This ‘Sex and the City’ Mandela Effect Will Blow Your Mind

Sex and the City is now available to stream on Netflix, which means a whole generation of women are now reliving their favorite show while others are watching it for the first time, watching the legendary show dish out crucial life lessons about love, sex, and romance. But did you know there’s a supposed Mandela Effect associated with the show that’s plagued many viewers? 

What is a Mandela Effect?

According to psychologists, the Mandela effect is a specific “false” memory that a large number of people collectively believe occurred but seems to be contradicted by what actually transpired in real life. For example, many people remember Nelson Mandela passing away in prison in the 1980s, but in reality, he died in 2013. Or they remember the famous children’s book series “Berenstain Bears” titled as “Berenstein Bears,” or remember the man on the Monopoly board holding a monocle when he didn’t, although one TikTok user did find an incident of a 1996 version of the game depicting it. Some psychologists theorize that Mandela effect could be a result of priming effects (the factors that precede an event, or the stimuli you are exposed to beforehand have the power to shape our response to a new stimulus), memory gaps and the natural inaccuracies resulting from how memories are stored and recalled, or post-event conflicting information that interferes with our perception of reality. Some who are more spiritually inclined have suggested Mandela Effects may be evidence of a glitch in the matrix that proves we’re in a simulation, or that there are parallel realities afoot. It’s all very intriguing to consider, whether you take a scientific or spiritual perspective on it. 

What is the Mandela Effect for Sex and the City?

Many people remember the television show “Sex and the City” being written as “Sex in the City.” There is even video footage of the actresses in Sex and the City winning awards and the award announcers seemingly pronouncing the show as “Sex in the City” rather than “Sex and the City.” Others have pointed out old memorabilia that uses “in” rather than “and.” Yet the original book series by Candace Bushnell the television series is based on is called Sex and the City, suggesting that this was the case all along.

Like Carrie Bradshaw, we can’t help but wonder – it possible people are collectively believing in a false memory and their brain is just filling in the gaps and there were simply differently labeled products sold in the past to support such a memory  – or is there something even larger at play? Perhaps only time will tell, and it will be interesting to see what will be considered the latest new subject of the Mandela effect in the coming decades. But as you ponder life’s greatest mysteries and investigate the true nature of reality, don’t forget to tune into Netflix to rewatch Sex and the City and refresh your memory on how emotionally unavailable Mr. Big was, because unlike this Mandela Effect, that’s a fact that’s never changed.