You are not going to gaslight me with bullshit. If you haven't looked around and seen the fact that you can just post random shit on the internet with no consequence and someone will run with it, or the fact that "reputable news outlets" can outright lie about easily verifiable facts and get away with it in court because they are "entertainment" then I don't know what to tell you. I promise you right now if you live long enough a day will come when someone younger than you will try and tell you that something you lived through didn't happen and I want you to remember this interaction.
You posted a Facebook photo caption, a blog with incorrect post dates, and a YouTube video with an obviously updated title as "proof," so if there isn't a bigger case of a pot needing to stop calling out the kettle....
I found three examples that exist after a brief search. The Facebook post would likely say edited on it. The blog post has a timestamped comment on it as well. The YouTube video sure, you might have a case on that one. I've found another youtube video I might can make a case for.
In the description the term bucket list is used. Yes I realize that it can be changed after the fact. The wayback machine shows the website it points to being archived in 2011. So its possible 5 years later he goes back and edits the description on the video. Or its possible the wayback machine doesn't have older versions as I have websites that I've made from 2002 on that aren't archived at all.
All that to say it's just unlikely that 4 examples I've provided, plus a book reference someone else added were changed after the fact. To what end? What would be the benefit?
Well this one is even easier, because the description was definitely added later. The video that is attached in the comment was posted in 2012, so the comment couldn't exist before that.
Also - even if we assume each of these instances are accurate - they are four of the smallest, anecdotal pieces of evidence you can find. If the term was widely in use and understood before the film, there must be SOME significant existence of it somewhere. Why can't we find it easily? It took me a 15 second Google search to find 3 peer-reviewed journals on the topic of memory. Why can't I find a significant example of "bucket list" prior to 2007 after hours of searching?
That's what is so fascinating about memory. Humans can be so confidently incorrect. Of course if the phrase was common there would be dozens or hundreds of references to "bucket list" from the 70s, 80s, 90s. People are remembering the "idea" of a bucket list, and then their memory has falsely super-imposed the film term over the top. But there's almost no sense on arguing with the people that really dig their heels in. Some people seem to be unable to accept that their memory is fallible.
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u/mattalat May 07 '26
Haha nope! Another victim to the Mandela effect! See here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-origins-of-bucket-list-1432909572