird thing where people used to just claim they remembered the cornucopia and people who don’t just didn’t notice. Now like 90% of the people who say they remember it have specific anecdotal stories about why they KNOW it was there. But not unique stories. The same story with small differences like some people were doing laundry with their grandma and not their mom, those sorts of changes. Actually there are like three stories and people pick which one totally happened to them… but once again the high percentage of having a story as proof is ever increasing but fairly recent
Which I think is a good piece of evidence to how mandela effects form and spread.
I specifically remember being surprised there wasn't a cornucopia in the logo because the vintage logo with brown leaves kinda looked like one from a distance. We however had plenty of tacky cornucopia fall decor on table cloths, festive napkins, etc.With that common iconography, I had assumed it was the same thing on Fruit of the Loom up until that point.
Similar with Berenstain Bears. Hooked on Phonics taught me to sound it out. Other people see a long word and just gloss over it and substitute something they already know.
I encounter this mental shortcutting all the time with people dropping the middle syllable from my name. They see a word they don't recognize and panic jumble the whole thing up to get to the end as quickly as possible. They even do it in email with the name spelled out right in front of them.
The problem with both of these and “seeing a long word and substituting something they already know” is it requires the individual to replace something easy with something harder. Like what suffix is more common for kids, ein or ain? Stain is a normal word, like pain, drain, etc. Stein is basically just Jewish.
Same thing with fruit of loom. Everyone’s seen a basket of fruit. Cornucopias are only ever referenced with pilgrims and thanksgiving. I is definitely not the default assumption for how fruit is stored.
I worked a theatre production of the Berenstein Bears on Stage. I remember the Director asking Stan and Jan if it was pronounced Berensteen or Berenstine. I did not work on the Berenstain Bears on Stage. My theory is the Berenstein Bears were used for racist internet memes to great effect, somebody changed the timeline, boom we have the Berenstain Bears and Pepe the Frog instead.
Untrue. The mandela effect subreddit talks about this endlessly. If there were photos of proof or even evidence they would get posted instead of the known fakes.
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u/Chapstickie 9h ago
I’ve been following this specific Mandela effect for a very long time. People didn’t used to remember it the same way. There used to be a lot of variance in size and color and direction and all that. It’s only when that specific fake got picked as the one people used to illustrate the cornucopia that people’s descriptions started getting closer to that one until now many people insist it’s EXACTLY right and I’m lying about its source.
There’s also this weird thing where people used to just claim they remembered the cornucopia and people who don’t just didn’t notice. Now like 90% of the people who say they remember it have specific anecdotal stories about why they KNOW it was there. But not unique stories. The same story with small differences like some people were doing laundry with their grandma and not their mom, those sorts of changes. Actually there are like three stories and people pick which one totally happened to them… but once again the high percentage of having a story as proof is ever increasing but fairly recent
Which I think is a good piece of evidence to how mandela effects form and spread.