chia pet effect

The effect whereby a product has more value to a consumer whose own effort is needed.

If it weren't for the chia pet effect, you'd see a lot more furniture from IKEA in the dumpster.

by Avasarala March 24, 2021

April Fools Effect

The use of April 1st to break any serious news in order to make the victim(s) think it's a joke until after April 1st, where the victim(s) realize it's for real.

April 1st
Boss: Sorry Joe, you're fired. *Wink*
Joe: Ohhh, of course sir *wink*

April 31st
Joe: I wonder when i can return... fuck, April Fools Effect

by TomiBuoy April 1, 2017

Pavlov Effect of Euphoria

The Pavlov Effect of Euphoria stems from when couples party together and experience euphoria together from drugs. When they stop partying they still associate the feelings of euphoria with the person through subconscious association. This often leads to long term relationships with pseudo love and false romantic feelings they’ve tricked themselves into believing are natural.

Billy and Emily used to party together all the time and experience euphoria from drugs, when they stopped partying they remained together because they became conditioned to associate the positive feelings they used to feel with the presence of their partner instead through the Pavlov Effect of Euphoria.

by candiedbones September 30, 2019

John Walker Effect

Coined by Twitter user @buggy_con, the John Walker Effect is when in any form of media, the writers unintentionally make the antagonist characters

-Far more entertaining
-Far more believable as characters
-More sympathetic

-More heroic than the stale and downright evil protagonists/heroes

Typically you will see the writers project all the attributes they view as evil onto these characters in order to make a straw man to pit against their oh so perfect heroes. However, this unintentionally causes these characters to be beloved by the audience (or at least a section of the audience who believe that the ideas they embody are good), for they are the only ones who

-Call out the protagonists' bullshit for what it is
-Have actual ideas and motivations that aren't selfish
-In some way or other represent the ideal of the ideology they embody (since a writer cannot tear down an idea without first building it up)

Oftentimes these characters have to be amped up to cartoonish levels of evil in order to try and make the audience root against them, which usually does not end up working and in some cases just makes the audience love them more.

Rorschach from Watchmen, Tyler Durden from Fight Club, and Colonel Quaritch from Avatar are all examples of villains that suffer from the John Walker Effect.

by janh47 July 23, 2023

Ink Blot Effect

When one makes a bowel movement and stands up before wiping; thus, creating an image inbetween one's buttocks similar to that of the Rorschach Ink Blot Test.

Monroe made his ink blot effect concrete when he pulled up his pants and sat back down again.

Billy commercialized his ink blot effect when he headed to the copy machine afterwards and made 100 copies to sell to a psychologist.

by A. Cat Kaufing John October 5, 2009

Side-View effect

That moment when you don't see reality as a whole, but as different layers of being.

Person A: Hey dude you ok?
Person B: Yeah sorry just got a bad case of side-view effect

by pasta di ligma October 27, 2022

Exogenous Hair Effect

When a man with outstanding hair is able to take home a female beyond his looks and/or stature. Essentially the woman is drawn to the hair and hair alone, but is required to bring the man home as well because of his physical attachment to it. All members of Hanson are fervent lobbyists for the exogenous hair effect. Additionally Robert Pattison's teeth remain unrecognized because of this.

Zach Galifinakis attempting the "Phil Effect" in the Hangover. Also known as the "John Cusack Effect". "How has Jason Schwartzman ever gotten laid? ....The Exogenous Hair Effect."

by lasballs72 April 12, 2010