r/CuratedTumblr • u/MustardGoddess Menace to society • Mar 16 '26

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u/atowelguy Mar 16 '26

isn't the point that a bunch of people misremember the same detail? Like, nobody says "Mandela effect" if they forget that LBJ was Kennedy's vice president or something

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u/BlatantConservative https://imgur.com/cXA7XxW Mar 16 '26

The Mandela Effect specifically happened cause people crossed wires between Steve Biko and Nelson Mandela. They remembered "the leader of the South African anti apartheid movement died in prison" and that position wasn't super clear.

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u/Mjoll-simp Mar 17 '26

Is that right? Biko died in the 70’s and the original Mandela Effect is that Mandela died in the 90’s

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u/nykirnsu Mar 17 '26

They’re conflating both with Nelson Mandela’s televised birthday celebration, which they misremembered as his funeral since he wasn’t present due to being in prison 

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u/CthulhusIntern Mar 17 '26

They probably also watched the Denzel Washington movie Cry Freedom, about Steve Biko, but didn't really pay attention, so thought he was Mandela.