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The Wadsworth Constant

Oct 3, 2011#1

GasBandit

Ladies and gentlemen, a new internet rule has been born. It is called the Wadsworth Constant.

The rule simply states that the first 30% of everything is unneccessary.

Oct 3, 2011#2

Ravenpoe

GasBandit said:
the Wadsworth Constant.

The rule simply states that the first 30% of everything is unneccessary.

Oh my god it's true!

Oct 3, 2011#3

phil

I was watching Tron legacy on Netflix, and wish I knew about this.

Oct 3, 2011#4

fade

The LotR movies follow an inverse Wadsworth Constant, then. The opening scenes of all three movies are the best parts.
Added at: 21:57
Also, nobody gives a rat's ass about your stupid made up production company or your opening credits full of names no one reads or cares about.

Oct 3, 2011#5

Chibibar

fade said:
The LotR movies follow an inverse Wadsworth Constant, then. The opening scenes of all three movies are the best parts.
Added at: 21:57
Also, nobody gives a rat's ass about your stupid made up production company or your opening credits full of names no one reads or cares about.

So we have inverse Wadsworth constant and Wadsworth constant

given anything, either first 30% or last 30% are unnecessary?

Oct 3, 2011#6

GasBandit

fade said:
The LotR movies follow an inverse Wadsworth Constant, then. The opening scenes of all three movies are the best parts.

Actually, I think how the Wadsworth Constant applies in this case is that if you miss the first movie, you can watch the last two and still understand what's happening.

Oct 3, 2011#7

Disconnected

It's the 'everything' that needs to be worked out but for the most part I support this.

Oct 3, 2011#8

ThatNickGuy

Obligatory joke about a wad's worth on my prom night.

Oct 3, 2011#9

Null

fade said:
The LotR movies follow an inverse Wadsworth Constant, then. The opening scenes of all three movies are the best parts.
Added at: 21:57
Also, nobody gives a rat's ass about your stupid made up production company or your opening credits full of names no one reads or cares about.

You didn't like it?

Oct 3, 2011#10

GasBandit

ThatNickGuy said:
Obligatory joke about a wad's worth on my prom night.

The first 30% of which was unnecessary as well?

Oct 3, 2011#11

ThatNickGuy

Wait, hang on...

Oct 3, 2011#12

Officer_Charon

The first 30% would be the prom, itself

Oct 3, 2011#13

GasBandit

Officer_Charon said:
The first 30% would be the prom, itself

Yeah, the least essential 30% of any prom night, really.

Oct 3, 2011#14

Gusto

Ladies and Gentlemen...

...The Wadsworth Antithesis.

Oct 3, 2011#15

Zappit

(I really d)unno, I'd really be interested in at least testing it.

(Nobody really h)as to be a douche about it.

(I didn't meant that last) sentence to sound negative - the constant cut the meaning out.

(Hmm. I do believe) I've found a slight issue here. Wait....

Oct 3, 2011#16

Null

He did say it only applies to YouTube videos, and he's wrong.

Oct 4, 2011#17

sixpackshaker

I need to go to bed, I read the title as the Farnsworth Constant. That would have been much cooler.

Oct 4, 2011#18

bhamv3

But if I'm listening to a song on Youtube, I might end up starting at the first chorus. And then I won't know why she's singing about getting down on Friday.

Oct 4, 2011#19

fade

sixpackshaker said:
I need to go to bed, I read the title as the Farnsworth Constant. That would have been much cooler.

The Farnsworth Corollary states that that first thirty percent is surprisingly often "Good news, everyone!"

Oct 12, 2011#20

Baerdog

It seems someone on Reddit is aware of this thread.

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/l9t2o/and_so_an_internet_celebrity_was_born/

Oct 12, 2011#21

Chippy

Came here to post that. We are so in-synch, BFF.

Oct 12, 2011#22

GasBandit

I's internet famoose!
Added at: 16:55
Fuzzy McBitty posted in that reddit thread. "I used to be on a board with Gasbandit!" Yeah. THIS BOARD.

PS - Fuzzy McBitty doesn't post any more? Huh.

Oct 12, 2011#23

Dave

Least they could have done was to put in the whole site name. *humpf*

Oct 12, 2011#24

GasBandit

Dave said:
Least they could have done was to put in the whole site name. *humpf*

Well, at least halforums is on the first page when you google "wadsworth constant."

Oct 12, 2011#25

Dave

True, true. It's our own little bit of internet fame...
Added at: 17:27
And now that Reddit image is on the main front page of /all. I thank whomever took the screen shot, but that would have been some excellent pub!

Oct 12, 2011#26

Baerdog

Chippy said:
Came here to post that. We are so in-synch, BFF.

Edit: Fixed.

Oct 12, 2011#27

Dave

Photobucket?

Oct 12, 2011#28

strawman

Upgrade to pro today?

Dave, Baersog's a spammer! FIRE UP YOUR LAZZZZZERS!

Oct 12, 2011#29

phil

I posted a screenshot to reddit and Halforums was one of my open tabs.

You're welcome.

Oct 12, 2011#30

Mathias

posting in an epic thread.

epic thread...

MY GOD!

Oct 12, 2011#31

BananaHands

I skipped the first 30% of this thread and still know exactly what you all are talking about.

Oct 12, 2011#32

Dave

Blast from the past, anyone?

Oct 13, 2011#33

Krisken

Dave said:
Least they could have done was to put in the whole site name. *humpf*

Quit complaining. Last time we got on the front page for a new meme it crashed the fucking site. Kanye style.

Oct 13, 2011#34

Dave

Krisken said:
Quit complaining. Last time we got on the front page for a new meme it crashed the fucking site. Kanye style.

We don't even use 1/10 the bandwidth we could. Back then we were at Arvixe. Now we're on a screaming server at URLJet. We could take the Kanye thing again without even blinking.

Oct 13, 2011#35

Krisken

Oh that's right. Now the forum only goes down when you do something.

Oct 13, 2011#36

CrimsonSoul

That's why we call him Turbo. When he does "something" it's usually over with fairly quickly

Oct 13, 2011#37

GasBandit

CrimsonSoul said:
That's why we call him Turbo. When he does "something" it's usually over with fairly quickly

I thought it was because when he overheated he turned into a car.

Oct 13, 2011#38

AshburnerX

GasBandit said:
I thought it was because when he overheated he turned into a car.

I thought it was because he was the toy nobody wanted at Christmas...

Oct 13, 2011#39

Disconnected

If we remove the first 30% of this thread we will never know about wadsworth constant...

Oct 13, 2011#40

GasBandit

Disconnected said:
If we remove the first 30% of this thread we will never know about wadsworth constant...

Except now we will. Thanks, Disconnected!

Oct 13, 2011#41

fade

The Wadsworth Constant was mentioned on the front page of Lifehacker today.

http://lifehacker.com/5849342/skip-...ideos-with-the-wadsworth-constant-bookmarklet

Oct 14, 2011#42

Dave

Shit! And it links to the picture with HF 1/2 way on it.

YARGH!

Oct 14, 2011#43

Krisken

Dave said:
Shit! And it links to the picture with HF 1/2 way on it.

YARGH!

Poor Dave. He's always half way there.

Oct 14, 2011#44

strawman

Shoulda named them "fulforums".

Too late now.

Oct 14, 2011#45

MindDetective

Hmm, I just noticed that 30% off the site name = "Forums" That gets to the gist of it, I think.

Oct 15, 2011#46

Jax

CrimsonSoul said:
That's why we call him Turbo. When he does "something" it's usually over with fairly quickly

Can we have two jokes about Nick's prom night in the same thread?

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