Tirth's Principle

Tirth's Principle teaches that through cleverness and efficiency, one can achieve the same rewards with less effort, valuing strategy over sheer hard work.

Did you apply Tirth's principle on EE4021 Lab?

by helloaa2313 December 1, 2024

Aerith-Hinawa Principle

The Aerith-Hinawa Principle states that in a video game where you’re allowed to pick names for your characters, you should never name them after your loved ones. Named after two of the most traumatizing character deaths in video game history: Aerith from Final Fantasy VII, and Hinawa from Mother 3. A lot of people named these two after people they loved, and it only made their deaths that much worse.

Lucas: For my first Nuzlocke run, I’m naming all of my Pokémon after my closest friends!

Cloud: Please reconsider. I take it you’re unfamiliar with the Aerith-Hinawa Principle?

by Shepherd Guy December 6, 2024

Principle

Not really. You're defering the cost to 1 or several random families in the hopes that people will continue to lie for you.

Hym "But the best possible outcome for you is that I get what I want. The worst possible outcome is that everything I've said is true. It's not principle that is leading you to do this. You're doing it because you're a retard and that's the same reason you do everything."

by Hym Iam December 26, 2024

Perkinstein Principle

When an authority figure gives clear instructions to a group of people, multiple times in some cases, but most or all of the group fails to follow the instructions given in any way, potentially causing the authority figure to dwell into madness.

Teacher 1: Man, I told my students to draw 4 lines, but most of them drew 5, and some didn’t even draw lines!
Teacher 2: Ah the Perkinstein Principle, don't you go mad now.

by HutusGurus August 13, 2025

Babysitter Principle

When criminally corrupt fascists are in charge of America

Donald Trump aka Casino Mobster hired numerous corrupt associates like Whiskey Pete Hegseth and "Not You" Tulsi Gabbard and Pam Bondi (currently stinking up government and committing felonies by the hour) who are acting like ornery toddlers whose babysitter is passed out drunk in the laundry room while kids in her charge are setting fire to the house. in other words, the Babysitter Principle means criminals are running the show and have absolutely no supervision over their malfeasance.

by Uncle Joosie September 20, 2025

DRIFT PRINCIPLE

The idea that when a system optimizes too fast (for efficiency, engagement, or simplicity), the fidelity of meaning drops and reality starts to feel thinner, flatter, or slightly fake. It’s what happens when everything becomes streamlined but nothing feels grounded anymore.

“Instagram used to feel real, but now it’s all the same recycled vibe. Total Drift Principle. Compression outran fidelity.”

by GuyWhoWritesDefinitions November 5, 2025

Bullshit Principle

The idea that everything on the internet is fabricated for likes.

I wasn't sure if Kim Kardashian actually made shoes from organic spinach, until I saw a making of video by my favorite YouTuber, and in that moment, I knew that even the Bullshit Principle couldn't disprove my belief.

by MarintelliVonderClaus March 7, 2023