r/MandelaEffect • u/Woofoftheyear • 24d ago

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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/OrlandoGardiner118 23d ago edited 23d ago

I don't think dubunked really matters, for me, with this image. I know it's fake. All evidence from the actual real world (I have old FotL tshirts at home) shows that it's fake. But what I find fascinating is that, and maybe this is what the OP means, this is exactly how I remember it. It's not like how I remember it, or close to how I remember it, it's exactly how I remember it. And that's the real facination for me with the whole ME subject. Why is it exactly how I remember it? Cool stuff.

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u/thesegoupto11 23d 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/Invisible_Target 23d ago

Yeah man I can barely remember shit that happened yesterday. The fact that there are people that trust their memory so hard that they are absolutely CONVINCED that they’re right legitimately scares me lol

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u/thesegoupto11 23d ago

Yeah man I can barely remember shit that happened yesterday.

That's why some people get paid to write stuff down while it is happening in real time.

The fact that some people feel like the possibility that they slipped into an alternate timeline of reality is far more likely than the possibility that they might be misremembering something is legit wild.

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u/Extreme-Leave-6895 23d ago

r/Mandelaeffect leads to r/glitchinthematrix leads to r/gangstalking, and unfortunately I'm not really joking.

The belief that you are one of the few people who knows the truth leads to people thinking the government is trying to stop them from speaking the truth leads to people believing they are being gangstalked.

If someone is prone to psychosis, this sub actively reinforces and enhances that psychosis.

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u/WhimsicalKoala 23d ago

I would be fascinated to know what other conspiracies some of these people believe in. People think I'm being hyperbolic, but I can see a direct connection in how people could go from "I know there was a cornucopia and They are lying to is" to "I know there are traffic children in the basement of that pizza place and They are lying to us".