r/mildyinteresting • u/Ebonystealth • Mar 24 '26

science savvy 🧬 The left side represents the most common false memories from the Mandela Effect—a psychological phenomenon where large groups of people share the same vivid but incorrect recollection.

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u/viperised Mar 24 '26

Link to proof plz

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u/Awkward_Proof_1274 Mar 25 '26

He has none. This has been extensively researched (by quite obsessive people) and there's zero evidence it ever had a cornucopia, a counterfeit pre-mandela effect has also never been found

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u/Yaya0108 Mar 25 '26

28 downvotes by people who can't be bothered to make a single online search.

The cornucopia never existed. It's incredibly frustrating but it's just the truth. There's a whole article by Snopes clearly showing that the only "proof" photos are photoshops and bootlegs.

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u/PotatoTruth Mar 25 '26

Lol I don't know why you're getting down voted, you're right. I've never seen any solid evidence that the company is wrong when they say they've never used a cornucopia in any official logos.

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u/WaterCrafty2117 Mar 25 '26

you guys realize google is free, right?

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u/HackDaddy85 Mar 25 '26

You know if you google it every credible source says there was never a cornucopia.

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u/PotatoTruth Mar 25 '26

Lmao yes, please take your own advice and Google this.

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u/dickcheese_on_rye Mar 25 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/19dpz3x/the_fruit_of_the_loom_cornucopia_logo_absolutely/

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u/PotatoTruth Mar 25 '26

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cornucopia-fruit-of-the-loom/

This snopes article references that image specifically as well as others as forgeries.

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u/dickcheese_on_rye Mar 25 '26

Yes, but the fact that bootlegs exist makes it more of a misattribution issue than a Mandela effect. The designs do exist somewhere unlike the other examples that never existed.

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u/PotatoTruth Mar 25 '26

Yeah my point is just that the company has never used a logo with a cornecopia in it. Though I do think the Mandela effect is pretty much misattribution and misrememberance every time.

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u/Awkward_Proof_1274 Mar 25 '26

That is clipart combined w/ the 2003 logo

https://imgur.com/a/O2kXxNx

That building in Ireland took the image from google images and had it made into a sign

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u/dickcheese_on_rye Mar 25 '26

I get that, but the fact that there are physical examples of the image in the world makes it less mandela effect-y than the other examples that simply don’t exist, period. People just ascribe the bootlegs to the brand.

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u/Awkward_Proof_1274 Mar 25 '26

I understand how that would explain it but no one can find a vintage bootleg cornucopia logo either, they're all from after the mandella effect was talked about and appeared on google images where people made mock ups or shady companies took the image

It would have to be a very widespread bootleg and there just aren't any period examples of that either, so that explanation wouldn't work

There might actually be a new phenomena where people go missing after going to snap a picture of their old shirt with the logo