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.
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by ThePersonToYourRight November 19, 2021
Get the Magio Magic effect mug.In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.
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Ray: Love is a prime example of the butterfly effect. The insignificant action of the past can have a surmountable impact today, creating an incredible bond between 2 friends. Love you buddy.
Ray: Love is a prime example of the butterfly effect. The insignificant action of the past can have a surmountable impact today, creating an incredible bond between 2 friends. Love you buddy.
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Joe: you just experienced the mandela effect
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“Have you seen how Gregory Peck looks after his apperance in To Kill a Mocking Bird? He’s for sure gone through the Atticus Finch Effect.”
“Damn, I thought Paul McCartney from The Beatles was called the ‘cute Beatle’ for a reason. But now you can really see the Atticus Finch Effect in him.”
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“Your mom has gone through the Atticus Finch Effect, she looks like shit now.”
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Get the Atticus Finch Effect mug.The anchoring effect is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual's judgments or decisions are influenced by a reference point or "anchor" which can be completely irrelevant, e.g. the status symbol gained by owning an iPhone on your hand.
With anchoring effect, if a person sees a luxury item priced high first, they may perceive a subsequent similar item as a bargain, even if the latter is still expensive.
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