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Soulz phenomenon

When a game, project, or update is repeatedly promised to release soon but constantly delayed.
Though the developers and community continue to believe with absolute faith that “it’s coming back.”

Originates from the Roblox game Soulz, which has experienced countless “soon” announcements, date pushbacks, and revival promises since 2024. Despite it all, the fans still hold on.

Symptoms:

Announcements such as: “release in ~1 month” or “this Saturday for sure 🙏”

Edits quietly changing dates: “soon” becomes “later this week”

Devs reminding everyone: “it’s not discontinued” every few months

Hopium-fueled optimism keeping the fanbase alive

Sneak peeks dropped just often enough to reignite belief

Synonyms:
Development hell, Hopium cycle, Soon Syndrome

Antonym:
Released, open beta, full release
“They said the update’s coming next week again? Nah dude, that whole project is undergoing the Soulz phenomenon."

“I’ve been waiting for this game’s return for two years... I think I’m suffering from the Soulz phenomenon.”

“Don’t worry guys, it’s not cancelled... it’s Soulzed.”
Soulz phenomenon by Bluestorm171 October 30, 2025
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d3caying.soulz 

a guy who makes tiktok content (edits) he loves danganronpa and has a lot of great mutuals!! he’s pretty weird tho he like to flirt with his mutuals especially @ sleepy._.blueberrii he loves her 😍❤️
d3caying.soulz is an amazing editor

Dark Night Of The Soul 

The dark night of the soul is a spiritual depression, that ranges from feelings of extreme GOD-like bliss one day to all of a sudden extreme sadness, manic states and confusion the next day.

Dark night of a soul is best described as an existential crisis and is typically happens sometime after a spiritual awakening. It’s painful and confusing if you resist it but it is possible to overcome somewhat quickly if you fully surrender into it.

Every human will experience it in at least one of their lifetimes if they want to reach a Nirvana state and become enlightened.
Moms friend: What happen to your daughter? She’s been acting kind of “off “ lately. Is she alright?

Mom: I’m honestly not sure, the doctor said everything is perfect on the test scans and she is 100% healthy. I know she’s been praying and meditating a lot lately to relieve pain

Moms friend: I think she is going through a Dark Night Of The Soul. I had went through the same thing when I was studying the map of consciousness and doing meditations 10 years ago.
Someone whose’s extremely bad at something
I can’t take this job anymore, I work with too many Soul J’s!
Soul J by Joe Jersey April 18, 2023

gawk gawk vacuum seal double hand twist ushy gushy sloppy gorilla grip fade tsunami soul taker combo 3000 

after receiving the gawk gawk vacuum seal double hand twist ushy gushy sloppy gorilla grip fade tsunami soul taker combo 3000 u won’t be able to walk for days and your soul leaves your body for 3 hours to go get some rest. your technically dead after getting this
1:”dude this chick gave me da gawk gawk vacuum seal double hand twist ushy gushy sloppy gorilla grip fade tsunami soul taker combo 3000!”
2: “woah, bro that’s sick”
1: * aggressively humps 2*
2: *dies*

Soul train 

The soul train stops emergency vehicles from reaching someone who a higher power decided shouldn't make it
You all came from the soul train tik tok comment
Soul train by @ellis.mulligxn February 15, 2020
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