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The act of protesting and ban a form of media due to it being offensive but in doing so generating far more publicity for it and therefore making it more popular. similar to what happened to Monty Pythons "The life of Brian" in the late 70's by offended Christians.
Person 1: have you head of the documentary "The red pill"?
Person 2: Isn't that the movie that angry feminists are trying to get banned
Person 1: Yeah, I had not even heard of it until I stumbled across the petition to ban it
person 2: yep, that the Life of Brian effect
The use of April 1st to break any serious news in order to make the victim(s) think it's a joke until after April 1st, where the victim(s) realize it's for real.
April 1st
Boss: Sorry Joe, you're fired. *Wink*
Joe: Ohhh, of course sir *wink*
April 31st
Joe: I wonder when i can return... fuck, April Fools Effect
The natural increase of homework and difficulty in classes throughout the year, peaking near the end of the third quarter. This is due to the increase in difficulty of the curriculum and the compilation and compounding of concepts. The peak comes before review for finals, when the last few sections of material for class are given to students.
Also, many projects and term papers are given or due near the third quarter peak.
My grades gradually dropped as a result of the third quarter effect this year.
I can't get into college because the third quarter effect ruined my GPA!
The mind's inability to accept the impossible in fiction.
"There's NO WAY that LITTLE PENGUIN can stomp that HUGE DOG into that TINY CAN! NO WAY!!!" exclaimed Connor (patient zero of the Chilly Willy Effect)
- A much more intense version of Farahani Effect - aka EFE -
The act of ignoring someone beyond the extremes of realistic physics and even gods understanding
Coined after a great professor, who once sent a post on social media and a student asked a simple question under it;
what makes this event special is the fact that his comment was not only left unanswered but also got removed later that day
this incident gave rise to a theory called the Principle Methods of Ignoring or PMI which is currently being examined by the same prof. to see if he can find a militarized use for it.
Alex is still in hospital after the professor dropped an EFE (Extended Farahani Effect) bomb on him last week
The strange sensation one may feel when an object, person, or concept they hadn't considered for a very long time suddenly crops up at several moments in the same day, or across a very brief period of time.
It often gives the impression that one is being 'followed around' by the entity in question, and several philosophical debates have been raised as to whether the frequency of the sightings is increased as a result of a universal anomaly, or simply the fact that being re-exposed to the object makes one more susceptible to perceive it in daily life.
Named for the first recorded instance, involving Gwen Stefani.
"Oh my gosh, it's The Gwen Stefani Effect. I hadn't thought about Silverchair for so many years, but I just heard them on the radio and my friends mentioned them at school today! Am I being followed?"
When an artist is brilliant live and then you go and listen to their song after the festival or gig and it's dead.
"Saw action broson live yesterday and he was bangin', looked up his songs after and they were dead"
"That's the "young thug" effect for you"