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The Wadsworth Constant
About
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. 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.
Origin
On October 1st, 2011, Redditor grim_fandango posted an image on the r/pics subreddit titled "And so ends 20 years of frustration,"[1] which contained instructions on how to fold a bed sheet. In the comments, Redditor KillerRefreshRate asked "How the hell do you get from 3 to 4?"[9], to which Redditor octal9 responded with a link to an instructional YouTube video. Redditor Wadsworth[2] commented on the video link with the following message:
![H wadsworth 56 points 6 hours ago 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 permalink parent report reply [-] Redebo 69 points 5 hours ago Perhaps this should be known as the Wadsworth Constant permalink parent report reply [-] NotSoFatThrow Away 29 points 3 hours ago There are 55 characters including spaces in this sentence According to the Wadsworth Constant we should remove the first 16.5 characters, let's give it a go ld be known as the Wadsworth Constant It is also known in the Wadsworth Constant that we should round to the nearest logical point. We are left with: Be known as the Wadsworth Constant Seems like everything checks out permalink parent report reply ↑ [-] NotOk WithThis 15 points 2 hours ago I'm actually okay with this permalink parent report reply](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/185/511/yxfpC.png "yxfpC.png")
Redditor Redebo replied to Wadsworth saying, "perhaps this should be known as the Wadsworth Constant."
Spread
The same day, the blog The Daily Dot[6] posted an article about the axiom and numerous definition entries for the term were submitted to Urban Dictionary.[10] Redditor ReachingHorizons posted a follow-up thread called "And so the Wadsworth Constant was born,"[3] which received over 19,005 up votes and 15,768 down votes before archival.
On October 4th, YouTuber monadamm uploaded an explanatory video titled "What is the wadsworth constant?" which also demonstrated as an example of the axiom with the definition beginning at 0:10:
Application
Redditor and YouTube employee newtuber[5] revealed a new URL parameter "&wadsworth=1" which can be added on to the end of a YouTube video URL to load the video at 30%.
Redditor buggg posted a Python script[7] that applies the Wadsworth Constant on a command line.
#!/usr/bin/env python2import sys
def wadsworth(original):
if len(sys.argv) != 0: phrase = ' '.join(original[1:])
else: phrase = original
output = phrase[int(len(phrase)-len(phrase)*.70):]
return outputif name == 'main':
print wadsworth(sys.argv)
On October 13th, 2011, the tech blog Lifehacker[8] published an article about a Wadsworth Constant bookmarklet.
javascript:location.search+=(location.search?'&':'?')+'wadsworth=1'
Redditor ReachingHorizons posted a link to a java application[13] which calculates the 30% mark of input text.
Redditor WadsworthIt posted a link to the website "Wadsworth It!"[14] which processes any image or video URL and crops the first 30% of the media.
Defying Wadsworth
On October 14th, Redditor thesoundandthefury published a video titled "Defying the Wadsworth Constant,"[11] which was intended to demonstrate that not all videos can be skipped in the beginning.
Dozens of other YouTube videos have been since posted onto Reddit's "The Wadsworth Constant" subreddit[12] section either in demonstration of or defiance against the axiom.
Search Interest
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?
[10] Urban Dictionary – Wadsworth Constant
[11] Reddit – Defying the Wadsworth Constant
[12] Reddit – Wadsworth Subreddit
[13] Reddit – Wadsworth Calculator
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![H wadsworth 56 points 6 hours ago 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 permalink parent report reply [-] Redebo 69 points 5 hours ago Perhaps this should be known as the Wadsworth Constant permalink parent report reply [-] NotSoFatThrow Away 29 points 3 hours ago There are 55 characters including spaces in this sentence According to the Wadsworth Constant we should remove the first 16.5 characters, let's give it a go ld be known as the Wadsworth Constant It is also known in the Wadsworth Constant that we should round to the nearest logical point. We are left with: Be known as the Wadsworth Constant Seems like everything checks out permalink parent report reply ↑ [-] NotOk WithThis 15 points 2 hours ago I'm actually okay with this permalink parent report reply](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/185/511/yxfpC.png "yxfpC.png")
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