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[–] whostosay 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My man's just now verified it by typing it on the internet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I heard about it in Bill Nye

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Cunningham's Law, where are you?

[–] Smokeydope 11 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Why does there gotta be so many psudo-scientific internet 'laws' of common human behavioral archetypes with a half baked Wikipedia entry? Can I have SmokeyDopes Law where if more than two humans ever exhibit the same behavior or particular complex that eventually there will be some armchair academic undergrad who will attempt to needlessly define it just to get to say "complex-fancy-sirname's law"

[–] TheTechnician27 1 points 7 hours ago

Tbf, Cunningham's law doesn't have a Wikipedia entry unto itself, just a subsection in the biography of the sort-of kind-of coiner of the aphorism. And it's not trying to be scientific or academic; the law is just a light-hearted joke that people are less likely to answer questions on the Internet than they are to correct statements.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago

"Why does there gotta be so many psudo-scientific internet 'laws' of common human behavioral archetypes with a half baked Wikipedia entry?"

Because of SmokeyDope's law.

"If more than two humans ever exhibit the same behavior or particular complex that eventually there will be some armchair academic undergrad who will attempt to needlessly define it just to get to say "complex-fancy-sirname's law" "

[–] foofiepie 10 points 22 hours ago

Smokeydope’s law right there. Typical telltale signs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Can I have SmokeyDopes Law where if more than two humans ever exhibit the same behavior or particular complex that eventually there will be some armchair academic undergrad who will attempt to needlessly define it just to get to say "complex-fancy-sirname's law"

No.