First coined by Invisible/FACEandLMS/MyFemaleEquivalentDoesntHaveToWork on PUAHate.
THE LOOKS SCALE
0 ----------- 3 ----------- 5 ----------- 7 -------------10 (less......>>>........... more attractivness)
FAILO EFFECT.........................................HALO EFFECT
The Halo effect is well known. We associate beautiful (tall, slim, good face, youthful hair, healthy youthful skin, etc) people with good qualities, such as confidence, fitness, charisma, less likely to commit crimes, more giving, better parents, more skillful, etc. We are more likely to remember a beautiful face. And when we do, we will be more likely to remember positive things about it.
We tend not to associate any qualities (as strongly) with average looking people - as most people are average looking. Looks are on a bell curve: very few people are really ugly, very few are really attractive - most hover around "average". We tend to be more neutral towards average looking people. We find them forgettable.
However, in contrast to the Halo effect, I coined the term "the FAILO effect". If you see an ugly man, who's short, balding, wrinkled skin, fat, and wearing thick glasses, you associate his ugly looks with negative qualities such as low self esteem, unfitness, no charisma, more likely to be a criminal, etc. You are more likely to remember the ugliest person you've ever seen than an average looking person. And along with that, you will most likely remember negative things about that person.
THE LOOKS SCALE
0 ----------- 3 ----------- 5 ----------- 7 -------------10 (less......>>>........... more attractivness)
FAILO EFFECT.........................................HALO EFFECT
The Halo effect is well known. We associate beautiful (tall, slim, good face, youthful hair, healthy youthful skin, etc) people with good qualities, such as confidence, fitness, charisma, less likely to commit crimes, more giving, better parents, more skillful, etc. We are more likely to remember a beautiful face. And when we do, we will be more likely to remember positive things about it.
We tend not to associate any qualities (as strongly) with average looking people - as most people are average looking. Looks are on a bell curve: very few people are really ugly, very few are really attractive - most hover around "average". We tend to be more neutral towards average looking people. We find them forgettable.
However, in contrast to the Halo effect, I coined the term "the FAILO effect". If you see an ugly man, who's short, balding, wrinkled skin, fat, and wearing thick glasses, you associate his ugly looks with negative qualities such as low self esteem, unfitness, no charisma, more likely to be a criminal, etc. You are more likely to remember the ugliest person you've ever seen than an average looking person. And along with that, you will most likely remember negative things about that person.
Brad Pitt walks up to a slim, young, beautiful woman and asks her out on a date:
Her: "Omigod, yes. What are you doing now? Wanna go somewhere?"
Him: "I be halo-effecting women on the daily, yo".
Danny DeVito walks up to a slim, young, beautiful woman and asks her out on a date:
Her: "Eew, creepy. Go away, you bald manlet".
Him: "I just can't get away from that Failo Effect."
Her: "Omigod, yes. What are you doing now? Wanna go somewhere?"
Him: "I be halo-effecting women on the daily, yo".
Danny DeVito walks up to a slim, young, beautiful woman and asks her out on a date:
Her: "Eew, creepy. Go away, you bald manlet".
Him: "I just can't get away from that Failo Effect."
by FACEandLMS December 19, 2013
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Cead- Hundred
Mile- Thousand
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Something you might see on a sign at an airport when arriving in Ireland
Cead- Hundred
Mile- Thousand
Failte- Welcome(s)
Something you might see on a sign at an airport when arriving in Ireland
Tom went to answer the knock at the door and hollered "Cead mile failte!" as he answered it and saw his family from over in the states.
by yaboymd January 20, 2019
Get the Cead Mile Failte mug.The many flaws in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, mainly that vampire don't exist, and even if they did, they would burn rather than sparkle in the sunlight. Oh, and the way Bella got pregnant without Edward having a hard-on. Hmm, mysterious little fucker, isn't he?
Bella: I think I'm pregnant.
Edward: No, you can't be, because I don't have a blood flow and therefore can't get a stiffy and can't knock you up, making "Breaking Dawn" pointless, as well as the rest of the series before it.
Bella: Right, I forgot how much Twilight failz.
Edward: No, you can't be, because I don't have a blood flow and therefore can't get a stiffy and can't knock you up, making "Breaking Dawn" pointless, as well as the rest of the series before it.
Bella: Right, I forgot how much Twilight failz.
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An item, person, or event that fails so hard that calling it retarded would be a complement.
An item, person, or event that fails so hard that calling it retarded would be a complement.
Last night's party was fucking failtarded. There was one girl, she was fat, and some dude grabbed my butt. Not to mention someone ran off with a bottle of Goose.
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Felix, the failson of the family, goes downstairs at Thanksgiving, briefly mumbles, ‘Hi,’ everyone asks him how community college is going, he mumbles something about a 2.0 average, goes back upstairs with a loaf of bread and some peanut butter, and gets back to gaming and masturbating.
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