Abstract
Cobb Cafe is universally considered to be the worst student-run cafe on campus, with harsh linoleum lighting, an understocked kitchen, and just all-around bad vibes. However, this cafe is still in business, frequented by individuals who are generally considered unlikeable by much of the campus community. To explain this phenomenon, researchers at The Mauve hypothesized that going to Cobb increases one’s unlikability by inflating their sense of what is known as “Main Character Syndrome” (MCS). We predicted that it would take at minimum three visits for the effects of the cafe to manifest in individuals, though we accounted for some variation due to the fact that many people who are drawn to Cobb already suffer from MCS. Research was conducted through daily monitoring of the cafe and its inhabitants over a period of three months; data was analyzed with respect to the levels of MCS reported in subjects before and after the study period. We found that although many subjects had initially high MCS levels, frequent and prolonged visits to Cobb increased these levels to an unprecedented degree, leading us to conclude that more than 2 visits to Cobb will almost certainly generate animosity towards one by their fellow community members.
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