Maybe my coping mechanism. Its easier for me to deal with shazaam because thats my only memory of it, was always hearsay. I admit I eternalized the story because I repeated back the same "stupid movie" bit to my friends, embellishing how stupid it was, even after not seeing it. It was like a viral meme that had legs. Lots of potential to make fun of it. I didnt even know my memory was being questioned until after Kazaam came out. One day ~2003 I spent all day scouring the internet for shazaam only to find a few other people (yahoo answers) were also wondering where it went. I think we have difficulties discerning "memories", and "memories of memories" The latter being a challenge because they seem like the former. Im kind of arrogant when it comes to recalling events in the past. Ive always had a memory that can recall well, even stuff that happened as a toddler; so its a major blow to my ego if at least some of these werent real, or at least at some point in time.
The thing that gets me is the shared phenomenon aspect. That there are so many people who the same wrong memory is disturbing. It feels like my friends in that world died or something, or that people all around me got replaced.
Has anyone tried to date them? I think ~1993 is the last one. If it was a recurring phenomenon that would be different then if they all stopped at a certain point in time. By the time 95 or 96 rolled around I think they were all done with.
observation1 0 points 3 weeks ago
Maybe my coping mechanism. Its easier for me to deal with shazaam because thats my only memory of it, was always hearsay. I admit I eternalized the story because I repeated back the same "stupid movie" bit to my friends, embellishing how stupid it was, even after not seeing it. It was like a viral meme that had legs. Lots of potential to make fun of it. I didnt even know my memory was being questioned until after Kazaam came out. One day ~2003 I spent all day scouring the internet for shazaam only to find a few other people (yahoo answers) were also wondering where it went. I think we have difficulties discerning "memories", and "memories of memories" The latter being a challenge because they seem like the former. Im kind of arrogant when it comes to recalling events in the past. Ive always had a memory that can recall well, even stuff that happened as a toddler; so its a major blow to my ego if at least some of these werent real, or at least at some point in time.
The thing that gets me is the shared phenomenon aspect. That there are so many people who the same wrong memory is disturbing. It feels like my friends in that world died or something, or that people all around me got replaced.
Has anyone tried to date them? I think ~1993 is the last one. If it was a recurring phenomenon that would be different then if they all stopped at a certain point in time. By the time 95 or 96 rolled around I think they were all done with.