This isn't a real book cover. You can tell because it's supposed to say Berenstein bears
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It's berenstain because the predator is gonna turn them into a stain
Bearenstien.
Bearndtsteen.
I was being facetious.
So are they
It's the Mandela effect; People remember it as the Bearenstein Bears, but it's Bearenstain and it doesn't feel right. I want to go back to my 'verse
Occam's razor suggests that it can't possibly be the fact that -stein is a much more common name ending and since it's children's media most people will have last read the name while still a child and likely never realize that it was specifically a, therefore misremembering the name assuming it was an e. look how long it even took me to type. convoluted, complex theory.
rather the answer must be the simplest: a break in the spacetime continuum.
It actually is just Berenstein and everyone else in the world just has a shit memory and bootleg merchandise
I legit still have my books from when I was a kid. Berenstien. My friend also has their books from when they were a kid. Berenstain. We argued about it off and on for like a decade before we finally settled it. We only have one book in common, a halloween one, but other than that we have no idea what happened. They were printed in different years, but why would that matter??? IDK, it is a mystery.
I could really use a picture of both books, preferably together (but either way). It would really help me talk to my neighbor who brings up the Mandela effect at least 5x per year.
I'll see if I can track her down. She moved to the UK for university about 6 years ago, but I doubt she brought all her childhood stuff with her(her whole family is still in southern California). My stuff is in storage near Washington at the moment, but I should be going up there before December to nab some stuff.
I bet the photos we took are in those boxes too xD
You'll be internet famous if you manage to get a photo! You might also get rich on ebay if you sell them as a pack.
And, really, you'll help me win my lovely neighborhood back from the same repetitive conversation, hah.
Hahaha, I doubt anyone would want to buy my old childhood books. They're covered in dragon ball stickers, drawn on, stained with various foods and drinks... over all I was not very respectful of my books when I was 7 xD The internet fame would be nice though! Maybe, I hear that backfires for a lot of people lol
Well, I'm setting a calendar reminder for every day I'll be in Washington this December to hit the storage unit on the way back. Gotta grab my old laptop and external hard drive anyway so why not!
Have you ever met someone who is obsessed with the supposed Mandela Effect? I'm not kidding when I say I have to listen to this monthly. I'm sure my generally sane neighbor isnt an outlier; these people are seriously obsessed.
It might be more fun for me if I were a few years older, but most of the examples are from before my time by a few years. Regardless, there's only so many times I can hear about the Berenst**n Bears before I start a neighborhood Gofund Me to buy your books off ebay so we can all have some peace at the next block party lmao.
"Oh look. It's raining again."
gesundheit
Hello, fellow refugee from a better timeline.
Bareassteam Bears*
Sister Bear: You're hit! You're bleeding, man.
Brother Bear: I ain't got time to bleed.
Brother Bear: This stuff’ll make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus, just like me.
60% of the time, it works every time.
spits chewing tobacco in a sexual tyrannosaurussy way
E: God dann i missed the other comment referencing that omega cringe line
This is one of those Mandela Effect things. It’s actually spelled Preaeadeatour. Most people mix that up.
Luckily help is on its' way!
This looks like AI and Lemmy hates AI.
People don't have a problem with the Predator shooting an eye-beam out of its nose so...
After the Archie one, I can believe anything.
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As a mobile user with large fingers, I don't like what you did there
Yep, I've been trying to open it for a minute, i don't think it's going to happen.
I had no idea that existed. Thank you.
Fuck it, I'm gonna say it: the Predator's laser targeting system doesn't do damage. That comes from the shoulder-mounted cannon.
My childhood best friend would make parody versions of these books in elementary school by tracing the pictures and modifying them. Pretty amusing how violent and sarcastic a child's imagination can get.
tracing the pictures and modifying them
some activists made an entirely new issue of Tintin that way...
Neat, thanks for sharing! :-)
This is AI trying to figure out who the old fucks are. I remember watching these bears in black and white TV. You had to wait a few seconds for the vacuum tubes to heat up. If you didn't like it you could clack clack the top knob to one of 13 different channels.
I was jealous of fancy city folks with their 13 channels all showing essentially the same thing. I only had 3 channels essentially showing the same thing.
Same here, I forgot about that. That's right, you can go to channel, 2, 6, 12. Everything else was static...which you could watch if you want to.
Yes. The thirteen positions on the dial seemed to be the product of rampant optimism.
But I imagine some lucky city kid had several additional watching options.
Wasn't there a third knob for more channels? I remember having an old green screen that had a double knob on it for that. I don't remember the number of channels possible though.
FYI the Predator only fights opponents who are strong and honorable to fight. So with that being said what is the body count of the Berenstain Bears?
The faces on mom & the kids. Lmfao
Title doesn't really fit the pattern of the real books; too many words/syllables. "... Get Hunted" or "... meet The Predator" would be more plausible titles.
Show this if you find someone who believes ai doesn't bring any good to this world.
I was expecting the predator to be Trump or some other celebrity pedophile.
I like it. The art style always creeped me out a little ass a kid.
Boy, whatever the mom and kids are looking at must be pretty bad if it has their attention more than a Predator!