Bernstein Bears and Mr. Rogers
0 2015-12-14 by piratse
This is NOT my theory and it may have been discussed before, but I just came across this. Myself and many others SWEAR it was BernSTEIN Bears growing up. But it's BernSTAIN..... WTF.
And Mr. Rogers theme song USED to be "It's a beautiful day in THE neighborhood." But it's now "It's a beautiful day in THIS neighborhood."
The theory is that those that remember what I do are from universe A. We merged at some point with universe B, where it's STAIN and THIS. So everything we have record of will say those are correct, but many of us remember it as STEIN and THE. Now it could be a few people are just confused. But when I hear the "this" in the theme song it stands out like sore thumb. And when I see "Stain" it doesn't even look CLOSE to how I remember reading it as a kid. And a lot of us remember it the exact same way, not just misspelled or misspoken. The EXACT same way.
inb4 Mandela effect, I'm aware.
31 comments
3 Rockran 2015-12-14
So you have a false memory.
Doesn't mean there's multiple universes converging.
0 piratse 2015-12-14
Science would like a word with you.
1 Rockran 2015-12-14
... What does science have to say about this ridiculous topic?
2 giantfrogfish 2015-12-14
If you don't understand the multiverse theory, well you need to go do some reading before you come back here and try to poop on this parade.
0 Rockran 2015-12-14
So you're going to use a hypothetical (the multiverse), to explain away this phenomena?
That's your tactic? Really?
I thought that when OP said they had science, that it would be something more than a mere hypothetical.
2 giantfrogfish 2015-12-14
Does a multiverse make less sense to you than a universe? Point me to anything else in the whole of existence that exists as a singularity.
0 piratse 2015-12-14
Well there are several theories that could PARTIALLY explain this phenomena.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse or http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/09/n--one-of-the-m.html
1 Rockran 2015-12-14
Neither are proven, let alone have any supporting evidence.
Don't present a hypothesis as though it's a proven scientific theory.
0 piratse 2015-12-14
The words "could" and "partially" are very important words. Perhaps you should look them up.
1 Rockran 2015-12-14
My comment stands.
It's a hypothesis, you can't present it as an explanation when it itself isn't proven.
1 1EYEDking 2015-12-14
Einstein's ghost would like a word with you, bet they told him the same thing.
2 Rockran 2015-12-14
Einstein's theories are not hypotheses.
1 1EYEDking 2015-12-14
True but at some point they were.
2 jimmiefan48 2015-12-14
Then why are you posting this?
1 piratse 2015-12-14
Yeah, why would you want a discussion on a discussion board. Silly me.
1 jimmiefan48 2015-12-14
If you are aware of the mandela effect then your entire post kind of goes out the window. It's a well known own thing, no conspiracy to be had. There are plenty of well established psychological reasons why these things happen.
1 piratse 2015-12-14
So we should never have some fun thought experiments and discuss things? Okay, srs business only from now on.
3 jimmiefan48 2015-12-14
No no no. Sorry if I seemed crass. I've just run into this about a hundred times and its grating on me.
There is one thing that tends to be in common with these memories, they tend to be memories that come from childhood. Children tend to say or repeat stuff incorrectly all the time. Over time it is reinforced by their peers and everyone remembers things incorrectly. It's the same kind of stuff that causes young siblings to have lower literacy rates than only children.
2 piratse 2015-12-14
The real discussion comes when people all over the world at different ages remember things EXACTLY like others, but it's "wrong." I found some fun ones to read here http://mandelaeffect.com/major-memories
Things like "Life WAS like a box of chocolates." I didn't see that movie until I was probably 20. I remember "Life IS." Again, I could just remember it wrong, but I watched that movie MANY times and tons of people remember it as "is." Or Luke, I am your father..... Not: No, I am your father.
1 jimmiefan48 2015-12-14
That was a pretty entertaining list. Thanks for sharing.
Most seem to be people that just don't pay attention, but there are a few good ones.
1 Gimmie_A_Dollar 2015-12-14
MacDonalds is how they say it rural southern places. May appear you are in a alternative universe but it is still earth. s.
-2 Subzeb8 2015-12-14
It's because that quote is referenced often without the source, so people get it wrong. In the context of the movie, "Life was like a box of chocolates" makes way more sense.
1 giantfrogfish 2015-12-14
http://imgur.com/2dpNXlb
1 JamesColesPardon 2015-12-14
9/11
3 whipnil 2015-12-14
You've gotten deep huh?
2 JamesColesPardon 2015-12-14
Trying out things on the weekend is all.
1 giantfrogfish 2015-12-14
same with interview with a vampire.
1 greatballsofsquier 2015-12-14
I compare the Berenstain Bears issue with the Chick-fil-A issue in which many people swear that it used to be Chic-fil-A or Chik-fil-A. I myself always thought it was Chic-fil-A but still do not believe that the spelling was changed or that parallel universes are the answer.
As far as I can tell, the issues with Berenstain Bears and Chic-fil-A are caused by the same sort of phenomenon. "-stein" is a very common surname suffix in areas of the US with high populations of German and Jewish immigrants. We are all familiar with names like Silverstein, Rothstein, Bernstein, Weinstein, etc. I have friends are family with "-stein" surnames, but have never in my life seen a "-stain" surname, except for, of course, the Berenstain Bears.
People read words much like shapes. Their brains look at the silhouette, identify imprtant letters, and make a quick decsion based off that infrmation. When this effect is combined with a unique typography, particularly one that abstracts or otherwise obfuscates the interpretation of each letter, I believe this effect is intensified to some degree.
I personally vividly remember the spelling being Berenstain, not Berenstein. I remember this because my parents pernounced it Berensteen, as did my brother and I. I noticed as a child that it was spelled with an "a" instead of an "e. "
There are examples of Berenstain Bears products thst also have original store tags attached. What we sometimes see in these cases is that the branding is spelled Berenstein and the store spelling is Berenstein. This serves as evidence that the spelling of the name was also misunderstood even at that time.
With Chick-fil-A, here's what I think is happening. "Fil" is not a word we are used to seeing. It looks like "fill" with one "l" removed. In my opinion, the brain is seeing this odd occurrence and also, for some reason, omitting a letter in the first word, most commonly the last letter, "k."
-3 grandmacaesar 2015-12-14
I wish I could upvote this more than once.
4 giantfrogfish 2015-12-14
Some people probably can. (I got my eye on you reddit)...
1 bluevishnu 2015-12-14
https://youtu.be/J2oEmPP5dTM more clues perhaps in this song... Must go deeper... :)
0 Rockran 2015-12-14
So you're going to use a hypothetical (the multiverse), to explain away this phenomena?
That's your tactic? Really?
I thought that when OP said they had science, that it would be something more than a mere hypothetical.
3 whipnil 2015-12-14
You've gotten deep huh?