When a game, project, or update is repeatedly promised to release soon but constantly delayed.
Though the developers and community continue to believe with absolute faith that “it’s coming back.”
Originates from the Roblox game Soulz, which has experienced countless “soon” announcements, date pushbacks, and revival promises since 2024. Despite it all, the fans still hold on.
Symptoms:
Announcements such as: “release in ~1 month” or “this Saturday for sure 🙏”
Edits quietly changing dates: “soon” becomes “later this week”
Devs reminding everyone: “it’s not discontinued” every few months
Hopium-fueled optimism keeping the fanbase alive
Sneak peeks dropped just often enough to reignite belief
Synonyms:
Development hell, Hopium cycle, Soon Syndrome
Antonym:
Released, open beta, full release
Though the developers and community continue to believe with absolute faith that “it’s coming back.”
Originates from the Roblox game Soulz, which has experienced countless “soon” announcements, date pushbacks, and revival promises since 2024. Despite it all, the fans still hold on.
Symptoms:
Announcements such as: “release in ~1 month” or “this Saturday for sure 🙏”
Edits quietly changing dates: “soon” becomes “later this week”
Devs reminding everyone: “it’s not discontinued” every few months
Hopium-fueled optimism keeping the fanbase alive
Sneak peeks dropped just often enough to reignite belief
Synonyms:
Development hell, Hopium cycle, Soon Syndrome
Antonym:
Released, open beta, full release
“They said the update’s coming next week again? Nah dude, that whole project is undergoing the Soulz phenomenon."
“I’ve been waiting for this game’s return for two years... I think I’m suffering from the Soulz phenomenon.”
“Don’t worry guys, it’s not cancelled... it’s Soulzed.”
“I’ve been waiting for this game’s return for two years... I think I’m suffering from the Soulz phenomenon.”
“Don’t worry guys, it’s not cancelled... it’s Soulzed.”
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When all persons attending a show wait until the "quiet point" ,right when the show begins, and all suddennly get an "itch" in the back of their throat and must all start Caughing unanimously. sometimes funny but always very annoying and usually occurs at any high school performance when the lights go down
"Dude I was at the band concert waiting for it to start, and when it did it was a total case of Crowd Caugh Phenomenon"
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This phenomenon receives its name from the premise of a pet "talking" parrot who is suddenly silent when guests are invited to see it "talk." "I swear!," says the owner, "He says all kinds of stuff! He says 'hello', he says our names! Really! I don't know why he won't do it now...." while the guests nod and say, "Suuure, he talks. We totally believe you."
This phenomenon receives its name from the premise of a pet "talking" parrot who is suddenly silent when guests are invited to see it "talk." "I swear!," says the owner, "He says all kinds of stuff! He says 'hello', he says our names! Really! I don't know why he won't do it now...." while the guests nod and say, "Suuure, he talks. We totally believe you."
EXAMPLE:
You "Every time I try to load this page I get a weird error message. I restarted and everything. Come in here and look at this."
IT Employee: "OK, show me what it's doing."
You: Repeat action that has resulted in a error 17 times in a row. Page now loads no problem. "I swear, it was giving me an error every single time before you were standing here. Talking Parrot Phenomenon, right there."
IT Employee: Gives you skeptical eye.
You "Every time I try to load this page I get a weird error message. I restarted and everything. Come in here and look at this."
IT Employee: "OK, show me what it's doing."
You: Repeat action that has resulted in a error 17 times in a row. Page now loads no problem. "I swear, it was giving me an error every single time before you were standing here. Talking Parrot Phenomenon, right there."
IT Employee: Gives you skeptical eye.
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Get the A Rummy playing Phenom mug."Doesn't it seem like the ride home was so much shorter than the ride to the concert?"
"Sounds like Goyal's Phenomenon."
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