The Silverman effect is an anomoly in which people start to see everything as offensive to them in some way, much like Sarah Silverman mistaking simple construction symbols for swastikas.
I saw they cast a white girl to play an Egyptian in a movie and forgot there are white people born in Africa, too. The Silverman effect is strong with me, right now!
by TrevorEG April 12, 2017
When everyone remembers someone as being funny or relevant, but either that person hasn't been funny in YEARS or they never have been.
Gal: "I love how Sarah Silverman stays funny and topical"
Guy: "Name the last funny thing that Sarah SIlverman did..."
Gal: "That Matt Damon song was kinda funny.. and that Mr. Show stuff.."
Guy: "The Matt Damon song wasn't funny and that was 2008.. Mr. Show was the mid-90s, and she was the only unfunny person on there.."
Gal: "Oh jeez, you're right.. The Sarah Silverman Effect strikes again."
Guy: "Name the last funny thing that Sarah SIlverman did..."
Gal: "That Matt Damon song was kinda funny.. and that Mr. Show stuff.."
Guy: "The Matt Damon song wasn't funny and that was 2008.. Mr. Show was the mid-90s, and she was the only unfunny person on there.."
Gal: "Oh jeez, you're right.. The Sarah Silverman Effect strikes again."
by Palpatine February 3, 2017