Due to the Mandela Effect which was popularized in 2010 people discovered Nelson Mandela was actually alive and did not die in prison in the 1980s. He later did die in 2013. Because the Mandela Effect is more commonly known than the effect's namesake, many people believe he is still alive.
Nelson Mandela actually died in 2013; you are the victim of the Mandela Effect Effect.
by David Sweet November 20, 2019
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The one quote where everyone thinks that Mandela said "our deepest fears" except that it was some random bitch from Texas
Person 1: Dude remember that quote Thomas Jefferson said? Like our deepest fears something something...

Person 2: No dude it was Mandela. I saw it on Akeelah and the Bee. Remember Keke Palmer. Dude she's so hot.

Random Nerd: ACTUALLY, it was Marianne Williamson who said that. This is called the second mandela effect.

Person 1 &2: Shut up nerd.
by pineappleisgood February 2, 2017
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When everyone around you know, and remember something you have no knowledge/recollection of.
Friend 1: Damn, did you hear that Prince died?

Friend 2: What? Are you serious?!

You: Wait, who's Prince?

Friend 1: What?! You've never heard of Prince? Everybody knows Prince!

Friend 2: Dude, you're experiencing reverse mandela effect.
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An event that happened to a lot of people like a whole generation. Where everyone remember one thing but it was never like that aka Remembering wrong. It doesn't seem to make sense though. Like as if a time loop or everyone is in a different universe. Often thought of to started in the 2010s as zoomers or gen Y were noticing that things are different now.
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saying that something is there when it really wasn't
James: Dude, didn't you know that Curious George has a tail?
Joe: you just experienced the mandela effect
James: what
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When you think you are supposed to flip someone off with your thumb but you are not.
"You're flipping them off wrong"
"NO! that's the Mandela effect in action
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