Theory of Offsetting Mistakes

This theory recognizes that humans are not perfect and that for every mistake in a model or schedule
there will be another "mistake" in somewhat equal scope to offset each other, hence rendering the model or budget still valid.
The idea behind is that things will anyway fall the way they fall and we cannot control for that.
The optimistic view is that this theory rejects Murphy's Law, the negligent take on it is the "Trust me, it will be OK" approach to life.
Decide where you want to be.

Accountant 1: oh, crap... we forgot to add $1 million in income from product X sales to the budget
Accountant 2: oh, fudge... product Y's revenue is inflated by $980K...oh wait... based on the Theory of Offsetting Mistakes all is well, the numbers we gave the CEO are still valid, yay.

Girl: oh, crap... your condom broke
Dude: oh, fudge... you miscounted your days, your period is due today at 8pm.... you are not pregnant, yay.

by Tim E Wastin August 26, 2013

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Sounds like Masta-don

When a dubstep tune has any kind of machine guns, typical tearout basses or oneshots in it. First artists who fell victim of this accousation were Cybersex, Hela and L.u.x.

Maybe Trampa will soon be accoused of this too.

*Artist posts clip on Soundcloud of 140 bpm tearout tune with machine gun pattern in it*

Random dude: "sounds like masta-don"

by Harpyidubs July 27, 2019

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