# The Mandela Effect is plaguing me again

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** cartoons-animation\
**Created:** [May 20, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-is-plaguing-me-again/984338 "2023-05-20T18:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-is-plaguing-me-again/984338/161 "2025-07-25T04:12:00Z")

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No. It has always been May.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-is-plaguing-me-again/984338/162 "2025-07-25T05:08:51Z")

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Sally Field played Aunt May in a couple of the films, and she famously played Norma Rae. Maybe that’s what’s going on in your head.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-is-plaguing-me-again/984338/163 "2025-07-25T18:22:39Z")

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And she played Inspector Gidget…

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… at least in _my_ timeline.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-is-plaguing-me-again/984338/164 "2025-07-25T19:50:27Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> If thousands of people say the moon is square, and have dedicated much web space to this opinion, what shape is the moon?

It’s square; until having their lives depend on the moon’s shape culls a lot of people– then it’s round.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-is-plaguing-me-again/984338/165 "2025-07-25T20:50:53Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> And she played Inspector Gidget…

Oh my! I’m picturing a period British mystery show (not a cartoon) where Gidget is a detective that solves cased with her partner, DC Larue using their knowledge of fashion, music and surfing. And help from her dad, DCI Lawrence.

Like Ms Fisher, but even better.

Toodles!

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