The Mandella Effect
Have you heard of it? Are there any of them that make you go 🤔 for whatever reason?
No matter what this is about, or combination of things, I find it fascinating. Why do so many people misremember the same things?
The one about the Monopoly man wearing a monocle, yep, that's how I remember him. Yet he never had one. I figure I was conflating the monocle-wearing Mr Peanut with Monopoly man, and lots of other people did the same.
Some people claim the VW logo used to have no space between the V and the W, others claim it's the other way around. I had a VW, and I remember it having a space. I washed that car enough times!
There's the Bernstein/Bernstain Bears. I remembered it as Bernstein, as many others did. But I think that's because I'd never heard of or seen the name Bernstain, but had seen and heard Bernstein many times, so my brain automatically "corrected" it, by switching one letter.
But there is one that does turn my head sideways: the Volvo logo. I do NOT remember it looking like the male symbol with Volvo in the center. It seems like I'd remember it being that symbol, since it's easily recognized and I was aware of it.
How I remember it on the front grilles is a diagonal long line going across the front of the grille, and in the center a badge or emblem of some sort (never looked closely) that I assumed was a Swedish flag or emblem. In my memory it was or looked like enamel, in 2, possibly 3, colours. Red and something else.
I look at what's apparently always been the Volvo logo and wonder how I could have possibly been so far off. I love cars, so I've tended to notice things like this.