What's a ripple effect

the continuing and spreading results of an event or action.A ripple effect occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it.

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You know when a droplet falls into the water and then the water removes that looks like its making O's around where the droplet has fallen? Thats what ripple is.

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Now if youre talking about the ripple effect similar to mental health here what it is:

The ripple effect is often used colloquially to mean a multiplier in macroeconomics. For example, an individual's reduction in spending reduces the incomes of others and their ability to spend.

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