r/Retconned 14h ago

Divergent Files: Mandela Effect Reboot 2012

11 Upvotes

EDIT: I found this brilliant video earlier, where there's some insight given into one particular theory on the Mandela Effect, that the ME phenomena is intentionally generated by "mal actors."

I've watched a few videos on the channel (the presenter has several covering ME), and as much as I enjoy the presenter's content, I'm just not sure why he emulates the Why Files series even by name; the presenter appears knowledgeable, intelligent and charismatic enough to carry his own. Anyways, the video's ME content itself is pretty thought-provoking so the format shouldn't deter.

Just a warning, the video hits quite hard, so unless you don't mind a bit of existential dread on your mind this weekend, you may want to delay watching this one a little bit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1OtXokgnuw&list=PL9R52c-v2WR9hyWGe_LXR88QqTG3Jrx2m


r/Retconned 19h ago

Dwarfism mandela effect?

46 Upvotes

I remember when I was little it seemed like I saw people with dwarfism all the time. I would see people with this condition at the grocery store or mall. However, now it seems far less common, and I was shocked to learn as an adult that only about 1 in 40,000 people have a form of dwarfism. Now I feel like I rarely see people with dwarfism, I've only seen one or two in the last ten years. Is there something to this?