Alternative Explanations for 'The Mandela Effect'

[JohnEmmett]

There is evidence? Where?

The world map is significantly different

Google maps …

 

[Freodin]

The world map is significantly different

Google maps …

Examples, please.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Examples, please.

Faiyum oasis and Japan

 

[Freodin]

Faiyum oasis and Japan

That's not an example of something "significantly different".
Yes, the Fayium oasis is different from Japan. But I dare say that is not what you meant.

So, still... examples please! You do have Google, don't you? So it shouldn't be that difficult to bring up some examples of what you mean. Or do you remember a different Google?

 

[JohnEmmett]

That's not an example of something "significantly different"

The Faiyum Oasis was not there when I was younger


Or should I say … I was not here when I was younger

 

[Freodin]

The Faiyum Oasis was not there when I was younger


Or should I say … I was not here when I was younger

So, please tell me... where do I google "the state of the Faiyum Oasis when JohnEmmett was younger"?
It doesn't show me any maps. Or other links.

 

[JohnEmmett]

It doesn't show me any maps.

It was merely the Nile river

 

[Freodin]

It was merely the Nile river

Examples please. Which maps should I look up on Google that show that "it was merely the Nile river".

I still cannot read your mind.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Which maps should I look up on Google that show that "it was merely the Nile river".

Those maps are in a different timeline


However I witnessed the map change

 

[Freodin]

Those maps are in a different timeline


However I witnessed the map change

But you told me to "investigate" it. You told me to "google maps". You gave me this example.

And now you tell me that you "witnessed" the map change.

I cannot google or investigate your "witness".

Do you see the problem?

 

[JohnEmmett]

But you told me to "investigate" it.

Do you see the problem?

I assumed you are sort of familiar with how things should look

And I assume it changed for you

 

[Freodin]

I assumed you are sort of familiar with how things should look

And I assume it changed for you

Why would you do that? Even with your "effect"?

Perhaps in my timeline, "things should look" completely different from yours? How would you know? What would be the basis for your assumption?

 

[JohnEmmett]

Why would you do that? How would you know? What would be the basis for your assumption?

I know what to expect

 

[Freodin]

I read a lot of comments about this effect

I know what to expect

That might be your problem. You listen to your own expectations more that to reality.

 

[JohnEmmett]

That might be your problem. You listen to your own expectations …

I expect you have some memories you are sure of

And investigating should reveal this

 

[pgp_protector]

It's in the 11th version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1910) so unless you're over 112 years old, it's been know from 1910.

 

[JohnEmmett]

It's in the 11th version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1910) …

This is about retroactive continuity (Retcons)

 

[Freodin]

I expect you have some memories you are sure of

And investigating should reveal this

Oh, I do have memories that I am sure of. But somehow they never coincide with the famous examples of the Mandela effect clubs.

I never remembered Mandela dying in prison. I have been interested in New Zealand since the early 1980s, and it always had been in the same place. I remember creating detailed world maps on my early computer... which made it necessary to get accurate data... and South America had always been where it is today.

I had never even heard of the Beerenstain Bears - they are mostly an American thing, and the cartoon didn't air in my country until 1995, quite some time after I lost interest in this kind of media. J.C. Penney does still not exist here... that also is an American phenomenon.

 

[Freodin]

This is about retroactive continuity (Retcons)

How convenient.

 

[JohnEmmett]

How convenient.

It’s a better term than mandela effect