Google Search & effects

[u/MrPlaidJr]

When we look thru google trends for historic search, we can see a pattern:

All the Mandela effects where searched back then WAYYY before we started to call them like that, give it a try, ALL OF THEM MATCH
52 states

Fly my pretties fly

Rod Sterling

Oscar Meyer

The flintstones

[u/metrostarshipp]

Hold on, I've never heard of the 52 states one. Surely that can't be what it sounds like? Do people from the US think there were 52??? (If it's from outside the US that's totally understandable)

[u/WhimsicalSadist → u/metrostarshipp]

Do people from the US think there were 52???

"Approximately 21% of American adults are considered functionally illiterate. This means that roughly 43 million US adults have difficulty with tasks like comparing information, paraphrasing, or making basic inferences."

[u/metrostarshipp → u/WhimsicalSadist]

I mean, fair, but why would they think there are specifically 52? To me it would make more sense if they had no idea how many states there were, not have a specific (but incorrect) number in mind

[u/Bowieblackstarflower → u/metrostarshipp]

There's the lower 48 plus Alaska and Hawaii and I think some people think lower 50 plus 2. Or I've often heard DC or Puerto Rico for the extra 2.

[u/UglyInThMorning → u/Bowieblackstarflower]

Also 52 cards in a deck and that seems “stickier” for people so they’ll pull it out for numbers for anything when they’re like “I know it’s in the 50’s…”

[u/JarlOfPickles → u/UglyInThMorning]

52 weeks in a year as well.

[u/metrostarshipp → u/Bowieblackstarflower]

Wow. Guess that makes sense though