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   "Ned Ludd"  wrote in message   
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   > "Julian"  wrote in message   
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   > > On 04/11/2016 17:53, Ned Ludd wrote:   
   > >> "Julian"  wrote in message   
   > >> news:nvi85m$op9$1@dont-email.me...   
   > >>> On 04/11/2016 15:39, Tang Huyen wrote:   
   > >>>> On 11/4/2016 7:25 AM, Julian wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> Note. We now have our second woman running the country.   
   > >>>>> Mind you, we are aeons away from our leftists choosing   
   > >>>>> a woman leader but, of course, our leftists are infamously   
   > >>>>> and infinitely stupid and misogynistic. :)   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> < >>>> specific subject will eventually attract a majority   
   > >>>> of participants who are dedicated to opposing,   
   > >>>> insulting and interfering with the participants who   
   > >>>> wish to foster, praise and advance the subject   
   > >>>> matter of the group.>> Ned Ludd's Second Law of   
   > >>>> the Internet, 16 Sep 2002.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> There is self-selection, and there is reverse   
   > >>>> self-selection. The latter can well swamp the   
   > >>>> former. Our very own Kirsten is a good example.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> I like Cunningham's Law.   
   > >>> “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a   
   > >>> question, but rather to post the wrong answer."   
   > >>> Internet users can easily ignore a request for help, but have a hard   
   > >>> time resisting the urge to appear smarter than the original poster.   
   > >>   
   > >> Yeah, but all internet laws are subsumed under Ned Ludd's   
   > >> First Law of the Internet:   
   > >>   All posts to Usenet are ultimately self-referential.   
   > >   
   > > You are clearly a tall, dark and handsome prince amongst men.   
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   >   We should work on another Magic 8-Ball.  The MOCSE (Mystical   
   > Offend a College Student Eight-ball) is still operational and I try   
   > to demo it every time the subject comes up.  We could substitute   
   > self-gratifying statements to aggrandize users of the new facility.   
   >   
   >   Btw, here's a starting list of internet 'laws'. And, per your comment,   
   > I have had a long-standing law that any time a writer uses the word   
   > 'clearly' or 'precisely' in an argument, the words following that are   
   > neither.   
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   >  Ned   
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   > 1. Godwin’s Law   
   > The most famous of all the internet laws, formed by Mike Godwin in 1990.   
   > As originally stated, it said: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the   
   > probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."   
   >   
   > 2. Poe’s Law   
   > Not to be confused with the law of poetry enshrined by Edgar Allan Poe,   
   > the internet Poe’s Law states: “Without a winking smiley or other blatant   
   > display of humour, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism   
   > that someone won't mistake for the real thing.”   
      
   one night on the radio I heard what I thought   
   was a parody of barry manilow, but it was   
   really him.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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