Pronciple

When a businesses principles are so bad that they go against any form of good practice.

It was clear that Alysha ran the procurement team on pronciples and not principles when she bragged about saving $1200 on cotton balls, but didn’t see the issue with the fact she purchased 15 years worth.

Pronciple by Mr Pronciple December 13, 2023

the gillis principle

The Gillis Principle outlines the proportionality between the amounts of mountain dew and marijuana that would kill an average human.

Mathematically, 1 Gillis (Gi) is the unit of either substance (Marijuana or Mountain Dew) that would kill a human when consumed within an hour. Both substances have calculated conversion rates based on experimental data.

Mountain Dew: 8823mg Caffeine = ~173 cans = 61L = 1Gi/Hour
Marijuana: 68000g THC = 971 000 Joints = 1Gi/Hour

It can be concluded using the Gillis Principle that Mountain Dew has a far higher lethality rate than Marijuana.

Friend 1: "Hey, did you hear? Jared smoked himself to death last night."
Friend 2: "Yeah that must've been a Gillis-ton of weed!"
Friend 1: "Using the Gillis Principle, that was like 971 000 Joints."

the gillis principle by PolChan December 6, 2014

Inverse Intoxication Principle

The principle stating that people who say that they are "soo drunk right not" are usually fairly sober, while people who say they are "not that drunk" are usually highly intoxicated.

Max: Dude, I swear I'm not that drunk.

Sam: You just pissed in our trashcan asshole. I think you're pretty fucked up right now.

Kyle: Yeah he's gone. Perfect example of the Inverse Intoxication Principle.

Inverse Intoxication Principle by JC Swaggg November 25, 2012

The Franchise-Principle

When a song sucks the first time you listen to it but after listening more often it turns out to be actually fire.
Just like the song Franchise by Travis Scott

This song „...“ is a perfect example for The Franchise-Principle

The Franchise-Principle by WhoWasInParis? January 4, 2021

Scotty Principle

(n.) The defacto gold star standard for delivering products and/or services within a projected timeframe. Derived from the original Star Trek series wherein Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott consistently made the seemingly impossible happen just in time to save the crew of the Enterprise from disaster.

The premise is simple:

1) Caluculate average required time for completion of given task.

2) Depending on importance of task, add 25-50% additional time to original estimate.

3) Report and commit to inflated time estimate with superiors, clients, etc.

4) Under optimal conditions the task is completed closer to the original time estimate vs. the inflated delivery time expected by those waiting.

The following situation is a simulation of the Scotty Principle in practice.

Kirk: "The ship seems sluggish today. When was the last time you did a tune-up on the warp drive?"

Scotty: "Aye, sir. She's due. Last maintenance was 56 days ago."

Kirk: (light chuckle) "Well, what are you waiting for? An ambush from cloaked Romulans?"

Scotty: "I'll need to check how much dilithium we have in supply, but she'll be better than new in no time."

Kirk: "And that will be...?"

Scotty: "Six hours."

--- four hours later ---

Scotty: "All done, sir. Care to test her out?"

--- Enterprise taken rapidly to warp 3, does a few doughnuts, comes to a smooth stop ---

Kirk: "Scotty, there's no finer engineer in this quadrant!"

Scotty Principle by fugitive247 September 6, 2005

House Principle

If the expectation is that someone will be a complete asshole, then it becomes okay for that person to be a complete asshole.

Dr. Gregory House in any episode of House M.D. exhibits the House Principle.

House Principle by House Principle Creator June 19, 2012

The r/writing subreddit Principle 

The r/writing subreddit Principle states that if your question starts with the words "Is it ok" or something similar to that then the answer is invariably yes.

"Hello, r/writing. Can I use a particular gimmick or a plot device that has been used before but because I don't actually read books or do any research I just assume it to be a highly original idea?"

"According to the r/writing subreddit Principle, the answer is always yes. You can write whatever you want."

"But is it ok if, like, my main character dies in the end? I'm afraid the average reader will be put off by my creative genius."

"Yes! Stop asking other people for validation! Grow a backbone and write what you want!"

The r/writing subreddit Principle by Judas Altar Boy June 24, 2022