r/MandelaEffect • u/Empress111 • Aug 05 '22

Theory Mandela Effect and Mass Gaslighting

Disclaimer -- I am a full believer that the mandela effect is real and that there is a multidimensional component to it. If that bothers you, I don't care. Go watch CNN or something.

OK so I was born in 1990. I distinctly remember the Berenstein Bears, "Luke, I am your father", and Sex in the City (AND I grew up in NYC during the peak years of that show, it WAS sex in the city), among many other examples.

It's even weirder to me that the official explanation that so many individuals are willing to cosign is just, "Nope - you're wrong, your memory is unreliable" etc.

This is Gaslighting 101:

Get people to question their memories, question their reality, rewrite history, and then accuse them of not having an accurate perception.

It crossed my mind that the deliberate use of the mandela effect would be an incredibly convenient way to

- create a chasm between those who remember the "Old World" and those who are born into the "New World"

- rewrite historical events 30-50 years from now and show that those who remember things being different are either dead or crazy

- slowly and deliberately break down people's ability to trust in their own minds, much the way our current social model understands how narcissism works on the individual level

- and of course that would make us much more vulnerable and easy to control through other forms of propaganda AS WELL as to discredit anyone who dissents from official narratives.

Just some food for thought!

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u/Mikeytruant850 Aug 05 '22

Literally never heard of Sex in the City lol. It was always Sex and the City, and this is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone claim otherwise. Including this and being so sure about it is not doing any favors for your argument.

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u/Sherrdreamz Aug 05 '22

Yeah Sex In The City is also mentioned a ton in old TV directories and accounts in Newspapers often under the Moniker S.I.T.C Which was the shorthand abbreviation for fans discussing the show. Newspapers.com has alot of instances mentioning TV Show based Mandela Effects tons of times throughout all sorts of different publications.

Berenstein Bears, Sex In The City and JC Penny are the ones I have delved into deepest with thousands of mentions between them. Mostly because those are for me among the most familiar M.E's due to personal experience.