Alternative Explanations for 'The Mandela Effect'

[JohnEmmett]

No, we can't. There is nothing to access, nothing to test, nothing to evaluate.

So … you have no memory or refuse to trust your memory

 

[Bungle_Bear]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Retconned/

Enough. I'm asking you for specifics from your previous timelines. I don't want somebody else's assertions, I want specifics from you.

 

[JohnEmmett]

I don't want somebody else's assertions, I want specifics from you.

I am tired…

 

[Freodin]

Even if “that person” was ignored, then everyone else has plenty to say

None of these people has ever demonstrated a rational approach to this topic. Why should any of them be trusted?

They do what you do... they just ignore whatever they want. They revel in ignorance. They never address any criticism or problems of their claims. They don't even care about contradictions. Heck, why should they, if the whole of reality just adjusts to whatever they claim?

Like Flat Earthism, this is just another outcrop of the modern "it's all about me, nothing else counts" mentality.

And you are no exception. You are a prime example of that. Something to be really proud about.

 

[JohnEmmett]

None of these people has ever demonstrated a rational approach to this topic. Why should any of them be trusted?

I said trust your memories

 

[Bungle_Bear]

I am tired…

Dishonesty is hard work. But when you're not so tired you can give us a specific example, right?

 

[JohnEmmett]

Dishonesty is hard work.

Tiring to speak to evasive atheists who never learn

 

[Freodin]

So … you have no memory or refuse to trust your memory

I am German. Even more, I was born in Berlin. I know the wall, from personal experience. I know the checkpoints. I have been there. I have seen how it was, in my time. I have listened to those older than me, how it became what it was. I know the history behind it, the reasons for how it was.

And I have access to - and have accessed - the documentation. The official and the personal.

I have means to verify my memories. And I do understand that memory isn't "perfect".
You seem to think it's black and white, either-or. Either your memory is to be 100% trusted, or it must always be false and you cannot have any true memories.

That's bovine excrement. That's just not how memory works.

But nothing of that is of interest to you. You just hang onto people who tell fairy tales.

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Tiring to speak to evasive atheists who never learn

Give me a specific example of a difference. That would be a lot less work than this perpetual dishonesty.

 

[Freodin]

Tiring to speak to evasive atheists who never learn

Evasive?
For all that is sacred, John, do you ever look into a mirror? We are the ones who make page-long posts detailing stuff... and you reply with irrelevant and repetitive one-liners.

If there was a picture next to the dictionary entry of "evasive", it would show your face!

 

[JohnEmmett]

Evasive?

Yes … you never research this yourself

You never check your memories

 

[Freodin]

Yes … you never research this yourself

You never check your memories

How?

Don't be evasive! Tell me HOW to "check your memories"!

I can "go through" my memories. I can compare them with records. I can look for discrepancies.

But how do I "check" them? Which way is there to find out what is wrong... reality or memory?

ANSWER THIS!

 

[JohnEmmett]

How?

Don't be evasive! Tell me HOW to "check your memories"!

Look at the Soviet Union flag … tell me if you remember a Star

 

[JohnEmmett]

Is the Star new to you?

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Tiring to speak to evasive atheists who never learn

Let's make this really simple.

You claim that Hokkaido was connected to Honshu by land. Therefore, there would have been a direct rail connection between Tokyo and Sapporo from the 1870's and a shinkansen connection in the 1970's (perhaps earlier). Japan's economy would have profited. The Seikan tunnel would not have been required, so the money spent on that would have gone elsewhere. The Toya Maru disaster would not have happened.

Those are specific differences. Tell us how Japan was different (and it would have been very different).

 

[Freodin]

Look at the Soviet Union flag … tell me if you remember a Star

Well... yes, I do.

But just for once... consider other people.

Let's say I didn't remember a star. That could mean two things, right?
1. I didn't remember a star.
2. There was no star.

How do I distinguish between these two? THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT YOU JUST KEEP EVADING.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Let's say I didn't remember a star. That could mean two things, right?
1. I didn't remember a star.
2. There was no star.

How do I distinguish between these two? THAT IS THE QUESTION …

Appreciate that other people do remember the flag

And there simply was no Star for their timelines

 

[JohnEmmett]

Let's make this really simple.

For example, Hitler did not have blue eyes

Now he does

 

[Bungle_Bear]

For example, Hitler did not have blue eyes

Now he does

You claim that Hokkaido was connected to Honshu by land. Therefore, there would have been a direct rail connection between Tokyo and Sapporo from the 1870's and a shinkansen connection in the 1970's (perhaps earlier). Japan's economy would have profited. The Seikan tunnel would not have been required, so the money spent on that would have gone elsewhere. The Toya Maru disaster would not have happened.

Those are specific differences. Tell us how Japan was different (and it would have been very different).

 

[Freodin]

Is the Star new to you?

That is the official flag. The iconography.
Are you aware that real instances are not required to follow absolute rules? That differences do exist?

Interestingly, I used to own a Soviet flag. Not an "official" one. Just one I bought in a shop. It didn't have a star.

And you know what is really curious? It still doesn't! Why hasn't it changed to this "new timeline" rules?