Verstag Effect

The effect by which individuals with mundane names appear with frequency in standings for the sake of subversion due to their names.

“Dread the evil emperor Bouthazar the Conquerer, and his most feared right hand man: Greg.” Is an example of the Verstag Effect.

by Hal As N December 28, 2024

The vness Effect

A british boy that, when one is on the same planet as him, causes the other person to immediately become brainrotted into oblivion.

Hummble: "Dude, I talked with that vness guy today, and I all of a sudden had the urge to start singing 'skibidi rizz' as loud as possible"
Winderix: "Damn, you're cooked. You're experiencing the vness effect. No one ever recovers."

by WIDNERIX January 2, 2025

Hoodwinked Effect

The mindset among people who have abandoned physical media in favor of streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video, where if a movie is not on any streaming services and is inaccessible outside dvds or piracy, it might as well be lost media. Named after the 2005 film Hoodwinked! which has been called Lost Media by users on Twitter

That movie isn't lost media, I have it on DVD! Oh well, another case of the Hoodwinked Effect

by StarHogs January 4, 2025

The Lahaina effect

Wanting disregard for any lessons learned due to urban wildfires, including operational fire hydrants, warning sirens and water reservoirs.

LA is experiencing the Lahaina effect, fire hydrants are empty, reservoirs are low and commin sense emergency procedures are ignored.

by Bonham Waste Trill January 9, 2025

Notive Effect

When a Roblox Animator is exposed for being a disgusting person.

Recently, the Notive Effect had revealed INSERT ROBLOX ANIMATOR to be a Predator/Groomer.

by Tun_ed January 12, 2025

Farid effect

When a group of girls are all single because single girls keep their friends single

“Why are you single, miha”
“Uh idk, all my friends are single and they tell me to stay away from relationships”
“Oh, you are under the Farid effect”

by Ugabugabugabuga January 12, 2025

Hoodwinked Effect

The erroneous classification of a piece of media as "lost" when it is merely extant and unavailable on mainstream streaming platforms.

Many people online labelled a game as "lost media" even though it just wasn't available on Steam or Epic. You can just grab it from your local video game retailer. This is what's called the Hoodwinked Effect.

by AngellTangell January 14, 2025