To think about multiple negative thoughts creating a festerpool of negativity resulting in situations appearing far worse.
A festerpool of high emotions can result in riots.

A person was upset due to debts building up, their mind began to pile all theirs worries creating a festerpool of depression.

Festerpool by MattMuz September 22, 2020

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casual filter

A part or stage in a game that escalates in difficulty in a very short period of time, separating the casuals from the actual gamers.

Not to be confused with a steep/vertical learning curve, as these mean that the game is hard to learn and master from the beginning.

Games with a casual filter will give you a false feeling of confidence as the filter comes after you have learned the basics and started progressing, just to catch you off guard and make your run end, usually having to start from zero again.

Some examples of casual filters in games include the winter in Project Zomboid and your first goblin raid in Dwarf Fortress

Person 1: Ayo wtf is this I just lost my 30h run, how do you even survive the winter?
Person 2: Welcome to the casual filter, play more and git gud

casual filter by Alien3.0C May 24, 2022

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