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Old 01-18-2017, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Huntington Station
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This is a well known effect that occurs in populations around the world. What makes you think it only happens on Long Island?
Please, don't feed the troll... It's a new screen name, but the same old, nonsensical posts...


But are there actually any Long Island specific examples of this?

I think the whole thing originated from people collectively thinking Nelson Mandela died in prison during the 1980s when he actually died in 2013...
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Old 01-18-2017, 02:28 PM
 
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Please, don't feed the troll... It's a new screen name, but the same old, nonsensical posts...


But are there actually any Long Island specific examples of this?

I think the whole thing originated from people collectively thinking Nelson Mandela died in prison during the 1980s when he actually died in 2013...
Please dont call me names and you even say that there is Long Island specific examples of this so you even said it. Can you please say more about it?
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Old 01-19-2017, 04:36 AM
 
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But why does it happen and it is only in long island? Why do you think it happens that the people dont remember and even the letters change and the people dont know. It is only in long islands that the people dont remember and their minds change and where is it and in all the towns there?
Have you ever been to Mt. Misery?
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Old 01-19-2017, 06:23 AM
 
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Not as weird as Bruce Jenner thinking he's a chick.
Or "Chelsea" Manning having to be identified as a female even though "she" has male body parts. An Army court even decided how "she" must be called.

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On March 5, in response to Manning's request for an order compelling the military to use pronouns that conform to her chosen gender identity, the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals ruled, "Reference to appellant in all future formal papers filed before this court and all future orders and decisions issued by this court shall either be neutral, e.g., Private First Class Manning or appellant, or employ a feminine pronoun."
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Old 01-19-2017, 06:35 AM
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I think the whole thing originated from people collectively thinking Nelson Mandela died in prison during the 1980s when he actually died in 2013...
In that case why not call it the Vigoda effect"?
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Old 01-19-2017, 06:36 AM
 
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Is mis-remebering corporate logos and movie scenes really a problem?
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Old 01-19-2017, 08:40 AM
 
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In that case why not call it the Vigoda effect"?
I would have been all for that! There was even a website keeping everyone informed of his status:

Is Abe Vigoda Dead?
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Old 01-19-2017, 02:05 PM
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There's also the guy who misremembered Nelson Mandela as a world-famous athlete.

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Old 01-19-2017, 02:33 PM
 
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I just discovered this strange new concept. Apparently, it has to do with people supposedly "miss remembering" things on a large scale. For example "Chick-Fil-A" was once "Chic-Fil-A", but their name has changed mysteriously at some point in the past. Another, "Volkswagen" used to be "Volkswagon". The new change don't even make any sense. BTW, did you know that VW's logo has a split in the middle now? How about the weird pigtail of the Ford logo? Looney Tunes? Anyone else is noticing this?
Classic.
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Old 01-20-2017, 11:14 AM
 
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Have you ever been to Mt. Misery?
No I have not been to it and I dont know what it is? What is it and why do you ask it? Please say as much about it. Thank you.
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