The psychological phenomenon where an individual experiences frustration or regret upon discovering a beneficial change or opportunity that occurs immediately after they leave or finish an experience. It often involves feelings of envy, loss, or unfairness, as the timing of the improvement would have directly benefited the individual had it occurred earlier. This effect can lead to counterfactual thinking and a sense of "what could have been."
"The university just announced new funding for research projects, but I’m graduating next month. I guess I'm experiencing the after-timing effect."
"I spent years working at that company, and just after I left, they introduced flexible work-from-home options. It’s the After-Timing Effect at play!"
"After years of hard work, I finally graduate, and now they’re offering a campus-wide discount for DoorDash—classic After-Timing Effect!"
"I spent years working at that company, and just after I left, they introduced flexible work-from-home options. It’s the After-Timing Effect at play!"
"After years of hard work, I finally graduate, and now they’re offering a campus-wide discount for DoorDash—classic After-Timing Effect!"
by prakrat December 7, 2024
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Get the Kingsley effect mug.When something is Big, Lazy and Adorable to the point where it can get away with practically anything.
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Get the The Snorlax Effect mug.When you're hanging with atleast 3 of your brovas so you feel extremely confident so you're more likely to do reckless shit.
I was with the bros and we saw that fuck Boii from uptown so we ran down on that bum ass nigga.
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Dude pulled a knife out on TJ he was shook he saw us 3 turning the corner and he knew if he popped we'd follow up.
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Dude pulled a knife out on TJ he was shook he saw us 3 turning the corner and he knew if he popped we'd follow up.
by Itsstaethooo May 25, 2016
Get the squad effect mug.The Cox Effect was coined in October 2025. This meme has gone viral social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. The term refers to manipulating someones peers into acting like internet celebrity and actor Charlie Cox. These acts may include listening to rock and roll, playing video games like Sea of Thieves, and "dragging a bit."
Mickey: Dude I have really gotten into Metallica and Pearl Jam recently.
Henry: NO! You have fallen under The Cox Effect.😭
Henry: NO! You have fallen under The Cox Effect.😭
by UpTownChuck October 25, 2025
Get the The Cox Effect mug.When an album is so widely praised for being perfect in every sense of the word that people can feel afraid to criticize it or even listen to it for fear of disliking it. Also called The Dark Side Of The Moon Effect and The In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Effect.
i hear people raving about to pimp a butterfly all the time but im scared to listen to it. what if i don't like it?
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by tacklezzz November 16, 2024
Get the The To Pimp A Butterfly Effect mug.Named after the famous Mandala pattern of art this conspiracy theory Is when a large group of people remember something being a certain way, but when people go back and look at it, it has changed or is gone in this universe with no reasoning other than "it's always been like that"
Two popular theories on the Mandala effect are:
Time Travel- Some believe that times travels have come back to the past and changed one little thing that ended up changing many other things kinda like the butterfly effect Think about it the future has already happened so even if time travel is say 1,000 years in the future it has already been done which means time travelers are going back to the past which is our present and changing little things.
Parallel Universe- Others believe that sometime in the last decade or two the world went through a black hole or that our "original world" ended and now we are in this Parallel Universe where something changed in the process of switching or going through the black hole. (most think in the years 2000 or 2012 this happened cause many thought the world was gong to end)
Two popular theories on the Mandala effect are:
Time Travel- Some believe that times travels have come back to the past and changed one little thing that ended up changing many other things kinda like the butterfly effect Think about it the future has already happened so even if time travel is say 1,000 years in the future it has already been done which means time travelers are going back to the past which is our present and changing little things.
Parallel Universe- Others believe that sometime in the last decade or two the world went through a black hole or that our "original world" ended and now we are in this Parallel Universe where something changed in the process of switching or going through the black hole. (most think in the years 2000 or 2012 this happened cause many thought the world was gong to end)
Kayla: Do you remember those books we used to read with the family of bears? The Berenstein Bears.
Danielle: MANDALA EFFECT! It has supposedly been the BerenstAin Bears the whole time!
Kayla: No way! I remember that vividly as a kid!
Danielle: Same here!
Danielle: MANDALA EFFECT! It has supposedly been the BerenstAin Bears the whole time!
Kayla: No way! I remember that vividly as a kid!
Danielle: Same here!
by Gaslampmandala August 15, 2025
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