If you think I misspelled the title, you're not alone. I doubt anyone here is affected by it, but there's this pretty interesting psychological phenomenon called the Mandela Effect which causes a large group of people to collectively remember something incorrectly. It's a new observation and still being studied pretty heavily, but I find it pretty interesting.

Apparently, a sizeable number of people explicitly remember Chick-Fil-A being spelled Chic-Fil-A at some point as well, even though it never has been.

Some are trying to use this as evidence to support the idea of multiple timelines, but I just see it as a mental effect.

Oh man, I have seen this with people who seem to remember you were cool.

I was cool in an alternate timeline man

there is a distinct difference between remembering something incorrectly because said subject was massively misinformed (Chic-fil-a, everyone spelled it like that back during the wazoo, even if it was or wasn't correct, everyone calling it that would obviously mean you remember it that way if you hadnt heard about it beforehand), or if the subject is close to but defies normal patterns (berenstein, everyone pronounces it steen or stine, which following convention like frankentstein, is spelled stein) and because OMG MYSTICAL GROUP THINK PSYCHOLOGY LOOK AT ME IM THE NXT FREUD

I mean, I'm just reporting what others have said. It's an observable effect... I'm not claiming I'm some master psychologist or anything.

Quote from: SecondClass on August 21, 2015, 08:54:02 AM

Quote from: eggsalad on August 21, 2015, 08:18:36 AM

there is a distinct difference between remembering something incorrectly because said subject was massively misinformed (Chic-fil-a, everyone spelled it like that back during the wazoo, even if it was or wasn't correct, everyone calling it that would obviously mean you remember it that way if you hadnt heard about it beforehand), or if the subject is close to but defies normal patterns (berenstein, everyone pronounces it steen or stine, which following convention like frankentstein, is spelled stein) and because OMG MYSTICAL GROUP THINK PSYCHOLOGY LOOK AT ME IM THE NXT FREUD

I mean, I'm just reporting what others have said. It's an observable effect... I'm not claiming I'm some master psychologist or anything.

not pointed at you specifically

now shake hands

old meme bro

lol what

I remember everyone pronouncing it as "Berenstain" but I remember it as "Berenstein." Strange.

I thought psychology figured out that human memory is unreliable a while ago...

Quote from: SecondClass on August 21, 2015, 09:34:02 AM

Quote from: Emberor on August 21, 2015, 09:16:02 AM

old meme bro

lol what

this is old

okay maybe I don't really keep up like stuff like this

but it's not a meme

Quote from: Emberor on August 21, 2015, 01:21:24 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on August 21, 2015, 09:34:02 AM

Quote from: Emberor on August 21, 2015, 09:16:02 AM

old meme bro

lol what

this is old

okay maybe I don't really keep up like stuff like this

but it's not a meme

has page on know your meme

therefore is meme

But this is literally psychology 101