Jaws Effect is REAL!

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Published on October 7, 2025 10:00:14 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lr__a_yjXI

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This notion keeps getting parroted again and again to the point where people completely misunderstood what it really meant.

// The "fiction doesn't affect reality" crowd when you tell them about the Jaws effect.

Yeah, the "Jaws" effect that you're talking about, that's not fiction affecting reality. That's uninformed and uneducated morons deciding that the movie is reality, and therefore, real sharks should be eradicated. By this same logic, Baby Shark makes people think that sharks are friendly. They actually are, but I still wouldn't want to swim in waters infested with them without an expert nearby.

Ultimately, if your perception of sharks is based on fiction, it's not the fiction's fault. It's yours for not doing basic research.

// Wait until you guys hear about Santa Claus affecting reality.

You can't even spell Santa Claus right, unless you're referring to the movies. At least people can roleplay or dress up as Santa and pretend that it's real.

// Fiction can and will always affect reality. Why do you think most people believe sharks will attack them?

Because they do attack people in real life when they mistake them for other things. What are you on about? And even if they don't or at least they're not as aggressive as they are in fiction, that doesn't mean that Jaws should be banned or that sharks should be depicted as accurately as possible in fiction. By this logic, Baby Shark should be banned because it makes people think sharks are friendly and they talk and sing.

// Why do you think people assume rodents can eat cheese?

Because they do. They absolutely do. You just believed in a myth. Look it up before you speak.

// Problematic tropes are no different

Yes, they are. Stop blaming fiction for things dumb people do in real life. Also, do your research. They're a couple taps away.

// Especially when it's used for pleasure.

Bro, you can classify murder as "problematic," and yet, we glorify murder in fiction all the time. Can we not blame fiction for the things people in real life do?