The Wadsworth Constant

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The Wadsworth Constant
Back in 2011, the Reddit  user Wadsworth responded to a Reddit comment linked an instructional video on how to fold a bedsheet.

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> 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.

In other words, Wadsworth claims you can skip the first 30% of any video and not lose much of the meaning.  In my experience, this is works quite well.  In fact, it was so accurate Google added a hidden feature to YouTube to skip ahead 30%.

Any video on YouTube you can apply the Wadsworth Constant by adding `&wadsworth=1` to the end of the URL.  If your a keyboard junky like me, just hit the 3 key on your keyboard when you start a video and it will skip to 30% immediately.  There is no way to do this on DTube videos as far as I know without just skipping ahead, if there is, let me know!

Give it a try on some videos and see if it holds true for you.  I don't always do it, but I do use it a lot.

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