Cooper effect

Adding 1 drop of clear glue (Elmer's school glue) per ounce to epoxy resin. Makes the resin thick and keeps the colors separate.

I used the cooper effect on my resin.

by Katiebugscrafts February 17, 2026

The Banis effect

The Banis effect occurs when one meets a character by the name of “Banis” and becomes ignorantly evil until ties with said “Banis” are cut

That dude totally fell victim to the banis effect, hes evil and doesn’t even know it

by TheFifthHorseman February 18, 2026

Assad-Maduro Effect

Also Assad-Maduro Bias, a form of bias where observers focus exclusively on a single action, goal, or intention—ignoring the actual consequences, outcomes, and means used to achieve them. Named after the international reactions to the falls of Assad and Maduro, where critics fixated on the abstract goal of "removing dictators" while dismissing the catastrophic humanitarian consequences, the rise of even worse actors, and the methods used (sanctions starving populations, support for extremist factions, destruction of infrastructure). The bias allows its holders to feel morally pure by focusing on intentions while remaining willfully blind to results. It's the logic of "the goal was good, so everything done to achieve it is justified"—a blank check for atrocity dressed in noble intentions.

Example: "He celebrated the sanctions against Venezuela as 'standing up to dictatorship,' applying the Assad-Maduro Effect by ignoring that the sanctions had devastated healthcare, caused thousands of deaths, and pushed millions into poverty. The goal (removing Maduro) was all that mattered; the consequences (starving children) were invisible. Means and ends had been separated, and only ends counted—which is how you justify anything."

by Abzugal February 19, 2026

Notherapy Effect

The term for the phenomenon where therapy—particularly mental and psychological interventions—has more negative than positive effects on an individual. The Notherapy Effect can result from various factors: mismatched therapist and client, inappropriate modalities, forced or coerced therapy, therapy that pathologizes normal responses to abnormal situations, or simply the wrong approach for the individual. Instead of healing, the experience causes harm: retraumatization, increased distress, eroded trust, deepened shame. The Notherapy Effect is rarely discussed in a culture that treats therapy as universally beneficial, but it's real, and its victims are left not only unhelped but harmed—and often blamed for their own failure to improve.

Example: "She'd been coerced into therapy after speaking out about workplace abuse. The therapist focused not on the abuse but on her 'reaction' to it, suggesting her anger was the problem, not the injustice. Months of this left her doubting herself, blaming herself, more broken than before. The Notherapy Effect had done its work: therapy had harmed more than helped, and she was left to pick up the pieces alone."

by Abzugal February 19, 2026