When a person reads a YouTube video title and gets convinced at first that it’s about the channel poster’s departure, only to watch the video and it’s about something else.
This was coined after Matpat leaving Game Theory, and causing some other YouTubers to leave too.
This was coined after Matpat leaving Game Theory, and causing some other YouTubers to leave too.
YouTube Title: The Future of the Channel…
Comment below video: Holy shit, I thought you were leaving for a second.
Reply: No, that’s just the Matpat effect calling to you.
Comment below video: Holy shit, I thought you were leaving for a second.
Reply: No, that’s just the Matpat effect calling to you.
by FREE_RENT May 4, 2024
Get the Matpat Effectmug. by Vitamin c February 20, 2024
Get the Safe and Effectivemug. 1. Bullshit
2. A very clear lie.
3. Government and/or big business narrative to conceal truth or enact a scam, conspiracy, or crime against humanity.
2. A very clear lie.
3. Government and/or big business narrative to conceal truth or enact a scam, conspiracy, or crime against humanity.
by Akubra Drizabone December 21, 2024
Get the safe and effectivemug. Short for "The George Floyd Effect". When a population has an extreme reaction to an isolated incident involving only a few people out of hundreds of millions of people, usually due to media focus and sensationalization.
After further research into the issue, I feel that the widespread protests and violence are yet another great example of The Floyd Effect.
by Josephine Hill June 1, 2022
Get the The Floyd Effectmug. (noun)
1. When a player’s enjoyment of a survival or exploration game is ruined because someone else discovered or built something first. It’s not about competition—it’s about the emotional need to feel like the first to explore it themselves.
1. When a player’s enjoyment of a survival or exploration game is ruined because someone else discovered or built something first. It’s not about competition—it’s about the emotional need to feel like the first to explore it themselves.
by TheBigAhh June 8, 2025
Get the Christopher Columbus Effectmug. An effect often seen in books of the dystopian genre where the author inserts a slew of unfortunate, jarring events that leave the reader astonished and speechless, especially if a beloved character dies suddenly with little time to grieve.
In the book Mockingjay, from The Hunger Games Trilogy, the death of the character Finnick Odair shows The Hunger Games Effect in full force, where he dies so suddenly, it’s almost comical.
by Eclipz2 January 28, 2025
Get the The Hunger Games Effectmug. "I've repeatedly listening to 'gaza' and 'gagarin' because Elena is obsessed with them, it's the melitsopoulou effect!"
by Markovious May 11, 2023
Get the melitsopoulou effectmug.