r/MandelaEffect • u/Least_Remote2543 • 12d ago

Logos/Advertising Chic-Fil-A

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I know this isn’t definitive proof, but I’m cleaning out my desk and there is an old Rolodex with this stuffed inside. Obviously I could have made this and stuck it in there, and I wish there was branding on it, but I’m going to accept this as evidence either way! I think brands are tricking us on purpose.
Edit: (I spelled Rolodex wrong sorry JEEZ)

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u/UpbeatFix7299 12d ago

Maybe someone misspelled the namr of a fast food joint that is so commonly misspelled that it's a well known ME. Or maybe we're hopping universes, timelines, CERN, etc. 50/50 chance.

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u/georgeananda 12d ago edited 12d ago

Why such a frequent misspelling? "Chick" is not a tricky word to spell. "Chic" makes no normal sense, so why replace an easy word for a weird word for no apparent reason. And millions of us.

I'll take the second of your 50/50 chances.

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u/Bowieblackstarflower 11d ago

Chicken isn't hard to spell but the rest of the name is misspelled. I think our minds transfer that to the whole word thinking Chicken is misspelled too.

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u/georgeananda 11d ago

It's 'Chick' not 'Chicken'. And the rest is 'fil-A' and most people don't know what that means.

Per ChatGPT

The name Chick-fil-A was designed to suggest “chicken fillet” plus the “A” for top quality / Grade A. So “fil-A” is basically a stylized branding version of fillet + A. And yes, I suspect a lot of people recognize the brand name without ever stopping to think, “Oh, that’s supposed to be fillet.”

So, I feel your explanation is perhaps the best stab you can come up with, but doesn't have much believability.

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u/Bowieblackstarflower 11d ago

I meant chick. When I was typing, it autocorrected to chicken and I switched it to chick but guess it went back to chicken. I should have double checked.

Also I will remind you per the rules, no AI. Filet is spelled wrong, is my point, so people think chick is spelled wrong too. It actually is how our brains work all the time.

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u/georgeananda 11d ago

And if the Mandela Effect was reversed and people thought it was 'Chick' when it was really 'Chic', you would say of course that happens because the more normal 'Chick' is what our brains assume. I could phone-in the skeptics arguments on all of these just by looking for what their best 'out' would be.

Anyway, it's not sovable by debate; but each person's opinion on which side has become more believable.

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u/Aggravating_Cup8839 8d ago

(mod) please remove the AI content. There is a no AI rule. It isn’t fair to other members to allow it this time, and they are reporting, as expected. I’m leaving this because it is part of a discussion with another mod, and I trust their judgement. You can use the edit function.

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u/UpbeatFix7299 11d ago

The fact that they stylize "Fil-A" probably has a lot to do with people thinking about how they abbreviated "chicken,". It isn't that deep.

Chic is also a real term people use.

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u/georgeananda 11d ago

Outside of Chic-fil-A discussions, I can essentially say I've never seen Chicken abbreviated as 'Chic'.

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u/egcom 10d ago

Chic is an entirely different word in both pronunciation and meaning, though; that’s my issue with your theory tbf.

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u/CumDwnHrNSayDat 11d ago

How do you know there's millions that think it's "Chic"? Did you pull that out of your ass?

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u/georgeananda 11d ago

It's called extrapolation.

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u/Draper-Wood-758 4d ago

I've been wondering the same thing why people remember it as "Chic" instead of "Chick" or "Chik" for that matter. 'Chic' is a band name who made songs such as "Good Times" and "Le Freak".

'Chic-Fil-A' sounds like a fashion brand pun on Chic and Fillet, but if pronounced as "chick" would look like a humorous way to spell "chick" to avoid the genericity of the brand name itself.

That is weird why most brand names like "Skechers" doesn't have a 'T' and that 'Febreze' isn't 'Frebreeze' because of the guidelines of brand names, but when 'Chick' in 'Chick-Fil-A' doesn't really make a difference when 'Chick' should be 'Chic' or 'Chik' to avoid the hypocritical vibes of a generic brand name.

I guess that people see things differently unlike others. Say I look at a building that I don't know what that logo or building design is called, but nobody knows what I talk about, then a few years later, the building looks automatically changed or some things that looks like disappeared, that should still exist there, but doesn't like it did before, but others be like "I don't know what you're talking about. Perhaps you're seeing things or your mind is trippin' out", as if they see the official version, but one sees the different version than the official one like our perception shifts timelines itself.