Internet Laws (Now with 100% less Flame-Baiting!)

[ionpulse2]

Hi all.

That "Internet Laws" thread that was locked earlier this week was pretty interesting, but went waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off-topic. So, let's try this again.

Allow me to start:

Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is a load of bullshit.

Murphy's Law: If something can go wrong, it will go wrong.

 

[ionpulse2]

Bump to keep thread alive.

 

[Internet Kraken]

I don't get it.

 

[DigitalSushi]

Godwins Law "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."

Im not really sure what you are trying to get at here. I didnt see your other thread, by the looks of it i didnt miss much though.

Occam's Razor right there.

 

[oliveira8]

Wait...Murphy's Law is not an internet law..Murphy's Law is old..like...50 years old...

And Sturgeon's Law is also not an internet law...its 50 years old too!

 

[Lord George]

Wait...Murphy's Law is not an internet law..Murphy's Law is old..like...50 years old...

And Sturgeon's Law is also not an internet law...its 50 years old too!

well then give him some new internet laws to use.

 

[Evilbunny]

I already posted this, but the more popular a thread is, the more likely it is to get locked for no apparent reason.

 

[oliveira8]

Wait...Murphy's Law is not an internet law..Murphy's Law is old..like...50 years old...

And Sturgeon's Law is also not an internet law...its 50 years old too!

well then give him some new internet laws to use.

No you!

Oh wait we not doing that?

 

[megalomania]

Internet Rule No 1: People will argue about nothing, for the benefit of nobody, for no other reason than because they can.

 

[GoldenRaz]

Rule (Law) 34, anybody?

 

[Xvito]

One very important rule is to never argue with an idiot, they'll just drag you down to their own level and beat you with experience.

 

[ionpulse2]

I don't get it.

Im not really sure what you are trying to get at here. I didnt see your other thread, by the looks of it i didnt miss much though.

Firstly, this thread is so people can post internet "rules" that should be laws. See the above posts for an idea of what I mean.

Wait...Murphy's Law is not an internet law..Murphy's Law is old..like...50 years old...

And Sturgeon's Law is also not an internet law...its 50 years old too!

Technically that isn't true, but I will agree for the sake of thread survival.

Anyway:

Gordon's Law: Any reference to the crowbar in a zombie thread will immidately be followed by 300 "OMG LIEK CROWBAR FTW!!!!11one" posts.

The "I have no idea how to use the forum search bar" Law: Every thread in existence can and WILL be copied at least once a week. (In the case of zombie threads, once an hour.)

 

[scotth266]

I already posted this, but the more popular a thread is, the more likely it is to get locked for no apparent reason.

This is due to the fact that controversial threads attract loads of attention, and therefore loads of screaming jerks. And thus they get locked.

 

[C0RV4L0U5]

law #3339999284769. if it disturbs you it exists, if i didnt exist it does now.

 

[smithy1234]

Rule (Law) 34, anybody?

Ahahahahaha, please tell me I'm not the only one who gets this.

 

[sheic99]

Rule 1: You do not talk about /b\.
Rule 2: You do not talk about /b\.
...
Rule 35: If porn of it does not exist, it will.

 

[psychedelic2]

Rule (Law) 34, anybody?

Ahahahahaha, please tell me I'm not the only one who gets this.

Ah i get Rule 34 haha, its a Disturbing Rule, but probably true.


Law - Never argue with a troll, it only encourages them.

 

[Flour]

Wait...Murphy's Law is not an internet law..Murphy's Law is old..like...50 years old...

And Sturgeon's Law is also not an internet law...its 50 years old too!

Technically that isn't true, but I will agree for the sake of thread survival.

Spoiler: Sturgeon's Law/Revelation: Nothing is always absolutely so.

The first reference to Sturgeon's Revelation appears in the March 1958 issue of Venture Science Fiction, where science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon wrote: "I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst examples of the field for ammunition, and whose conclusion was that ninety percent of SF is crud."

Also, these can be used anywhere, they're certainly not "internet laws".

Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Finagle's Law: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong"
Godwin's Law: should be obvious [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hitlercard1.jpg]
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article."
Murphy's Law: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it"