"I put my joint in a windowsill so my parents wouldn't find it, and it froze overnight. So I microwaved it to soften it up and when I took it out of the microwave it was like opening Pandora's Box."
The effect that transcends one's curiosity into an overactive drive/need to experience something, regardless of the ending possibilities. It is different from peer pressure since it does not require external forces, but is similar to physiological effects, such as being horny.
A: I think I wanna get a prostate exam, just to see what it's like
B: That's the Pandora's Box Effect, dude. Don't fall for it.
A few days later
A: I got a prostate exam.
B: You look a little different.
A: You think?
B: That's the Pandora's Box Effect, dude. Don't fall for it.
A few days later
A: I got a prostate exam.
B: You look a little different.
A: You think?
by NTRP January 6, 2021
Shooting up yourself is kind of like opening Pandora's box.
by M0n$t3r August 18, 2014
When your homie starts playing that one radio station that you can't stand just to piss you off and you end up beating his ass
by GrimThaReaper December 26, 2017
In Project Zomboid, Pandora's Box means when you open a door of any building and a horde of zombies appears after you open it. catching you off guard and most likely resulting in your death
by Zepherixs August 17, 2023