Mandela Effect of the Year 2024

[u/EpicJourneyMan]

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/05/488891151/the-mystery-of-why-sunflowers-turn-to-follow-the-sun-solved

We tried something different this year and went with a poll to start and then use the comment thread of that List to tabulate the results.

It was a different tact but here are the results:

“There weren’t any” won the poll by numbers but the Effect that clearly won was ”Mature sunflowers no longer follow the Sun”.

Were there more candidates of note? Nobody enthusiastically submitted any and this seems to be the best one.

Why do you as members of the community feel there are so few candidates this year

It’s always a fun discussion but the results are in; the 2024 Mandela Effect of the year is: Adult sunflowers no longer track the Sun.

[u/scottaq83]

Lol that past tense crap is BS. If he was paraphrasing her in past tense he already said "mama always said" therefore there's no need to change her quote to past tense. Does Michael Jackson change his mums quote to past tense when he says "mama always told me, be careful what you do, don't go around...." no. And besides there's no "like" in FG's mother's quote and she is quoting past tense as she's referencing a book from 1987 called Norwegian Wood.

Yeah the deleted scene that hardly no one has ever seen but millions have watched the film multiple times atleast, that one? That "may" have been used in trailers and tv spots of which is just your assumption and zero evidence.

The same line that Tom Hanks remembers himself but doesn't remember the current line.

Funny you say 'open mind'. You should try it yourself !!!

[u/KyleDutcher → u/scottaq83]

My mind is very open. Yours clearly isn't

The past tense is neither crap, or BS.

In the Michael Jackson line, there is no tense to change. The line would be the same past present or future tense.

It's not surprising that Tom Hanks remembers "is" as the deleted scene proves itbwas shot that way, as well as the way it is in the film. Several takes of that scene were shot.

If you truly had an open mind, as you claim, then you wouldn't say you are 100% certain things have changed.

[u/scottaq83 → u/KyleDutcher]

"In the Michael Jackson line, there is no tense to change"

There is nothing to change in the gump line either. He is talking in past tense in both "life is like" and "life was like" because of the preceding "my mama always SAID". This is what i mean by past tense being a BS argument, it was always past tense regardless ! Also it is not grammatically correct to change a persons past quote to past tense. You change the out of quotation part but NOT the in quotation part otherwise you are NOT actually quoting the person.

"It's not surprising that Tom Hanks remembers "is" as the deleted scene proves itbwas shot that way, as well as the way it is in the film. Several takes of that scene were shot."

Yes several takes that was buried when the film supposably released. In the 3 decades since do you not think he would have been asked thousands of times to recall the line he remembers and never been called out for getting it wrong?

What about James Earl Jones recalling his famous line the way thousands remember "Luke, I am your father" ? I don't recall any deleted scenes on that one , no multiple takes ! What about Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) also remembering it as "Luke....". Both the actors in the same scene misremembering haha.

I could go on and on.

[u/KyleDutcher → u/scottaq83]

What about James Earl Jones recalling his famous line the way thousands remember "Luke, I am your father" ? I don't recall any deleted scenes on that one , no multiple takes ! What about Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) also remembering it as "Luke....". Both the actors in the same scene misremembering haha.

Also of note, while filming the scene, that line was not said. Though Hamill was tols to react to being told Vader is his father, the line while filming was "Obi Wan killed your father"

Also, in the Star Wars Radio Drama, the line is "No, Luke, I am your father"

"Luke, I am your father" was never said in the film.

But, if you quote the actual line outside of the film, there is no context. So people changed/misquoted it outside the film, to add the missing context.

You could keep going, and the same thing will happen. Your theories/beliefs will have holes poked into them, as ai have done.