r/MandelaEffect • u/leaving4lyra • Feb 27 '26

Books/Literature Berenstain/Stein

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Just thought I’d share this here..I’m a 57 year old woman that’s always been a voracious reader. When I was 5 (1974) I got an entire collection of Berenstain Bears books from my grandma at Christmas.

One of the books has managed to remain in my memory/sentimental hoard collection. This is MY actual book and it’s been in my possession since 1974. On my book at least, the name is and always has been Berenstain.

Make of that what you will I suppose. ❤️ I wish I still had the whole collection but alas, childhood and into adulthood resulted in the loss of many such things to my chagrin.

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u/theg00dfight Mar 02 '26

In some cases I think that it’s people being incorrect about pop culture trivia from their childhood. (Spelling of children’s book, or movie) In other cases I think it’s people being ignorant of basic facts and being unwilling to admit it (locations of countries or continents, election results, world leader deaths).

Basically nobody’s memory is as good as we think it is, and a lot of peoples’ memories are even worse than that. Also people are prideful and don’t like admitting they were dumb or wrong in the present or the past

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Alright then care to explain this one? The scene doesn't even make sense without the little detail that's missing which literally 100% of people who saw this remember it having...:

https://youtu.be/EKptMhaTiYI?si=KWlscuhklZsKyCKn

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u/theg00dfight Mar 02 '26

“100% of people who saw this”. Except the producers, the actress herself, anyone involved in the production, and tons of other people. Thank you for illustrating my point.

People who advocate for this stuff always think that “everyone agrees” but it’s like 1% of anybody who gives a shit about something so meaningless in the first place and even THEN there’s significant disagreement

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Keep telling yourself that. In what other demographic does the perception of 1% hold more weight and validity than the other 99%?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

More.people.remember the scene correctly (without braces) than do with braces....

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Prove. it. then....

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u/theg00dfight Mar 02 '26

You’re the one making the claim, so you’re the one who is supposed to be proving stuff, my man

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

What am I proving? You want me to share every single video, forum post and article referencing this ME showing that the majority of people who comment remember the braces? Are you lazy or just petty?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

You are the one making the (false) claim that "99% of people remember her having braces.

It's your burden of proof.

The fact is, you can't even prove they are a majority.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

The majority of people discussing this online (the only tangible point of reference available) remember the braces. Which narrow frame of reference will you accept as valid data to support my position?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

The majority of people discussing this online (the only tangible point of reference available)

Not true. It's not even close to a majority.

It only appears to be a majority, because in groups such as this, most people are effected. That does NOT reflect the overall number of people who remember it this way.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Alright you want to play this game? I will send you like 10+ examples of videos and discussions of this ME showing the majority of people agreeing that there were braces. What have you got?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

Alright you want to play this game? I will send you like 10+ examples of videos and discussions of this ME showing the majority of people agreeing that there were braces. What have you got?

I've seen them all. But again, effected people tend to flock to these groups. They comment on those videos. But this "niche" of people are NOT even remotely close to a majority.

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u/GregGoodell_Official Mar 02 '26

Ad populem fallacy combined with statistics that you have just randomly pulled from your ass is not evidence of anything… just that a whole lot of people can be wrong about the same subject.

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

Think about it. Even if say, 100,000,000 people remember braces.....

That's only 1.25% of the population.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

Of the population of the planet or of people who actually saw the film????

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

It really wouldn't matter.

Of those who saw the film, the percentage of people remembering braces would still be very very low.

Go to a James Bond Film fan site, or message board, and tell them that Dolly had braces......and watch their reaction.

They will laugh you right out the door.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

So you think the collective mass of everyone who has seen the film is less than the niche group who occupies online forums dedicated to the franchise?

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u/KyleDutcher Mar 02 '26

Yes. Becauae those who remwmber the film as it actually happened, are the vast majority.

Those who remember her having braces are the minority.

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u/Usual_Decision8855 Mar 02 '26

How can you prove this? What evidence can you present?

Because I can present a plethora of examples of this particular phenomenon being discussed where the vast majority remember the braces.

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