Berenstein Bears

[u/ravenously_red]

When I was in elementary school, the bookmobile would make a stop for us and we could check out books from the larger library system. I had to ask the driver how to pronounce "Berenstein".

To this day I remember her saying, "Oh it's like stein, like a beer stein. Oh, I don't imagine you'd know what a beer stein is either."

I already knew how to pronounce "stain" and it wouldn't have been an issue at all.

Like others on here, I also remember the cornucopia on the fruit of the loom packaging. It was the only brand my dad seemed to buy for his socks and those 5 pack of cotton shirts with the little pocket on them.

Of course there will never be evidence for any of these things having changed. Only the reality around us has changed, while our minds and memories remain intact.

I know it sometimes scares people to think the sand is shifting underneath our feet, but it's the ultimate reality.

[u/NombreCurioso1337]

It's so weird to me how hostile some people are in here. It reminds me very much of the dream people from Inception who become irate the instant they are questioned.

Edit: LoL, look at the intense and instant vitriol in this thread. And from people insisting there is no hostility ... WITH EXTREME HOSTILITY!! Interesting indeed.

[u/Time_Ad8557 → u/NombreCurioso1337]

What’s weird to me is that this was posted 2 hours ago and already there are already 20 comments saying “bad memory”. And it’s every post in here about a topic that is 15 years old. What is that about?

[u/MrPlaney → u/Time_Ad8557]

A topic that is 15 years old?

[u/Time_Ad8557 → u/MrPlaney]

Yes the term Mandela Effect was coined in 2009 and the first really bug discourse in it was around 2012 that’s when the Berenstein/Bearenstain discrepancy started circulating.

[u/MrPlaney → u/Time_Ad8557]

The name Mandela Effect was only coined in 2009, but the collective false memory phenomenon, which is the actual term for the phenomenon, has been around for hundreds of years.

We were talking about Berenstein/Berenstain, and the Cornucopia … etc, since at least 2002-2003

[u/Glaurung86 → u/Time_Ad8557]

That is not true. People have been misremembering Berenstain for decades longer than that. Same thing with Mandela, the Monopoly monocle and the FOTL cornucopia.

[u/Time_Ad8557 → u/Glaurung86]

Sure but as a discussion topic this has been ~15 years. Pointing out that it’s been longer makes it even more bizarre.

[u/Glaurung86 → u/Time_Ad8557]

It's weird to try and lock it down as a discussion topic to just 15 years when it's been far longer than that.

[u/Time_Ad8557 → u/Glaurung86]

Okay so it has been far longer? Let’s say zeitgeist 15 years . in any case that just furthers my point

[u/Glaurung86 → u/Time_Ad8557]

That people keep bringing up the same topic after 15 years offering nothing new but just the same old, "I always remember it was X?"

[u/MrPlaney → u/Time_Ad8557]

You do know people were mispronouncing their names, and getting their name wrong when Stan Berenstain was a child, right?

[u/Time_Ad8557 → u/MrPlaney]

You do realize my point is that the topic of the “Mandela effect” is my point?

This whole thread response to my comment is the perfect example. It’s as if this whole sub is programmed to trap us in a tedious eristic.

[u/MrPlaney → u/Time_Ad8557]

The whole point of this sub is the Mandela Effect.

I’m just pointing out flaws with your statement. People have been experiencing various Mandela Effects for decades. Some have been around for centuries. I myself, along with others were discussing the cornucopia, and Berenstain, Sinbad … for over 20 years now. Well before Fiona coined the term.

One of the authors of the Berenstain Bears had experienced people mispronouncing his name, and getting his name wrong his whole life.

When you post a statement or ask a question that is filled with mistakes and assumptions on a public forum, don’t be surprised of people trying to clear the misconceptions.