...and they assume that the pointing device is a mouse.

inspiration: I'm using a trackball with my left hand because of a broken button. The pointer shape doesn't make sense since i'm not clicking with my right index finger.

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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Side note, I watched a video about how Mandela effect is maybe the most American concept ever. So many people kinda ignored/forgot that a guy won the Nobel Prize and was president of a major country for several years, or were never taught it because he's black. Even more couldn't be bothered to pay close enough attention to the spelling of a popular author's name (also foreign). People would rather think that there is some supernatural mystic shared memory gap experience rather than believe we're idiots.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I thought the whole Mandela effect/Berinstain Bears thing was tongue in cheek satire about our faulty memories, but then again I thought flat earth was tongue in cheek satire.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That's how I treat it. I often use the phrase when I'm surprised to learn I remembered something wrong. I don't actually believe I've traveled to an alternate dimension.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I hope you guys are right and most people use it that way, and some small instances it's kinda funny. But I fear the danger of being able to handwave away more important information as "it's weird how our brains do that!" instead of crap, I need to pay more attention. Maybe a case by case thing I dunno.

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