Describes a double-standard, where elected officials do not care about civil rights violations concerning ordinary citizens, but scandalize similar violations when they happen to them.
Coined by Edward Snowden.
Coined by Edward Snowden.
"It's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them."
Edward Snowden in an interview with NBC news.
Edward Snowden in an interview with NBC news.
by dzire187 April 22, 2014
Get the Merkel Effect mug.The retired Navy SEAL, ultra marathon, public speaker and author David Goggins’ effect to empower people. The effect causes people to push themselves to the extreme and to break physical barriers and challenges. Often used with quotes from him such as, “They don’t know me son” and “Who’s going to carry the boats”
“I heard Dave started running”
“Yea, he just ran his first ultramarathon last week.”
“Must be the Goggins’ effect”
“Yea, he just ran his first ultramarathon last week.”
“Must be the Goggins’ effect”
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When a person is doing somthing and then looks around and the majority of other people seem to be doing or about to do them same thing.
When playing grand theft auto and the character gets into a car suddenly the majority of the cars in the area seem to be the same.
When playing grand theft auto and the character gets into a car suddenly the majority of the cars in the area seem to be the same.
When going for a run or about to look around and notice lots of other people doing the same thing this is called the grand theft auto effect!.
by Lil bezz July 30, 2010
Get the Grand theft auto effect mug.Every time a Clown gets a hard-on while in a clown car packed full of other clowns. The Clown's boner then causes all the other clowns to receive erections. This causes the process of leaving the car to take a longer time, and sometimes scars some children as they see clowns with boners sticking out of their funny clown pants.
Slappy the Clown: "Hey Little Timmy wanna see a balloon animal"
Little Timmy: "Yes Please"
Morgan Freeman; "That is known as the Carnival Penis Effect"
Little Timmy: "Yes Please"
Morgan Freeman; "That is known as the Carnival Penis Effect"
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Get the Carnival Penis Effect mug.Going back on Effexor for the 4th or 5th time in about 12 years dealing with some other tough health stuff that effects my mind and well-being.
Works like nothing else.
Can be really great.
The going off brain zap side effects aren't that bad with me.
Maybe a few days and the feeling wasn't that terrible.
Remember or realize that most people who have POSITIVE experiences with meds or things in general
don't often bother too write about them online.
people with negative experiences tend to write a lot more I think.
So, there's a bias there.
Sexual side effects for men yes. Wellbutrin can help. May not be bad if you have PE, can slow you down.
Going off though caused me PE.
Would agree if all else fails and you need it, go for it, IF YOU NEED IT. I did well for almost a year off of it and even did OK through a tough breakup going off of it after 10 years, so you may not necessarily be doomed to be on it forever.
Just try and balance it out and any of this stuff with as much good nutrition and exercise as you can.
Oh, forgot: night sweats on this too, fun..
Meditation and the teachings on the realities of this world we create in our minds, by this guy they called "Awake" 2,500 years ago are very helpful to me.
Be well.
Works like nothing else.
Can be really great.
The going off brain zap side effects aren't that bad with me.
Maybe a few days and the feeling wasn't that terrible.
Remember or realize that most people who have POSITIVE experiences with meds or things in general
don't often bother too write about them online.
people with negative experiences tend to write a lot more I think.
So, there's a bias there.
Sexual side effects for men yes. Wellbutrin can help. May not be bad if you have PE, can slow you down.
Going off though caused me PE.
Would agree if all else fails and you need it, go for it, IF YOU NEED IT. I did well for almost a year off of it and even did OK through a tough breakup going off of it after 10 years, so you may not necessarily be doomed to be on it forever.
Just try and balance it out and any of this stuff with as much good nutrition and exercise as you can.
Oh, forgot: night sweats on this too, fun..
Meditation and the teachings on the realities of this world we create in our minds, by this guy they called "Awake" 2,500 years ago are very helpful to me.
Be well.
by decola August 20, 2013
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This effort person called me the other day and would't stop talking.
You're not an efficient person, you're an effort person.
God Damn effort people!
You're not an efficient person, you're an effort person.
God Damn effort people!
by RammieRoundTheWorld September 16, 2020
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2) "They effishenated the new student, they were now a bubble eye goldfish"
2) "They effishenated the new student, they were now a bubble eye goldfish"
by jade the bubble eye goldfish September 22, 2021
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