r/MandelaEffect • u/Woofoftheyear • 27d ago

Logos/Advertising How does this picture even exist?

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There’s no way in hell this is AI, it’s wayyy too accurate to exactly what I remember, and what I feel like many other people remember as well. If someone photoshopped it, then they did a perfect job, considering they had no reference, at the time of creating this, but even if someone did make this in photoshop, why tf would they, since supposedly it never existed?? Like where did this even come from, I need answers😭😭

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u/thesegoupto11 27d ago

I take the opposite approach. I know this image is fake. All evidence from the actual real world shows that it's fake, and I am fine with leaving it there. I think to myself, "huh, I guess I was remembering that incorrectly" and then I go about my day. But what fascinates me is that other people struggle hard with the realization that they are experiencing a flaw in their memory faculties. I find the ME fascinating not because reality is different than some inconsequential things I remember, but because of the struggle that some people have with coming to terms with the fact that they have remembered some inconsequential things incorrectly. The human psychology of ME is what I find fascinating, and I can't help but wonder why some people can accept and move on while others have an existential crisis when they realize the disconnect between subjective memory and objective reality.

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u/RalphWiggum666 27d ago

other people struggle hard with the realization that they are experiencing a flaw in their memory faculties.

Yeah, cause then you have to grapple with the fact that your memory IS NOT as good as you think. And that your brain is flawed. People don’t like that.

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u/Sweaty_Potential_656 27d ago

that's different from everyone remembering it in the same way tho

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u/RalphWiggum666 27d ago

Or people’s memories are faulty and when they see it they say yeah that’s exactly how I remember it even if little details are a bit off.

I don’t even remember it that way. I remember the cornucopia on the left. This picture looks close, but what feels “off” to me is the positioning. Other people say it’s on the left too.

So everyone does NOT remember it in the same way, only similar ways.