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law of diminishing returns

What a state with a deposit on beverage-containers unwittingly enacts upon itself by not adjusting the amount of said deposit in response to inflation.
Maine's five-cents-per-container deposit began in early 1977, and yet it's still only that exact same amount today --- yup, in well over FORTY YEARS, the amount of "green" that you get for recycling a soft-drink bottle or beer can hasn't gone up past just a nickel, even though a "Tommy disc" isn't worth nearly so much nowadays as it was "way back when"! It's no wonder, therefore, that fewer and fewer people are bothering to actually cash in their own drink-containers or pick up ones that litterbugs have tossed... sounds like da classic "law of diminishing returns" to me... yep, da state had originally voted in da returnable-bottle law in an effort to reduce waste and beautify our countryside, but nowadays our roadsides and parks are actually MORE cluttered than ever before!
by QuacksO November 17, 2018
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great-grandmother-in-law

My great-grandmother-in-law is a good person.
by Rwopazaq November 24, 2019
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First Law of Homodynamics

First Law of Homodynamics states that the total homosexuality of an isolated system is constant; homosexuality can be transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed.
Anon: Yo Broccoli, you are gay.
Broccoli: U
Anon: The First Law of Homodynamics says the total homosexuality of an isolated system is constant, so your constant gay.
by AnonTheSchoolShooter May 29, 2018
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mother in law trap

A trap set by a mother in law whose child has moved away, mostly out of state. The mother makes grandiose promises in the hopes that it will lure the couple back home.
"Her mom said if we move back from CA that we will be able to get well paying jobs with Mr. Snidesworth at the laboratory."
"Be careful bro, it could be a mother in law trap."
by OneToothWillis June 1, 2018
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International Maritime Law

Relationship code in the International Maritime Law states that if you perform unlawful actions behind your significant other's back and he/she resides in a different time zone will not be considered as cheating
I did nothing wrong, check the International Maritime Law
by Qaoz September 30, 2021
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3 days law

An unspoken law that translates as following:
If you made a guy mad, you use the 3 days law.If 3 days passed since your last interaction and he doesn’t text you anymore, it means you should move on because he’s on to the next girl.
X: So, did he text you after you had that fight?
Y:No, it’s been already 5 days, I think this is it.Apply the 3 days law.

X:Well time to move on.
by אוהבת מכשפה July 11, 2023
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aboods sneeze law

induced earth quake equal to the rate of change of magnitude of sneeze
we can use aboods sneeze law to calculate the earthquake that happened in Indonesia bro
by az1010 May 7, 2022
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