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[-] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

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."

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] femcatboy_cuddler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I expected a Rick Roll there.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 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: …

[-] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

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

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