When followers of a particular belief or idea split off into a fringe group that creates a spin-off idea of the original idea. Over time, the followers of the fringe group convince themselves that the original idea was never real or had never existed. Many conspiracy theories that began on 4chan as memes, spiraled into these fallacies
The Flat Earth movement picked up steam after many users of meme discussion board experienced the Fight Club Effect and lost their sense of reality within the joke
by Ded Sexi December 23, 2019
Jerry experienced the Fight Club Effect when the movie came on TV late at night and he realized it's not as great as he made it out to be.
by nickell7 May 01, 2010