The Wadsworth Constant
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The Wadsworth Constant is an axiom which states that the first 30% of any video can be skipped because it contains no worthwhile or interesting information.
For every YouTube video, I always open the video and then immediately punch the slider bar to about 30 percent.
Origin
On the October 1st, 2011, Redditor grim_fandango posted an image on the r/pics subreddit containing instructions on how to fold a bed sheet titled “And so ends 20 years of frustration.”[1] In the comments, Redditor KillerRefreshRate asked “How the hell do you get from 3 to 4?”[9], and Redditor octal9 responded with a link to the relevant YouTube video. Redditor Wadsworth[2] commented on the video link with the following:
For EVERY youtube video, I always open the video and then immediately punch the slider bar to about 30 percent.
For example, in this video, it should have just started at :40. Everything before :40 was a waste. This holds true for nearly every video in the universe.
Redditor Redebo replied to Wadsworth saying, “Perhaps this should be known as the Wadsworth Constant.”
Spread
On the same day, user ReachingHorizons posted a thread called “And so the Wadsworth Constant was born.”[3] Redditor buggg posted a thread[7] containing a Python script that applies the Wadsworth Constant on a command line. The same day, the blog The Daily Dot[6] posted an article about the axiom. On October 7th, 2011, Redditor newtuber[5] revealed that he was a new YouTube employee that enabled the URL parameter “&wadsworth=1” that can be added on to the end of a YouTube video URL to load the video at 30%. On October 13th, 2011, the tech blog Lifehacker[8] published an article about a Wadsworth Constant bookmarklet.
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Search queries for "wadsworth constant spiked on October 3rd, 2011, two days after the original post.
External References
[1] Reddit – And so ends 20 years of frustration
[2] Reddit – Wadsworth’s comment
[3] Reddit – And so the Wadsworth Constant was born
[4] Reddit – Remember the redditor-invented Wadsworth Constant? A YouTube employee has made it real.
[5] Reddit – Today I made it possible to go straight to the Wadsworth Constant on any YouTube video!
[6] The Daily Dot – How the Wadsworth Constant will give you 50 percent more time
[7] Reddit – Wadsworth Constant
[8] Lifehacker – Skip Past the Boring Intro on YouTube Videos with the Wadsworth Constant Bookmarklet
[9] Reddit – How do you go from 3 to 4?
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Omiyage
Oct 12, 2011 at 07:26PM EDT+10
You can apply the Wadsworth Constant to any Youtube video, put &wadsworth=1 at the end of the URL.
And here is the original comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/kxfxy/and_so_ends_20_years_of_frustration/c2o1cyy?context=3
Which then became famous on this post: www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/kxtzp/and_so_the_wadsworth_constant_was_born/
Mister J
Oct 14, 2011 at 11:30PM EDT+7
Apply the about of this article:
The Wadsworth Constant is an axiom which states that the first 30% of any video can be skipped because it contains no worthwhile or interesting information. For every YouTube video, I always open the video and then immediately punch the slider bar to about 30 percent."
Apply the Constant:
can be skipped because it contains no worthwhile or interesting information. For every YouTube video, I always open the video and then immediately punch the slider bar to about 30 percent.
IT WORKS
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