The Law of Averages 

The Law of Averages is a layman's term used to describe the belief that the results of any given event "work out" or "even out" over a set of trials in the short run.

The LoA's assumes that balance will always occur within a small sample.

Essentially, it is the belief that a rare occurrence will happen given enough time and is similar to the shotgun effect

1) If you flip a coin 10 times, the Law of Averages states that 5 flips will be heads, and the other 5 flips will be tails.

2) If you apply to enough Universities, the Law of Averages states that you will eventually get into atleast one.

The Law of Averages by JrBalrog January 2, 2012

The Law of Averages 

The trump card used at a cocktail party to convince someone who has lesser academic background and sophistication and legitimize your argument.

Q: Gun control doesn’t work!

A: Well…The Law of Averages says otherwise.

Q: 2nd amendment!

A: The 2nd amendment has its limits, if it didn’t, there would be no need for civil servants (police).

Q: The government is not taking my guns away!

A: No one said Gun Prohibition, its called gun control.

Q: Government will not control me!

A: It already does, don’t you have an ID?

Q: Yes?

A: The Law of Averages!

The Law of Averages by vamonos a la playa January 2, 2013

Industry averages 

The averages of certain figures in a selected industry. Usually


•Gross profit percentage
•Net profit percentage
•Return of capital employed

We are below the industry averages.

Industry averages by Kung-Fu Jesus May 3, 2004

Batting Averages

An inside joke used by the Jackbox Games fandom to refer to a moment in YDKJ volume 4 where Guy proclaims that batting averages and Tony Guin make him ejaculate.

Jackbox fandom member: “Batting averages.”
*The entire fandom explodes*

Batting Averages by cupcakedestroyer August 29, 2022

Law of averages

A water ingression problem

Water wont rise above 1m. Law of averages innit

Law of averages by anonymous January 14, 2021

savage not average 

savage not average — a maxim for people who have moved beyond a mere “attitude of gratitude” and want to use their god given human talents to do more than just wait for a blessing.

A person who is savage and not average is a trail blazer.

While it is prudent to be thankful for what we receive; it is also possible to participate in the creativity of the universe by adding our own actions to universal processes to “help things along”. It’s the difference between carrying water from a river vs. digging a deep well and installing pipes and infrastructure.

If you notice that you are usually the first to try something difficult endeavors; but after you prove it can be done others follow in your footsteps you, my friend, are savage not average.

Take the world by the balls and be savage not average!

savage not average by Mind Hunter the Profiler March 31, 2023

averager  

A person typically between the ages of 15-30, of middle to upper middle economic class, whose values, interests, sense of humor, and outward appearance relentlessly conform to their immediate culture's norms of popularity. An averager's interests will change only to the extent that the most common fads and fashions within their age group change, and features of themselves that don't match these widespread norms are hidden away publically and forcibly repressed psychologically.

Preferences and ideas that are not abundantly average/popular are immediately and outwardly valued as inferior, amazingly without any application of rational thought on the averager's part. Critical thinking skills are notoriously lacking, but if the image of being a "critical thinker" is popular, they will pay lip service to their critical thinking skills to their peers.

The primary goal of an averager is to look, act, and think exactly like the centralized average group of people within their basic age group while demonizing and putting down non-averagers.

"Ugh! Let's leave. This bar couldn't have more averagers."

"Don't join that frat! Look who's in it! It's just one averager after another."

averager by wren1776 October 18, 2008