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Amiright? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by balderdash9 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Cunningham’s Law.

"the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Famously, and in formal completion of Cunningham's law disapproval. Cunningham has never said that, and actually disagrees with the aphorism, he's been quoted qualifying it as a misquote and a proof of misinformation spread on the internet in complete self-defeating disprove.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I hear you, but I choose to ignore this info.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I expected a Rick Roll there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Me: "Cunningham's law says the best way to get a correct answer online is to post an incorrect one and wait to be corrected."

Cunningham: "Uhm ackshually"

Me: …

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

There's also Poe's law about conservation of energy.