Kerbal Effect

The Kerbal Effect: when a videogame inspires a person to pursue a career path that they had not planned on before, named as it is because of the many people that have pursued degrees in aerospace engineering because of Kerbal Space Program.
I just saw another Kerbal Effect post on Reddit where someone got degrees in aerospace and mechanical engineering because they bought KSP.
by VaporizedKerbal July 01, 2022
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the captain effect

When all forces combine to create the ultimate meth child, grown yet completely dulled and retarded, the creature would be known as "captain autism". When "it" finds a new victim to splooge its flem, and beat off to, it is known as the Captain Effect. Where the victim can no longer escape this new found growth of a creature attempting to suck the victim off at the force of a thousand suns
John became depressed as he realized he was under the spell of the captain effect.
by Edgemaster420691488 December 05, 2017
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twitter effect

Robbie: "u should add 'the twitter effect' to urban dictionary w/ this explanation"
it's like the twitter effect, a GIF of a hipster game gets a million retweets in indie circles and when it releases it get zero sales
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The Splitgate Effect

The phenomenon that takes place when a once popular first-person shooter loses a majority of its player base within a few months of its initial hype due to player disinterest.

The video game 'Splitgate' once had thousands of players online and even was, at one point, the most streamed game on Twitch, but it has sadly lost more than 90% of its player base mainly due to players losing interest.
(Hyped First-Person Shooter) is no longer popular due to the Splitgate Effect.
by Lee Kei Baum May 19, 2023
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Nico Effect

The psychological effect of the modern-day era where one is able to predict what would happen after they get into some type of situation that has something else happening behind the scenes. Usually involved with your friend's girlfriend.
Conversation between Boy 1 and Boy 2..

Boy 1: bro, so what happened with you and her? Were you able to smash?
Boy 2: no dude, I experienced the Nico effect. I knew she had a boyfriend, and in the end she'll say she'll call cuts with me.
Boy 1: damn bro. Anything else happen?
Boy 2: well I hit up her dm's and she's like "we're dating so you can't be feeling like this rn" and I'm like "ik you were dating I was being sarcastic".
Boy 1: YO SO SAVAGE HAHAHAHAHA
by Asian guy that's Filipino August 11, 2017
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no dinner effect

The process of American Twitter users finding a foreign cultural phenomenon they don't understand, in a country they've never been to, and somehow turning into a race issue.
How did #Swedengate turn memes about not feeding child guests into a debate on colonialism?
That's just the no dinner effect bro!
by Zark Muckerburg June 01, 2022
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The Bamboo Effect

A phenomenom used to explain the increase in size of males in senior high school in Ghana due to the increase in flour in diets but a proportional decrease in fat due to excessive labour giving them a bamboo-like growth👌🏾
Every Presecan goes through the Bamboo Effect
I was surprised to see Kennedy had gone through the bamboo Effect
by ThatkidManuel November 24, 2021
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