Are people really this stupid?

[dudeman]

I just heard about the mandela effect. Apparently CERN opened up some kind of worm hole and history is changing. Its called the mandela effect because people remember nelson mandela dying in the 80s. If he died in the 80s then who the fuck was the president of SA in the 90s? I've said it before and I'll say it now. The human race has run its course. I welcome the giant space rock.

[dudeman]

Its Zimmern dammit!!!

[dudeman]

[Mayaca]

TLDR. I will just answer the title:


YES. AND MORE SO.

[rab]

You are fucked

[Chip Douglas]

Someone tried to tell me about this the other day. Memory is extremely unreliable.

[rokitman]

Someone tried to tell me about this the other day. Memory is extremely unreliable.

I know my dad's is. Stubborn old fart!

[Steve28]

I remember tank boy not getting run over and Mandela not dying in the 80s. The rest of the world is fucked. I've got family that have remade entire swathes of their history, and they believe it. It must be comforting in a way but it's not something I've ever been able to do. And it's a bit concerning because you never know what shit they believe happened that never did. That's why I drink. Well, that plus the cooter switchblade.

[leftsdope33]

I like the Mandela Effect as a thought experiment. Everything doesn't have to be cold facts with me.

Yes, everyone's memory change, every time you think about something you change that memory, no matter if you want or not. Everyone thinks I have a good memory but I really don't, it's just better than theirs.

I also remember things no one else remembers. Things I googled. That does not exist. That's spooky as shit.

[Woods Devil]

I sometimes explain my not remembering something as me being forgetful to be nice to people I like but to be honest I just don't remember things that I don't give a damn about.

Steve is right, Mandela didn't die in the 80s and tank boy walked away. I suspect the Chinese govt goon squads tracked him down and ass raped him with a spiked ball bat while keeping him alive on an IV drip to stretch it out but that's another subject.