‘My head is as messed up as an egg,’ woman admits after realizing she’s been mispronouncing the name of a cult ’90s snack for decades
A WOMAN is left stunned after discovering she has been mispronouncing the name of a cult snack for decades.
Heather admitted she thought the “Mandela Effect” was at play after discovering that a popular lunchbox kit was called Attack a Snak, not Snack Attack.
“Guys, this can’t just be me,” she began TikTok video.
“Is this what you call the Mandela effect?
“We 90s babies will definitely know this. And now my kids eat them too!”
When she bought the set for her children, she noticed that the text on the packaging was different than she remembered.
“When I realized that, of course I had to find the old packaging because it doesn’t say Attack a Snak anywhere,” she insisted.
“It said Snack Attack.”
Heather then showed what the packaging looked like when she was younger: “It still says Attack a Snack on it.
“I can’t find Snack Attack anywhere on the internet.
“But I’m 90% sure that’s their name and this is just… this never happened, but it clearly did!
“Please tell me if your mind is as baffled as mine!”
“My head is as messed up as an egg right now,” Heather captioned the video.
“Is this the Mandela effect?
“Did anyone else think it was called ‘Snack Attack’?”
And the comments were almost immediately filled with people admitting that they had also been pronouncing the name incorrectly for years.
“I definitely remember Snack Attack,” someone wrote.
“I always call it Snack Attack and I looked it up the other day because I was sure it was Snack Attack and I was like, what!” said another in surprise.
What is the Mandela Effect?
WHAT exactly is the Mandela Effect that people are talking about?
According to Psychology Today, the Mandela Effect occurs when a large group of people experience the same false memory.
The term was coined in 2010 by paranormal investigator Fiona Broome, when she said she remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s.
The anti-apartheid leader died in 2013, after serving as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Since then, there have been several instances of the Mandela Effect, including Darth Vader telling Luke Skywalker, “Luke, I am your father” in The Empire Strikes Back.
Vader basically says, “No, I’m your father,” when Luke accuses him of killing his father.
“No, they’re Snack Attacks and always will be,” a third insisted.
“OMG I literally noticed this yesterday and couldn’t find any evidence! So glad I’m not the only one,” someone else wrote.
“No, the lies – it was definitely Snack Attack!” another commented.
“It’s Snack Attack. End of story. I refused to call it Attack a Snak,” someone else ranted.
“The Mandela effect is wild haha!”
Others insisted they always pronounced the snack’s name correctly.
“I always called it Attack a Snak. I used to eat them all the time,” one person wrote.
“It’s always been Attack a Snak,” said someone else.
“I mean, I don’t know if they were ever really called that, but I always call them Attack a Snack. I can’t explain why!” laughed a third.
As another wrote: “It was always called Attack a Snak!”
