Citations:Worthington's law

English citations of Worthington's law

more money = better than

• 1997 November 7, Bush is a Pussy (Mr. Show with Bob and David), season 3, episode 7, spoken by Voice over:

  That's right, Bob. Listen to your friend. A person who makes more money than you is better than you, and therefore beyond criticism. [title card: David Worthington Worthington's Law: More Money = Better Than] This is called the Worthington Law, and it's used to gauge the value of human worth.

• 1997 November 7, Bush is a Pussy (Mr. Show with Bob and David), season 3, episode 7, spoken by Carl Espick (David Cross):

  Did you know that according to Worthington's Law, the opera singer who called himself the "Great" Caruso was nowhere near as great as Sammy Hagar, the Red Rocker?

• 2001 June 6, Lalande 21185, “Re: I am a TREKKIE!”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <9fn40n$51mhr$1@ID-60237.news.dfncis.de>:

  Funny,I still call you all...LOSERS! But they aren't, according to "Worthington's Law".

• 2004 June 20, Milhouse Guidry, “Re: (OT) Much Ado About Michael Moore.”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <20040620105014.04657.00000255@mb-m10.aol.com>:

  You need to take into account Worthington's Law -- People who make more money than you are *better* than you, and are therefore above reproach.

• 2004 October 25, Steve Harder-Kucera, “Re: That's Hot!”, in alt.vacation.las-vegas‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <d61rn0p79rdpd9sknvehs1mqk767p8g9sa@4ax.com>:

  According to Worthington's Law, Paris Hilton will always be a better person than Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Mother Teresa combined.

• 2010 January 22, Dutch, “Democracy is now for sale, as Republicans adhere to Worthington’s Law”, in The Sunshine Empire‎^[4], retrieved 2014-04-11:

  The radical right views corporate speech as more important because by extension their money makes them more important. They go by Worthington’s Law:

• 2010 October 8, Jerry Horne, “Biglaw Job Offers: More Money = Better Than?”, in Advance Legal‎^[5], retrieved 2014-04-11:

  So, in the end, I just lazily applied Worthington's Law (i.e., More Money = Better Than), taking the offer with the highest salary because it seemed axiomatic that it was also the best offer. It wasn't.

• 2012 September 10, Lollard, “Terry Moran: How much fucking money do you make a year? [comment]”, in Corey Robin‎^[6], retrieved 2014-04-11:

  Clearly Mr. Robin is unaware of Worthington’s law of value.

• 2013 May 15, steveromangino, “Asia-Pacific Summit Draws Regional Leaders, Experts On Water Problems [comment]”, in Thai Visa Forum‎^[7], retrieved 2014-04-11:

  And people who are richer than yeeeow are better than yeeeeow. that's the basic Worthington's law. Which is why Floyd "money" Mayweather is better than, for instance, Joan of Arc.

• 2014 April 10, Matt Reevy, “The 8 NFL Coaches Pulling in the Most Money Per Game”, in Wall St. Cheat Sheet‎^[8], retrieved 2014-04-11:

  Even if they don’t win, at least Sean Payton knows he’s making more money than the rest of his contemporaries. Per Worthington’s law, that means he’s unassailable.