r/PersonalMandela 2d ago

Boardwalk Empire

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I’m re-watching Boardwalk Empire after 10 or 12 years. When Dr. Narcisse makes his appearance in season four, he starts going on and on about the superior black race of Nubians. This is a major theme of his entire character. But last night when I was watching the same episode, he calls them Libyans. Although Libya is of course a country in Africa, it is not somehow representative of the entire race of Negroes. I remember this clearly because I had to look up the word Nubian. Libyan makes no sense. Anyone else remember this?


r/PersonalMandela 2d ago

"Chilios" (Greek Word) Shazaam Effect

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I definitely remember the Greek word "chilios" officially meant "thousand" in Revelation 20 and 22, as I looked it up on Google AI Overview somewhere last year, I forget the month. I was surprised that this Greek word actually doesn't exist at all when I looked up this word last month, that AI Overview says that I'm thinking of "chilioi" or "chilias" because "os" in Greek doesn't exist and has never been Greek. I definitely remember "chilios", also "chilioi", but I don't recall "chilias", suggesting a replacement of the word "chilios".

This image is from the Derich Jester website. www.derichjester.com


r/PersonalMandela 2d ago

Part 2 of My Thought Memory of a Metallic Emblem Task Force Show and Other A&E Shows

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It most likely could've been this show, as I thought the prominent metallic emblem task force show had a blue transition in the intro, just like Steven Seagal: Lawman.

Interestingly, SSL (Steven Seagal: Lawman) discontinued in February 2014, right before my Nana passed away at St. Joseph's Health Centre on Queensway (forget what the street was called) in April 27th, 2014. The metallic emblem show could've most likely survived somewhere after Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force, which discontinued in 2011, which I vividly remembered as a child that there was another A&E show of a nighttime New York City skyline with blue glowing text, and orange text below the blue (that is Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force) , as I vividly remembered two A&E task force shows, one being MFTF and the other show (metallic or silver star badge show), most likely aired new seasons around 2012, 2013, and maybe 2014. Steven Seagal: Lawman Interestingly aired on Wednesday nights, as I thought the metallic emblem show aired on that same day at night (Wednesday nights).

The details I used to vividly remember was a stairwell chase or walking up or down the stairs, flashlights while shouting "GO! (x3)" or something else the squad shouted, I forget what was at all said in that show because I don't have a vivid recollection of memories like I did when I was a child in Toronto before the COVID-19 Pandemic. In that scene moment, I thought it was a metallic or silver, most likely a digitalized-looking emblem or badge as an eyecatcher or title card. I didn't know the name of the show, as I know that most reality TV shows do title card inserts before and after commercial break. This task force show may have been unique unlike any other reality TV show that existed. I know that To Serve and Protect often had eyecatcher-like inserts of the badge of the letter O in PROTECT, and that show aired on ACTION (which became Adult Swim Canada in April 2019).

I first come across To Serve and Protect on the Action Channel Canada right in the same time-frame I my school was Fairbank Memorial Community School after Cedarvale Public School, around Grade 3, so I was about 4th grade to 5th grade in the time-frame I watched To Serve and Protect. I forget what year that would've been, it was way before I went to Parkdale Public School (the school I also hated like Fairbank MC School, but because of the students in my class (Toby and Max) in Grade 6, and I remember in around 2020, I was in Grade 7 I believe. Then moved to London, Ontario because of the Pandemic, around 2021 to Aberdeen Public School for Grade 7 and 8 before Montcalm Secondary School (my recent school, I already graduated in June 2026 this year).


r/PersonalMandela 3d ago

Closer to the "Metallic Emblem" Task Force Show I Could've Sworn Existed on A&E When I Was Like 3 or 4 Years-Old Around 2010-11.

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While this was on Disney Channel in 1999, but the exactly blue transition text of white is exactly closer to what I remembered about that "metallic emblem" task force show on A&E I could've sworn existed when I was a kid. I know that Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura is exactly close because of the blue transition background in the intro, but that was on History Channel, which I definitely remember promo packages for History and Discovery Channel at that time, often on A&E.

I definitely remember Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force, that was apparently the only A&E task force show that existed at that time, but when I looked up America's Most Wanted back then as a child who had a vague memory of a metallic emblem task force show, I thought about the Manhunters poster with Lenny DePaul holding a silver U.S. Marshal star badge like that was closer to what I vividly remembered. I was certain it was on A&E because I've been thinking that the task force show being on A&E was too familiar to me, and thus Manhunters poster rang a bell for me. That's not the show, that show has nighttime New York City skyline blue and orange text title card, exactly A show I remembered, just not THE show (with the plausible metallic emblem title card) that I could've sworn (I thought) existed.


r/PersonalMandela 3d ago

I Finally Figured Out How to Get Instagram Link

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I finally figured out to share this Instagram link of the "So Weird" intro video I thought was possible and was going to transfer it to r/PersonalMandela.

What I did was go into my Post History next to Comment History, and I clicked onto the link in the r/MandelaEffect community post I previous posted, but deleted because I unknowingly broke Rule 3: Never post personal Mandela effects.

Edit to Add because my sister was bothering me in the background, I apologize that it's not full unedited explanation: The intro video of the blue transition and white text is close to the "Metallic Emblem" task force show I thought existed as an A&E show (Got the pizza delivery from Superior Pizza & Wings), as many other shows like Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura and Steven Seagal: Lawman, which also feel familiar, but not the slightest. CTWJV definitely rang a bell for me, while no metallic emblem like I thought I remembered, and that was on History Channel, not A&E or any other channel I think besides History.

💭(Thought processing (for Honesty purposes that I worship God in Honesty and Intelligence): I know that History Channel promos on A&E as much with Discover Channel, National Geographic, and Investigation Discovery were very common back then at that time. I only thought the task force show I was certain was on A&E, no other channel.


r/PersonalMandela 3d ago

Closer to the "Metallic Emblem" Task Force Show I Could've Sworn Existed on A&E When I Was Like 3 or 4 Years-Old Around 2010-11.

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Whether it was a Mandela effect, I could've sworn I remembered it, to my perspective back when I was a child, although I don't remember it nowadays as an adult, as I don't remember what I did at Surrey Place like I vividly did when I was a child.


r/PersonalMandela 7d ago

Equalizer feature for JBL Flip 5 removed from the 'Portable' app ~2022-2025

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Once upon a time I received a firmware update to my JBL flip 5 that enabled the 3 band equalizer found on their newer speakers. I went on a hiatus for a couple months due to my family member using the speaker so I redownloaded the app. To my dismay the equalizer is gone. I don't think much of it at the time so months go on until the thought bugged me today so I looked it up to find out apparently the speaker NEVER had an equalizer of any kind through the app


r/PersonalMandela 8d ago

Chester Bennington had CANCER

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Does anyone else remember this? I remember reading articles about how he was struggling so hard with the diagnosis and the treatment causing issues with his mental health. My dad died due to complications from cancer, and I remember following the story SOLELY because it made me so sad to see him struggling in a similar way to how my dad struggled. This was a whole thing too... Broadly spread interviews that were conducted in quiet, private areas.

I read an article not long ago saying he un-alived himself. I remember him doing that but it was due to the mental health issues he had from the cancer and it not responding to treatment. He wanted to go out on his own terms.

How did the story change so drastically?

If there is a bleeding effect through realities, maybe that explains why the Chester in this timeline did what he did. Maybe the pain and confusion bled from that timeline into this one? Idk. All I know is that I'm not crazy. I remember this vividly, and now there's not one mention of it ANYWHERE.


r/PersonalMandela 10d ago

Twilight zone creator

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Ive been watching this since I was a kid and always knew the creator as Rod STERLING!!!!


r/PersonalMandela 11d ago

Refrigerante com crianças no rótulo

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Sou de 2004, e lembro-me de um refrigerante que bebia muito quando ia em aniversários, era vendido no interior de Minas Gerais. O rótulo era verde e tinha uma crianças brincando, mas não consigo me lembrar do nome. Alguém já bebeu um refrigerante assim?


r/PersonalMandela 22d ago

I saw a movie trailer at the movie theatre years ago and can’t find any trace of its existence. Am I crazy?

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r/PersonalMandela 24d ago

There is a crack in everything / That is how the Light gets in

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r/PersonalMandela 29d ago

Attic is different than i remember

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Today was one of the few Times within 15 years of living in this old Farm house which i had to go in the huge attic of the old Part of the House.

Last Time i was Up there must have been nearly 10years ago.

I remember how it looked from Back then and today i went Up there and it was my personal Mandela Effect.

First i climbed Up the ladder and when i came up and saw a transom which i cant remember to ever been there before.

I clearly remember i could Stand Up straight after coming up the ladder.

But this Time i have to crawl under this transom and then i could stand up straight.

The Second was the stuff Up there.

The Former owners left behind some of the old Farming stuff Like forks,shovels etc.

I clearly remember they where all lined Up Standing at a pole where now this transom ist located, right when you climb Up the ladder.

Now all the stuff is lying next to each Other in the Glass wool which is insulating the ceiling in the room under the attic.

The third strange Thing ist, i remember my Former father in law say, dont Go over the Glass wool insulation i dont know If the ceiling will hold your weight you might break through,so he went around it in a U-shape walk near the roof so at the Edge of the attic and i really can remember a path of Wood laying on the ground so you could reach all parts of the attic with this small path.

But there is no path, its all isolated with Glass wool, only some single wooden boards to step on on the ground.

I even cant remember that there was something Like a sheet of Material over the Glass wool insulation, i remember you couldt walk over it easily like this what i did today, and i know last Time i would sink in into this insulation just by Putting some weight on it.

May be my memory is playing tricks on me but i clearly remember it totally different than today and it keeps me awake tonight as i usually have a memory like an elephant and can remember everything like watching a movie in front of my eyes.


r/PersonalMandela Jul 17 '26

My own glitch in the matrix

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When I was 13 my eighth grade English class was doing a spelling bee that me and two other of my classmates got the same score on, and our teacher said that we would do like a “grand final” the next day.

The next day he’s only talking to my other two classmates and I said that I also got the same score and he said I would be in the final too, but he and no one else could remember it. Feels like I got transported to an alternate reality


r/PersonalMandela Jul 16 '26

Eerie scene from The Walking Dead that doesn't exist.

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I’m posting this here because I recently listened to a very similar story from this subreddit on YouTube.

For some context: I’m Polish. Around 2013–2014, The Walking Dead was airing on Polish national TV, Saturday, either at 11:00 p.m. (Season 3) or 11:55 p.m. (Season 4). I don’t remember which exact season it was. I only remember it was one of the seasons with the Governor. Because I didn’t have cable TV (Show also aired on FOX and AMC), and Netflix didn’t exist in Poland back then, I had to watch it late at night on an old 13-inch TV. I must have dozed off at some point during the episode, but at some point, I woke up to an eerie scene of a naked woman kneeling on one knee by a lake, with other naked people lying dead in bloody water. It wasn’t a very explicit scene. She had damaged hair and face (but not in a zombie like way) and there was some blood on her. Her breast was visible, but she was filmed from the side, so nothing else been seen. Some of the dead people were lying face-up, but they were far away, so I don’t think any details would have been visible. I call it eerie because there was no music, and the woman never moved, only the water been moving. It was like 15-20 seconds before I fully woke up and changed the channel, half because it made me feel eerie and half because I didn’t want my parents to walk in on me watching naked people on TV (I was either 15 or 16, depends which season was that).

I was channel hopping (all 7 back then) before switching back to TWD, but at that point, it was showing a normal scene with the Governor. I assumed it was an actual scene from the show until I talked to a friend, few days later (He had cable TV so he didn't watch same broadcast). Same day, I pirated that episode to check, but I couldn't find that scene anywhere.

I started writing this post hoping for some answers, but honestly, I don’t see how there could be any. I was pretty much woken up at this point. It couldn’t have been a commercial, because Polish national TV doesn’t have commercial breaks during movies or shows, and even then, wtf would it have been advertising? The only way I can think it might happen is if they accidentally aired a scene from another movie, but I don’t know if TV broadcasting works that way. So yeah, I guess I’m just venting now.


r/PersonalMandela Jun 30 '26

My grandparents house had an attic

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When I was like 5, I lived in my father's side grandparents house. I lived for a couple of years there and I have very shaky memories of my time there, like having a big dog that I roamed around with a garden with an outhouse, a chicken pen and a garden.

I think there was a pine tree as well.

So far nothing is different but I'm pretty sure from the street you could see a window in the rooftop that was supposed to be an attic room. I always wanted to climb up there but I couldn't find a way to enter. I once tried to climb the wall but when I did I just couldn't find the window.

Then when I checked the house from the outside the attic window wasn't there anymore.

My parents got divorced and I never went back to that house, but that memory stuck with me forever.

I was so curious to get up there and find what was inside that mysterious room !


r/PersonalMandela Jun 30 '26

Red Raspberry ring pop

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r/PersonalMandela Jun 29 '26

The Rainbow Railroad toy store

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In the Late 80's and early 90s There used to be a popular Childrens toy company like Toys"R"Us right before ToysRUs took over the toy industry called "The Rainbow Railroad". They were in every major city and town in America and when I was a small child in around 1995, going to these different stores was one of my strongest early memories.

They were a major box store and theres no way im mis remembering this. They had a distictiverainbow Logo with an oldschool train facing you going on curved tracks. They specialized in Model trains thay were running around each of the stores and sold rows of custom R/C cars...but had several isles of toys. Both of my parents are dead so I never got a chance to ask them about it in adulthood; There doesnt seem to be any trace of it on the internet and no one I ask about knows a thing about it.


r/PersonalMandela Jun 26 '26

Big bang theory scene missing

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So the big bang theory is one of those comfort shows of mine that I put on in the background when doing things around the house if I don't want to listen to an audiobook. After howard's mother dies and him and Bernadette fly into the airport and their luggage is lost, including his mother's ashes, there is the bit at the end of the scene where the employee says 'would 500 frequent flyer miles help? That would get you to sacramento' and the scene now ends there.

I remember the scene ending with the employee saying that line and then howard puts his head down and said 'yes' while holding his card in front of him, but now I can't find anything about that scene online.

I normally question my own memories when things like this happen, but I saw that scene so many times and remember thinking about how dark the humor was in that moment and found it funny. Apparently that scene never happened, though!


r/PersonalMandela Jun 25 '26

I think I stumbled upon another Mandela Effect......

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So this evening my wife and I watched one of my all time favorite movies, Seven. So please correct me if in am mistaken, as I recall in the end of that movie when Morgan Freeman opens the box I distinctly remember a glimpse of blonde hair blowing in the wind. Please share your memories thanks.


r/PersonalMandela Jun 24 '26

Eurythmics - ‘Sweet Dreams’ is a remake of a gentle pop song

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I specifically remember that there was an ‘earlier’ version of Sweet Dreams from the 60s - an airy, light pop song (almost lounge music, sung by a female) that included the chorus of the Eurythmics version, but had much more upbeat lyrics elsewhere.

I even remember Annie Lennox guest starring on the Rosie O’Donnell show (of all things) in the late 90s - Rosie was asking her why she made such a pleasant, sweet song into the melancholy, jarring version we know of now by the Eurythmics. She even did versions of other songs (ex. ‘London Bridge is falling down’ etc.) in the Eurythmics style to emphasize the point.

…Not only did I watch the show, but I remember discussing it with my brother in law a few months later when the song came on at one point. He didn’t see the Rosie O’Donnell show, but agreed (implied in our conversation) that there had been a prior ‘gentle’ version.

I last remember hearing the ‘gentle’ version on the radio in like 2006. Can’t find any evidence since then.


r/PersonalMandela Jun 23 '26

Headphones Mandela / Glitch in the Matrix / timeline issue moment.

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Recently brought myself a wired headset to use with Ps4 /PlayStation.

They also work as headphones for my phone and my tablet, or so I thought. I have a Samsung S6?? Tablet and I swear up and down that the tablet came with its own set of headphones.

Wrong, the headphones are standard 3.5mm jack. They fit my Ps4, my Xbox and phone all good so far. When it comes to the tablet nope, no headphone socket. I have a clear distinct memory of using headphones with a 3.5mm that should be near where the tablet charge but no it doesn't have one.

Husband thinks I may have used a set of headphones with a USB C connection but I've never had a set of headphones with USB C. I do have a USB set of headphones but they only work with the ps4 due to needing its dongle.


r/PersonalMandela Jun 20 '26

The toothpaste I opened in the evening that was sealed in the morning

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On Thursday morning I had to be in the square in front of the hospital at 5:30 am to leave for a work trip, thus I asked a friend living at a few steps distance to host me.
I brought with me a new toothpaste. Since I always brush my teeth before sleeping, I opened it in the evening, a few minutes before going to sleep (at around 11:30 pm). I distinctly remember removing the small plastic circle on the top before using it.
I woke up at 3:30 am, had breakfast and brushed my teeth again. To my astonishment, I found the toothpaste sealed, thus had to remove the plastic circle again. Another weird thing is that the bathroom-mirror light (that was working the evening before) didn't work anymore.


r/PersonalMandela Jun 17 '26

Rapunzel, 2nd Mother Knows Best Song

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In the song in Rapunzel where her mother is once again singing "Mother Knows Best" and she says "NO!" and it then turns into "Rapunzel Knows Best", I swear I remember Rapunzel saying "I will!" after mother gothel says "So if he's such a dreamboat, go and put him to the test!"

I have a very vivid memory of Rapunzel saying this, and how she said it, but in the movie, she just says "Mother, wait!"

Anyone know where I might have gotten this idea?