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Wig Adjustment

When a gay man readjusts his balls in his jockstrap.
Nick snuck away to his bedroom for a wig adjustment.
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Brogan Adjustment

Special technique of the U.S.-Army Signal Corps for repairing electronic equipment. It consists of smacking the shit out of an electronic device with one's own shoe, instilling obedience into it and forcing it to function as desired through sheer physical power.

This technique was famously employed by Paulie from the cult classic TV-Show "The Sopranos" when he was trying to repair a DVD-Player during S2-E4.
Paulie: "I was in the Army Signal Corps, what this thing needs is what we call a Brogan Adjustment."
*Proceeds to viciously brutalize the DVD-Player*
Tony: "There was nothing we could do about it... Paulie was a Made Man and the DVD-Player wasn't... it was real greaseball shit..."
by Stokkess December 7, 2024
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Brogan Adjustment

Special technique of the U.S.-Army Signal Corps for repairing electronic equipment. It consists of smacking the shit out of an electronic device with one's own shoe, instilling obedience into it and forcing it to function as desired through sheer physical power.

This technique was famously employed by Paulie from the cult classic TV-Show "The Sopranos" when he was trying to repair a DVD-Player during S2-E4.
Paulie: "I was in the Army Signal Corps, what this thing needs is what we call a Brogan Adjustment."
*Proceeds to viciously brutalize the DVD-Player*
Tony: "There was nothing we could do about it... Paulie was a Made Man and the DVD-Player wasn't... it was real greaseball shit..."
by Stokkess December 7, 2024
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The Adjuster

Amplification of Skeet it and Beat it. When you give someone multiple heart-stopping backshots and then skip town.
I met this girl at a bar my last day in town. You know I had to give her The Adjuster.
by deny_defend_depose December 8, 2024
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claims adjuster

Mamma mia, the police really think I'm the claims adjuster.
by luigidaisy December 10, 2024
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.9.Blind Individuals Are Always Serious When Adjusting Their Own Underwear When Stressed As Well As Being Under Duress.9.
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True Adjusted Ratio

The ratio of upvotes awarded to a commenter compared to upvotes awarded to an original poster (OP) weighted for each user's follower count. TAR adjusts for engagement for both parties. True Adjusted Ratio is calculated as follows:

TAR = (Folₒₚ)/(Fol꜀) x (UV꜀)/(UVₒₚ), where a value >1 is considered a "W"

Strengths:
- TAR reflects the true impact of a comment in unbalanced interactions. Comments with fewer followers are augmented, further amplifying OP's humiliation.

- It is possible for a commenter with fewer followers than OP to have fewer upvotes than OP and still obtain a "W".

Limitations:
- True Adjusted Ratio assumes followers of each account are supportive. It does not take into account "hate-followers".
- TAR fails to take virality into account. A comment is more likely to receive engagement during the time when a post is most viral, after which engagement in both original post and comment deteriorate at different geometric rates.
- TAR calculation does not account for downvotes or tertiary responses. While TAR is a more accurate measure in social media spaces with upvote-only rating systems (e.g. Twitter), ratio calculations may be redundant in spaces which use an upvote/downvote system (e.g. Reddit). Tertiary reactions that are ambiguous (e.g. Facebook) are not factored into this calculation.
- "Premium account" algorithms (such as Elon Musk's blue-check model on Twitter) artificially alter views, skewing engagement in favor of paid subscribers.
True Adjusted Ratio: TAR
OP: Original Post
Folₒₚ: Followers of OP
UVₒₚ: Upvotes for OP
Fol꜀: Followers of commenter
UV꜀: Upvotes for commenter

If a user with 100 followers (Folₒₚ = 100) receives 40 upvotes (UVₒₚ = 40) and a comment from a user with 1000 followers (Fol꜀ = 1000) receives 50 upvotes (UV꜀ = 50), traditional calculation would consider OP "ratioed" using traditional calculation:

R = UV꜀/UVₒₚ = 50/40 = 1.25
R > 1, thus OP would be ratioed

However, since OP's follower count is 1/10th that of the commenter's, the True Adjusted Ratio (TAR) is calculated as follows:

TAR = (Folₒₚ)/(Fol꜀) x (UV꜀)/(UVₒₚ) = 100 / 1000 x 50 / 40 = 0.1 x 1.25 = 0.125,
TAR < 1, thus OP would not be ratioed.
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