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Yes, I am just old enough to remember them, and Richard Scarry.Just curious.
Whoa, that pulls up memories from deep storage!Richard Scarry
I loved What Do People Do All Day back in the day, and was appalled to discover, when I was trying to get a copy for a friend’s children, that the edition available (eight years ago or so) has been bowdlerised to remove the two-page spreads on how timber is produced and how water gets into the taps and to suppress the presentation of housework and child-raising as real work.Richard Scarry.
I was about to suggest Ebay until I saw you lived in Oz. Maybe you can find an older edition in Oz without ruinous shipping costs.I loved What Do People Do All Day back in the day, and was appalled to discover, when I was trying to get a copy for a friend’s children, that the edition available (eight years ago or so) has been bowdlerised to remove the two-page spreads on how timber is produced and how water gets into the taps and to suppress the presentation of housework and child-raising as real work.
Are we talking about the Mansell Effect, named after the famous Tazmanian activist who died in jail in the 80's?
That's why I asked. I just was reading about the son who talked about his parents being told their name was spelled wrong before they even published any books. It's crazy.Not me, and believe it or not, it's Berenstain Bears! (I sold a TON of them at the book store) One of the reasons it went into my Mandela Effect video. I could have sworn your spelling was correct, but it's not! Seriously mind-boggling that it is incorrect to me!
I came here to say that, but you beat me to it!Not me, and believe it or not, it's Berenstain Bears! (I sold a TON of them at the book store) One of the reasons it went into my Mandela Effect video. I could have sworn your spelling was correct, but it's not! Seriously mind-boggling that it is incorrect to me!
Richard Scarry
Wafers dumbass!
I applaud your implied use of imaginary country accents...
This may not be as exciting to watch as you think. A russian scientist in 1978 accidentally got shot through the head with a particle accelerator and, while it's probably not something you want to cross off your bucket list (He suffered from seizures, deafness in one ear, and paralysis of half his face) as traumatic brain injuries go he got off fairly lightly. Standing in front of one likely wouldn't be good for you, but it's not like you'd pop or anything.You’re in a different dimension? The only way to get back is to throw yourself in front of the CERN Supercollider. I’ll pay for tickets.
The folks who got ODs from the THERAC-25 weren't terribly happy either.This may not be as exciting to watch as you think. A russian scientist in 1978 accidentally got shot through the head with a particle accelerator and, while it's probably not something you want to cross off your bucket list (He suffered from seizures, deafness in one ear, and paralysis of half his face) as traumatic brain injuries go he got off fairly lightly. Standing in front of one likely wouldn't be good for you, but it's not like you'd pop or anything.
As someone who has had to read C&T&TtG waaaay too many times I can say it is a book best read by the child because it is not a short bedtime story.I had some Berenstain Bears books when I was little. I think I still have some Richard Scarry books somewhere, even though I've kept almost nothing from childhood, comic books notwithstanding. My favorite of Scarry's was Cars and Trucks and Things That Go.
When I remember reading this post this line wasn't in it.Yes, I feel much better
This may not be as exciting to watch as you think. A russian scientist in 1978 accidentally got shot through the head with a particle accelerator and, while it's probably not something you want to cross off your bucket list (He suffered from seizures, deafness in one ear, and paralysis of half his face) as traumatic brain injuries go he got off fairly lightly. Standing in front of one likely wouldn't be good for you, but it's not like you'd pop or anything.
He sold it to Mr. Peanut for a bag of money, apparently.
Oh the rants this causes.
Whenever I hear the Mandela Effect, I kind of turn into Scrooge, “Bah, Humbug!” Proof in the simulation? No, just proof that people are becoming so secure in their own narcissism, that they’ve gone from turning their opinions into facts, to turning their ignorance into facts, and relying on “common wisdom” as facts.
Yes, I feel much better.
This sounds very cool. Forgive me if this is a stupid question and I should already know who you are, but do you already have any published books?Good, because my video blog about it was how gameable an idea it can be! (and no I don't believe it really thought it's fun to imagine.) Of course I also now use MEV-X (Mandela Effect Variance/Variations) where the X number of notable events that are different from "real" history for different things. Sort of a way of identifying parallel realities (though egocentric since it assumes we're the prime universe. I bring it up in one of my novels, the character cites the MEV as his theory--and it turns out the world he is in (not his original one) has at least two notable historical alterations. Mandela did die in prison in their universe, and superpowers exist. (Both have caused notable changes to the realities because of the latter and some because of the former--it's a work in progress in the book.)
Other than RPGs? No. I'm done with everything but third pass cleanup on one (plus finding cover art.) Even have an editor lined up. Then the second one which has MEV stuff mentioned has to be hit hard to finish it, and go through all of that as well. (Though it's fun to write it needs more conflict.)This sounds very cool. Forgive me if this is a stupid question and I should already know who you are, but do you already have any published books?