The phenomenon in which an old piece of media is constantly brought up in defense of a washed up artist, only for that old piece of media to be nothing special. Famous examples include statements such as: "But Kanye made Graduation" or: "But M. Night Shyamalan made The Sixth Sense."
by Rotful_ February 16, 2025
The Seinfeld Effect is when a cultural work is so popular that many creators copy or take inspiration from it, making the original style common. As a result, when someone watches the original, it no longer feels special because they’ve already seen it repeated elsewhere.
"When I finally saw the original, it didn’t blow me away like I expected — the Seinfeld Effect had kicked in. I’d already seen so many versions of its ideas that it just felt familiar instead of groundbreaking."
by Mrdinglbemb May 19, 2025
Man this morning i was suffering from the Zaun effect... It wasn't an easy decision but it was the right one
by Itsthemadhatter April 01, 2024
by Calmate June 29, 2024
The effect when something looks really modest and is cheap or widespread, but in reality performs better than mor eexpensive counterparts. Coined after the famous Blista Compact car in GTA game series, that became widely known in the gaming community for looking really cheap and appearing everywhere on the map, but turning out to be one of the best car in-game, with incredible handling and speed-to-acceleration ratio.
It's also true with people who look shy but turn out awesome when you get a chance to know them better.
It's also true with people who look shy but turn out awesome when you get a chance to know them better.
-I had a blista effect visiting these cheap Decathlon stores - the things perform much better than you would expect from something that cheep and looking so... cheap.
-Anna felt a blista effect after talking to Josh - he looked homely, but turned out to be an awesome guy.
-Anna felt a blista effect after talking to Josh - he looked homely, but turned out to be an awesome guy.
by Winjin September 05, 2014
Kevon: I can't find my phone, it's been a couple days...
Jimmy: Sounds like you got the Dory Effect.
Jimmy: Sounds like you got the Dory Effect.
by Buzz_Lifeyear May 16, 2015
The perception that by digesting certain plants or vegetation, you will improve something about your physiology or health. Especially true if the plant has not been scientifically studied for that effect.
Someone told her that eating Canadian crunchberry will improve her psoriasis. She tried that and she thinks it works, but I think it's just the plantcebo effect.
by jeffinity2 June 24, 2023