Cobain effect


the inexplicable tendency of people to obsess about a dead rock musician whom they don’t like, to the point of wasting their time bashing him on irrelevant websites. thought by psychotherapists to stem from s-xual confusion.
wow, i’m sick of all these lamestains who post negative cr-p about nirvana on youtube and urban dictionary. too bad about the cobain effect, iddnit?
the cobain effect is when a band experiences a huge boost in popularity after the over-sensationalized death of one of the members. can also describe and undeserved inflation of respect.
man who actually lived through the ninties: “nirvana was mediocre at best”

teenie bopper: “what!!! cobain is a god!!!”

man who actually lived through the ninties: “cobain effect”

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