Kate Hackett
Named for the untrue belief that the heroic Nelson Mandela was dead for years before he actually died, a Mandela effect is a situation in which many people believe the same thing even though it’s not true. Things like the spelling of the Berenstein Bear books, for example.
Redditor u/Ola8o recently asked:
“Which Mandela effect messed your head up the most?”
And the answers were incredible. Here are some of the best.
1. Fruit of the Loom
Fruit of the Loom logo with a cornucopia.” —u/dontdrinkdecaf
2. The Monopoly guy not having a monocle.”—u/FamousDnail101
“I remember this like it was yesterday. When I was growing up, my family was kind of poor, and I always wanted a Monopoly set. One day, I broke my foot, and my mom bought me one to help me feel better. The day I got it, I spent most of it with the game, reading everything on the cards, the rules, and even playing alone. The guy on it always had a fucking monocle. In the middle of the board and on the box, the guy was looking at you, and he was holding his monocle. This fact still haunts me today and gives me the chills because I know how much time I spent during that month in bed with that fucking game.” —harge420
3. Shaggy
The fact that Shaggy from Scooby-Doo doesn’t have a protruding Adam’s apple.” —u/nfms_ginger21
4. Ready?
Reddi Wip. I swear to god, there was an ‘h’ in the Wip.” —u/thatonedik3
5. Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon never did the prize awards for Publishers Clearing House.” —u/AnAnonymousSource_
6. Raisin Bran
I really thought the Raisin Bran sun wore sunglasses. Nope.”—u/trickydixion
7. Song That Never Ends
In ‘The Song That Never Ends’ from Lamb Chop’s, they actually sing ‘the song that DOESN’T end.'”—u/NuttyMcShithead
8. Stouffer’s Stove Top stuffing has apparently never existed.” —u/Clear_Flower_4552
“Okay, I’ve been really digging into Mandela effects for years now, and I didn’t even hear this one. And I know for a fact Stouffer’s had commercials for stuffing. OMG. This is going to ruin my night if that’s not real.” —u/dmMatrix
9. PikaWHU?
Pikachu’s tail having a black end. Pikachu doesn’t have that.”—u/afreshavacado
10. Febreze
It’s spelled ‘Febreze,’ not ‘Febreeze.'”—u/poecilio
11. Sinbad’s “Shazaam.” —u/addisonaddisonii
“YES! I have THE MOST vivid memory of the VHS cover at my cousin’s house in the ’90s that said ‘Sinbad in…SHAZAAM.’ It very clearly had his name. I remember the font, and I remember the pose he was doing. Why do I remember this, and how could I have mistaken it for Shaq in Kazaam when I HAD NO IDEA WHO SINBAD WAS OUTSIDE OF THAT MOVIE?! I wasn’t a stand-up fan; I was like 6. The only frame of reference I had for Sinbad was that movie. It’s so vivid, it’s scary. It’s a glitch in the matrix or multiverse crossover situation or something if it’s not real, and it freaks me out.” —u/LumpyElderberry2
12. Kit Kat
Apparently, Kit Kat has no hyphen.” —u/Single-Ad3828
13. “TBH, The Berenstain Bears still makes me uncomfortable.” —u/MartyrMcFly
“What gets me on this, and why I do want to believe it’s ‘Berenstein,’ is that I had a teacher in elementary school who had ‘stein’ as part of her name. I remember her telling the class how neat it was that their names were so similar.” —u/llcucf80
“I recently brought this up with a friend of mine, and she was shocked that this was even a thing. She said, ‘What do you mean, ‘stain’?! It’s ‘stein’!’ She even asked her kids, who all said ‘stein.'”
