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The Manny Doctrine

The Manny Doctrine states that if the complexity of a system raises above a certain threshold causing either of the following to be true:

1. The cost in lost man-hours of maintaining or updating the system exceeds 1/4th the cost of replacing it.

2. The prospect of maintaining or updating the system causes an engineer to fall into clinical depression.
The system should then be scrapped entirely and re-built from the ground up by competent engineers.
*During sprint planning*
SCRUM master -"We have some upcoming work to update our data ingress to match v3.0 of our ICD"
Engineer - "That system is awful, I call The Manny Doctrine"
SCRUM master - "Hmm, it is a bit of a black box. Alright, we'll scope out a re-design."
by 🎲 March 26, 2019
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I’m not a doctor

Preliminary sentence spoken by authority figure before any bizzare utterance to imply that any subsequent nonsensible ignorant ravings are just common sense irrespective of what the slaves to ‘Big Pharma’ keep saying.

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I’m not a doctor, but X-rays, they cause mutations right? So why not expose people full of covideo19 viruses to a bunch of X-rays? Maybe we could turn the viruses into herpes, or something else harmless that we all have?
by gnostic3 April 25, 2020
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An Asshole Doctor

When your elderly Aunt argues with your mother about medical stuff and they interject their belief that their doctor is superior to another's.
Mickey, I don't care what you doctor says, I don't need a cardiogram.
Well you know what Edna, you fucking have "An Asshole Doctor" on your hands.
by Lunchboxx69721 December 18, 2020
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The Dead Rising Doctrine

If something is very confusing with no or little explanation at all, just don't questions about it and ignore it.
Gamer 1: Why do two beer items make a painkiller when put in a blender in this?
Gamer 2: I go by The Dead Rising Doctrine, don't question it.

Man 1: Why does my kid throw up shit when he takes his ADHD medication?
Man 2: I think it's best to use The Dead Rising Doctrine in this one.
by microsoftwindowsvista March 1, 2021
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butt time doctor

The doctor that performs colonoscopies, and any other thing dealing with the pooping area.
Man i just turned 40. Time to get a colonoscopy. I’ve got to go see the butt time doctor.
by Jmaktheknife July 14, 2022
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dial the doctor

I don’t wanna go out clubbing tonight, I’ll just stay home and dial the doctor
by CowboyRoy December 30, 2022
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Jj Anal Doctor

The profession of checking a males anal cavities for space crabs by placing his nose inside the butthole.
Did you go see Jj Anal Doctor yesterday?

Ya I have space crabs
by Big D*CK February 23, 2023
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