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.
Teacher 2: Ah the Perkinstein Principle, don't you go mad now.
by HutusGurus August 13, 2025
Get the Perkinstein Principlemug. When a song sucks the first time you listen to it but after listening to it more often it turns out to be actually fire.
Like the song Franchise by Travis Scott.
Like the song Franchise by Travis Scott.
by WhoWasInParis? January 4, 2021
Get the The Franchise-Principlemug. Society has to move at the speed of the slowest person, ie it only takes one idiot to ruin something good for everyone else.
The Dave Principle states that 1 person ruins it for everyone. "We used to be able to drive as fast as we wanted, and then Dave had to drive faster than he could handle and killed a bunch of people. Now we have speed limits. THANKS DAVE!" -
by DarkAlman March 15, 2021
Get the The Dave Principlemug. When someone acts foolish or stupid to distract from their true goals or needs. this stems from the popular theory Jar Jar Binks acted to accomplish his own goals as a Sith Lord, while using the mask of a fool to fool the Jedi.
Guy : don’t trust that dude.
Gal : Why not, he seems kinda fun in a dumb way.
Guy : he’s using the Sith Jar Jar Principle (Sith JJ Principle) to rope you in, I wouldn’t trust him too much.
Gal : Why not, he seems kinda fun in a dumb way.
Guy : he’s using the Sith Jar Jar Principle (Sith JJ Principle) to rope you in, I wouldn’t trust him too much.
by Atypical Guy June 10, 2024
Get the Sith Jar Jar Principlemug. 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
Get the Principlemug. Pronounced "puh-REH-toh". Not to be confused with the less uncommonly-known "Pareto Principle".
The Partho Principle is the assertion that probability P is equal to one-half (1/2).
It is derived (P = 1/2) from the equation PP are one (PP = 1).
The Partho Principle is the assertion that probability P is equal to one-half (1/2).
It is derived (P = 1/2) from the equation PP are one (PP = 1).
Go ahead, Google it: "Partho Principle"
...a few moments later...
Ohhh, you looked up "Pareto Principle", I was talkin about "Partho Principle".
...a few moments later...
Ohhh, you looked up "Pareto Principle", I was talkin about "Partho Principle".
by HyptonicChronic77 April 11, 2023
Get the Partho Principlemug. If a person's death results in a benefit for society equal to or greater than Thatcher's negative influence on society, the death is to be celebrated.
by Azshara October 2, 2020
Get the The Thatcher Principlemug.