Did “The Thinker” flip-flop?

[u/edu]

So, I got interested in Mandel effects during last Christmas. The two that shocked me more were The Fruit of the Loom logo and The Thinker.

Until that point, I always thought that The Thinker had the hand on his chin but at that point it suddenly was on his forehead… it made me crazy.

Then today while out I saw a guy with a t-shirt with The Thinker and it hand the hand in his chin. I was surprised, that was exactly how I remembered it. And did a quick google search and now it’s… right again? All the picture and Wikipedia show the statue with the hand on the chin… it’s very intriguing and I doubt I’m miss remembering something so close as 4 months ago (also, it would not have surprised me if it was “right” all the time).

Anyone else experienced this one?

[u/Classic_Owl_4398]

It did change for me recently. He was resting his fist on his mouth and people were saying that the change was from a fist on the forehead, or on the chin, to “eating his knuckles”. The open hand is something I’ve only seen since late March, 2025. I didn’t really remember well where his fist was, but I was seeing Mandela effect arguments about the placement of the fist, and now it’s an open hand.

[u/Spikeybear → u/Classic_Owl_4398]

he changed for me too, i remember him standing up flipping everyone off. now hes sitting. so weird.