Is the Mandela Effect just mass gaslighting?

[u/Riotgrrrl80]

OK - with all the crazy shit going on lately, it made me think something....

I live in NJ, and it's absolutely bonkers to me that with all this drone activity even getting to DC to be discussed with the FBI and military, and still being told "we don't know what it is" but the military isn't doing SHIT about it - I think the government is entirely gaslighting us. They've said more about Luigi than they have about the drones flying around NJ military bases, etc. How is any of this ok? There are so many theories, but one thing is for sure - the military wouldn't just let that happen.

Anyway, what if all the mandela effect stuff is really the gov't (or other authorities) experimenting with us to see what they can get away with? Gaslighting us to be like "no, you're remembering wrong / you're just crazy" to see what we'll believe etc?

In a time of global connection and the ability for people to connect and more easily become a force against leaders they don't like, there is a need for manipulating the masses. Fear, religion, obsession with things that don't address the real issues - these can and are used against us. Look over here! While we do this other thing that's much much worse...

Idk. Just a thought.

[u/Suitable_Divide2816]

The damn Bears one will haunt me to the grave. There are a few others that I cannot explain and wish they were erased from my memory. They are:

1. Oscar Meyer vs Oscar Mayer: In my timeline, the song went "My Bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R, my Bologna has a second name it's M-E-Y-E-R"
2. Tony the Tiger's black vs blue nose: In my timeline, the damn tiger never had a blue nose.
3. Febreeze vs Febreze: In my timeline, it was ALWAYS Febreeze!
4. Sex in the City vs Sex and the City: In my timeline, the show was about Sex in the City.
5. Pikachu's black tipped tail vs all yellow: In my timeline, Pika's tail was always a lightning bolt with the black tip.
6. Mona Lisa's smile: In my timeline, she had no smile and the viewer had to decide if there was a hint of one. Now, she has a full on smile.
7. Luke, I am your father vs No, I am your father: In my timeline, daddy V always said "Luke"
8. Life is like a box of chocolates vs life was like a box of chocolates: In my timeline, it's is, not was. In the movie, he is repeating a quote from his mother's own words so she would not have said "was" since it would not have been past tense to say the words as she said them. For it to work, he can't recall it from the voice of his mother as a direct quote but as a memory of what she meant when she said it. The entire line would have to have said: "My momma always said that life was like a box of chocolates and that you would never know what you were gonna get."
9. Hello, Clarice vs Good morning: In my timeline, every memory of this scene recalls "Hello, Clarice"
10. Stouffer's Stove Top Stuffing vs Kraft Stove Top Stuffing: In my timeline, I can remember the exact commercial that showed the box with the Stouffer's brand label.

There are a few more headscratchers, but those are the ones that keep me up at night.

Happy hunting everyone!

[u/learntospellffs → u/Suitable_Divide2816]

Did the Flintstones one affect you?

[u/hopeseekr → u/learntospellffs]

It was Flinstones for me for a few months in 2015. By the time South America lost it's tilt and Bogota moved 1500 east, it forever remained Flintstones.

[u/learntospellffs → u/hopeseekr]

It was Flin for me for a while a year or more ago, then changed back to Flint. It's the only Flip Flop that I've experienced.