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The Knecht Effect describes the statistical certainty that, if one has many possessions, at least one will always be in a state of disrepair. In other words -- something always needs fixing. The underlying math is simple, being based on expansion of the binomial (a + b)^n, where "a" represents the probability of something being in good working order, "b" is the probability of it needing to be fixed (note that a + b = 1.0), and "n" is the number of possessions one owns.
(named after the research psychologist, William R. Knecht (pronounced like "connect"), who first noted the phenomenon)
As I got older, I became a victim of the Knecht Effect. I owned so much stuff that at least one thing was always broken, and I was spending half my life getting stuff fixed.
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Named after the "barely a food" item, the vienna sausage. Used to indicate something is good the first time you try it, but it progressingly gets worse and worse... usually after the second or third instance.
This food has the vienna effect, first bite is good, second bite is ok, third bite is eh.... And the rest after that are nasty.
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The event where if a food uses too much ketchup and someone considers it good, it is because they like the taste of ketchup and not the overall dish. This can also apply with other condiments like hot sauce.
The following meatloaf has been affected by the ketchup effect.
Dude 1: "Dang dude, this meatloaf is so good!"
Dude 2: "The hell are you talking about? This shit tastes like ketchup."
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This is when you are not looking forward to something which would ordinarily be awesome or fun, because something terrible or incredibly boring happens directly before it. For example, finals and summer break. One would ordinarily be excited about summer break, however one can't feel the excitement, because they are more stressed over having to climb the mountain (taking finals).
Summer break is right around the corner, but I'm not looking forward to it because of finals. Damn mountain effect.
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The effect where consuming a meal at Chipotle will severely delay the effects of alcohol drank afterward, until it all hits you at once.
Dude I kept taking shot after shot last night cuz I wasn't getting drunk and it hit me like a ton of bricks an hour later. I think it was the Chipotle effect after that burrito bowl.
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The ability for a public figure who has absolutely no redeeming value nor contribution to society to spin that into an asset and able to cash in.
President Obama was elected to office solely on his Kardashian Effect.
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When entering a relationship with an above average looking female, let the relationship carry on smoothly for approximately 3-6 months, then peacefully and mutually breakup up with each other. Thus making available to you the myriad of her hot friends. Hook up with them because you wheeled them during the relationship.
I've been hooking up with this fine ass broad for about four months now trying to ripple effect her friends. I think I've got about one more month to put in before I can break it off.
Hence, the ripple effect.
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