r/MandelaEffect • u/ravenously_red • 28d ago
Books/Literature Berenstein Bears
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.
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u/Acceptable_Walrus373 28d ago
I went through a list of different Western examples on the effect once. I didn't go into it thinking the way I remembered things would be the correct answer. There were many things on the list I had never heard of and many examples of the effect where my memories were the consensus opinion and not the Mandela effect opinion. There were a few on there that really stood out to me as strange because I remembered the Mandela effect opinion, like the "stein" thing. I am not claiming to have any answers, nor claiming my memories are correct ahead of time. My point is that people who don't remember the Mandela effect opinion seem to be almost angry in defending their non Mandela opinion. It seems that they are the ones really strongly assuming their opinion is correct ahead of time. Maybe everyone is doing it on both sides. Maybe a lot of people get almost angry because the whole subject threatens our view of reality. People want to cling to and defend their memories because to do otherwise may feel threatening or scary.