• tamal3@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I could really use a picture of both books, preferably together (but either way). It would really help me talk to my neighbor who brings up the Mandela effect at least 5x per year.

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      7 days ago

      I’ll see if I can track her down. She moved to the UK for university about 6 years ago, but I doubt she brought all her childhood stuff with her(her whole family is still in southern California). My stuff is in storage near Washington at the moment, but I should be going up there before December to nab some stuff.

      I bet the photos we took are in those boxes too xD

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        3 days ago

        You’ll be internet famous if you manage to get a photo! You might also get rich on ebay if you sell them as a pack.

        And, really, you’ll help me win my lovely neighborhood back from the same repetitive conversation, hah.

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          3 days ago

          Hahaha, I doubt anyone would want to buy my old childhood books. They’re covered in dragon ball stickers, drawn on, stained with various foods and drinks… over all I was not very respectful of my books when I was 7 xD The internet fame would be nice though! Maybe, I hear that backfires for a lot of people lol

          Well, I’m setting a calendar reminder for every day I’ll be in Washington this December to hit the storage unit on the way back. Gotta grab my old laptop and external hard drive anyway so why not!

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            9 hours ago

            Have you ever met someone who is obsessed with the supposed Mandela Effect? I’m not kidding when I say I have to listen to this monthly. I’m sure my generally sane neighbor isnt an outlier; these people are seriously obsessed.

            It might be more fun for me if I were a few years older, but most of the examples are from before my time by a few years. Regardless, there’s only so many times I can hear about the Berenst**n Bears before I start a neighborhood Gofund Me to buy your books off ebay so we can all have some peace at the next block party lmao.