The Mandel Effect

When you tell someone a time to meet up but the universe always find a way to make you late.

We’ll leave at 8:30 unless the Mandel effect has anything to say.

by Brhoady March 6, 2026

The Mandel Effect

When you tell someone a time to meet up but the universe always finds a way to make you late.

We’ll be there at 8:30 unless the Mandel effect happens.

by Brhoady March 6, 2026

The Vince Staples Effect

When one party presents a truth or an uncomfortable sentiment in a deadpan or neutral manner and the other party reacts with amusement in order to ease the tension or awkwardness

Person 1: If Jesus came back, how would he feel about the commercialization of the cross he died on?
Person 2: Bro what the fuck. You just be saying shit.
Person 1: I’m deadass, I’m not even tryna be funny. Like ain’t no way he’d be cool with that..
Person 2: Damn. The Vince Staples Effect…

by Xiz! March 6, 2026

Bulver-Sokal Effect

The union of bulverism and sokalism as a unified cognitive and meta-cognitive bias, where you dismiss an argument by psychoanalyzing the arguer (bulverism) while simultaneously dismissing their entire field based on hoaxes or scandals (sokalism). The Bulver-Sokal Effect is a powerful one-two punch of intellectual dismissal: first, you explain why your opponent believes what they believe (they're postmodernists, they're relativists, they've been brainwashed by their field), and second, you declare their entire field invalid because of hoaxes or bad actors. The combination is nearly impossible to counter because it doesn't engage with arguments at all—it explains them away and dismisses their source simultaneously. The Bulver-Sokal Effect is the signature tactic of culture warriors who prefer dismissal to dialogue.

Example: "She tried to explain her position, grounded in contemporary gender theory. He deployed the Bulver-Sokal Effect: 'You only believe that because you've been indoctrinated by gender studies, and we all know gender studies is a pseudoscience because of that hoax paper.' Her arguments were explained away (bulverism) and her field dismissed (sokalism). There was no room for actual engagement."

by Abzugal March 8, 2026

Dream SMP effect

People who pretend /convince themselves their more sensitive than they actually are, or when people pretend to have DID. It's called the dream smp effect because it came from dream smp fans doing the above starting in 2020.

Person 1: did you see this funny image of someone talking about leaving their kids in the car with a SpongeBob image on discord?

Person 2: the one where the people in the server were being way too sensitive about the joke? That's called the dream smp effect, it also applies to this TikTok where this person is obviously faking DID but the people in the comments are too, so nobody is hating

by Monocone March 24, 2026

The Parlo Effect

The Parlo Effect happens when someone who was treated badly or unfairly on the internet starts to treat others badly too. This keeps a cycle of mean behavior going.

* A gamer who was once made fun of for not being good, at a game might start insulting players.

* A person who was attacked on media might start responding aggressively to others.

"This Behavior is a clear example of the parlo effect"

by Glasswalk March 27, 2026

The Parlo Effect

The Parlo Effect happens when someone who was treated badly or unfairly on the internet starts to treat others badly too. This keeps a cycle of mean behavior going.

* A gamer who was once made fun of for not being good, at a game might start insulting players.

* A person who was attacked on media might start responding aggressively to others.

"This behavior is a clear example of the parlo effect

by Glasswalk March 27, 2026