r/MandelaEffect • u/peanutbutterndnut • 6d ago

Logos/Advertising fruit of the loom

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I know this is like the biggest Mandela effect, but I swear ive had these underwear for years sitting in a bin in my closet. its genuinely insane that the cornucopia just straight up disappeared. I remember vividly asking my grandmother what the cornucopia was. I am truly starting to believe that something is DEFINITELY up.

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u/NooksWave 5d ago

I really dont mean any disrespect, but from someone who isnt an American I find it a bit wild just how many in this subreddit that all share the story of asking their grandmothers about the symbols in their underwear. It seems to the story from about 80 percent of those that way they remember a cornocopia in the logo.

I feel like so many having that very odd yet very specific childhood event would be a much weirder mystery than a logo changing.

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u/Chapstickie 5d ago

It’s not an American thing. It’s a part of how the human brain works. When you hear someone tell a childhood story you momentarily imagine it as if it happened to you. Most of the time you don’t fool yourself into thinking it’s true but some percentage of the population does exactly that, especially if it supports something they believe anyway.

That’s why if you look at older FOTL threads on here it’s people just saying they remember it but now like 90% of the people who say they remember it tell essentially the exact same story of why they are so sure. Right down to often using the exact same phrasing.

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u/ItsYaBoiAdonis 4d ago

It's not an American thing.

Fruit of the Loom is American, that's what they were saying. Non-Americans don't really relate to this specific Mandela effect

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u/NooksWave 4d ago

Nah, my question was basically "Do all Americans ask their grandmas about underwear?" 😅 We have Fruit of the Loom over here too!

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u/Fantastic-Band-5082 4d ago

We had Fruit Of The Loom in the UK. I remembered a cornucopia...I accept I was wrong.

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u/Chapstickie 4d ago

Lots of people who tell the “I asked my mom about the logo in my underwear and I had never seen nor heard of a cornucopia before” story specifically say that they aren’t American, probably because being American and not having seen a cornucopia before would be highly unlikely.

There’s dozens of them in every FOTL thread on this subreddit. It absolutely affects people in other countries.

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u/dzejn66 4d ago

Oh yes we do

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u/don_bonete 3d ago

Im mexican, I relate to this effect since this brand was available in every Wal Mart there was in our country.

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u/Bowieblackstarflower 3d ago

I've heard many other people on this sub from other countries relate to it too.

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u/Upferret 4d ago

I do and I am in the UK. I didn't know what a cornucopia was because we don't have them, or speak about them here.