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Marc's First Law

A law invented by Marc of The Templin Institute and introduced in the video "The Idiotic Strategy That Always Works (But Shouldn't!)":

"Dumb ideas are implemented all the time often with cataclysmic results. But they're implemented in the first place because there was a legitimate expectation of a positive outcome; these ideas fall within the "Zone of Believability." However some ideas are so clearly bad and consequences so obvious that no sensible person would ever consider them; such ideas cross the threshold into the "Zone of Ridiculousness" and no explanation can ever justify such an idea's inherit preposterousness."

Essentially this law dictates that are 2 categories that a dumb idea fit under: Believable (Reasonable chance of a positive outcome) and Ridiculous (Very high chance of 1 or more bad outcomes), and that any idea that fits under the latter category should be flat-out rejected.
Ship Captain *Gives details on a naval assault plan*
Executive Officer: Sir, there's so much wrong with that plan that it breaks Marc's First Law; I can't even list out every possible way that it could fail!
by KXMR April 4, 2025
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milk first

Something that a absolute fucking RETARD would do. How are you going to eat that pile of cereal floating on milk? It's a disgrace that in the age of advanced technology there are still "people'' who make cereal this way.
I live by the rule "Cereal first" but I have a downey brother and he prefers to pour milk first. No wonder he's a downey lmao
by HMmmmmmmmmmmmnm April 25, 2019
mugGet the milk firstmug.
What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to perianal abscesses.
Person 1: Are you addicted to perianal abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Quail; The First Juvenile Release: The First Juvenile Release 《¤》.
by Maternal-Fetal-Medicine February 10, 2025
mugGet the Quail; The First Juvenile Release: The First Juvenile Release 《¤》.mug.
What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to perianal abscesses.
Person 1: Are you addicted to perianal abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Nacho Libre: The First Juvenile Release For Napoleon Dynamite; The First Juvenile Release: The First Juvenile Release.
by LeSouffleDeVersailles February 12, 2025
mugGet the Nacho Libre: The First Juvenile Release For Napoleon Dynamite; The First Juvenile Release: The First Juvenile Release.mug.

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