# Is there a word for the "Potato Chip Effect?"

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 19, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-the-potato-chip-effect/969956 "2022-08-19T18:00:43Z")
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### Author: ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-the-potato-chip-effect/969956/16 "2022-08-20T16:08:59Z")

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After reading only the thread title and not the OP, I was sure that the “Potato Chip Effect” was the fact that once you eat one chip, you won’t stop until the bag is empty. But the opening challenge of course is a big problem too. Pro-tip: don’t squeeze the bag, or else you open it at the wrong end…

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