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"Rules of the Internet" is a loose collection of rules and aphorisms spawned by the [[Small Name, Big Ego|infamous]] 4chan [[Image Board]]. Depending on who you ask, they are either not meant to be taken seriously or very [[Serious Business]]. Most of them don't apply except for within the community they originated from, and the list is continuously changing but through [[Memetic Mutation]] a handful have become well known.
Some of the more notable rules<ref>For values of "notable" that are extremely arbitrary, but being referenced elsewhere helps</ref> include:▼
▲Some of the more notable rules<ref>For values of "notable" that are extremely arbitrary but being referenced elsewhere helps</ref> include:
* Rule -1: /b/ is not your friend.
* Rule 1: You don't talk about /b/.
* Rule 2: [[Fight Club (film)|You
* Rule 3: We are
* Rule 4: [[I Am Legion|We are legion.]]
* Rule 5: We do not forgive, we do not forget.
* Rule 6: [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|There is no rule 6.]]
* Rule ⑨: [[Touhou Project|There is a Touhou version of it.]] No exceptions.
* Rule 14: Do not argue with [[
* Rule 16: If you fail in epic proportions, it may just become a [[Epic Fail|winning failure]].
* Rule 19: [[Hate Dumb|The more you hate it,]] [[No Such Thing
* Rule 20: Nothing is to be taken seriously. [[Call Forward|EXCEPT RULE 71]]!
* Rule 29: On the internet, [[There Are No Girls on the Internet|all girls are men]], and all kids are [[Pedo Hunt|undercover FBI agents]].
* Rule 30: [[There Are No Girls
* Rule 32: [[Freud Was Right|Any line can be interpreted with a sexual connotation. No exceptions.]]
* [[Rule 34]]: If it exists, [[The Internet Is for Porn|there is porn of it]]. No exceptions.
* Rule 35: If no porn is found of it, it will be made.
* Rule 36: [[Fetish Fuel|No matter what it is, it is somebody's fetish]]. No exceptions.<ref>"Officially" Rule 51, but generally cited as Rule 36; the alternate Rule 36 is (in polite terms): "No matter how [[Sick and Wrong|messed up]] what you've just seen is, there is always worse." Considering [[Nightmare Fetishist|the originators of the list]], this ties in quite nicely.</ref>
* Rule 42: [[The
* Rule 43: [[Corrupt the Cutie|The more beautiful and pure a thing is -]] [[Subverted Kids Show|the more satisfying it is to corrupt it.]]
* Rule 47: !???
* Rule 48: [[South Park|Profit]]
* [[
* Rule 61: [[Chuck Norris]] is the exception to Rule 63, no exceptions or else.
* Rule 62: [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|It has been cracked and pirated.]] No exceptions.
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* Rule 75: [[Logic Bomb|Rule 75 is a lie. OH SHI-]]
* Rule 77: [[Something Awful|The internet makes you stupid.]]
* [[Rule 78]]: [[The Wiki Rule|There is a Wiki of it. No exceptions.]]
* Rule 85: If it exists, there is a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Rule 103: For every song, there is a [[Vocaloid]] version of it.
* Rule 104: If there is not a [[Vocaloid]] version of it, there will be. No exceptions.
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* Rule 284: [[Brain Bleach|What has been seen cannot be unseen. Even the post clearance that's coming up.]]
* Rule 647: [http://imgur.com/5casy Keldeo is a pony].
* Rule 9001: [[
=== "Rules of [[UseNet]]" ===
An older set of such rules exists, generated well before 4chan by the denizens of [[UseNet]]. Among its entries are:
* Rule nonumber: There are no hard-and-fast Rules on [[UseNet]], only Guidelines, which are more or less strictly enforced (and differ) from group to group; this is why it's generally wise to read any group for a bit before ever posting to it.
* Rule 0: [[w:There Is No Cabal|''There is no C*b*l.'']] There ''is'', however, a net-wide conspiracy designed solely to lead [[w:Talk%3AThere_Is_No_Cabal#So_who.27s_Dave_Hayes_anyway.3F|Dave Hayes]] to believe that there is a C*b*l.
** Corollary: ''here are no pods.''
* Rule 1: [[Hypocritical Humor|Spellling and grammer counts.]] So do grace, wit, and a sense of humor (the latter two are different), as well as a willingness to meet odd people, but these are lesser considerations.
* Rule 2: The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. (John Gilmore)
* Rule 3 ("Why 3?" "Because we felt like it"): For every opinion there is at least one equally loud and opposing opinion.
* Rule 4 [[Godwin's Law|(Godwin's Rule)]]: Any off-topic mention of Hitler or Nazis will cause the thread it is mentioned in to an irrelevant and off-topic end very soon; every thread on UseNet has a constantly-increasing probability to contain such a mention.
** Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual.
** Case's Corollary: If the subject is Heinlein or homosexuality, the probability of a Hitler/Nazi comparison being made becomes equal to one.
* Rule 5 (Reimer's Reason): Nobody ever ignores what they should ignore on Usenet.
* Rule 6: Don't post to misc.test unless you understand the consequences. (Eddie Saxe)
* Rule 7-B: There is no topic so thoroughly covered that no one will ever bring it up again.
* Rule 9: [[Eternal September|It's ''always'' September, ''somewhere'' on the Net.]]
** Dave Fischer's Extension: 1993 was The Year September Never Ended.
* Rule 17: Go not to [[UseNet]] for counsel, for they will say both 'No' and 'Yes' and 'Try another newsgroup'.
* Rule $19.99: The Internet ''isn't free''. It just has an economy that makes no sense to capitalism. (Brad 'Squid' Shapcott)
* Rule 27: [[Alien (franchise)|In cyberspace, ''everyone'' can hear you scream.]] (Gary Lewandowski)
* Rule 29: No rational discourse can happen in a thread cross-posted to more than two newsgroups.
* Rule 37: Read the thread from the beginning, or else. (Faisal Nameer Jawdat)
* Rule [[108]] (from the soc.motss FAQ): "What will happen to me if I read soc.motss?" "In general, nothing. (You may be informed or infuriated, of course; but that's a standard Usenet hazard.)"
* Rule 666: Old alt groups never die. They don't fade away nicely, either.
* Rule [[Beverly Hills, 90210|90120]]: Applying your standards to someone else's post ''will'' result in a [[Flame War]].
* Rule x^2: FAQs are asked frequently. Get used to them.
{{tropenamer}}
=== Tropes associated with the Rules of the Internet: ===▼
* [[Rule 34]]
* [[Rule 50]]
* [[Rule 63]]
* [[Complete Monster]]: Rule 6 says this about Anonymous.
* [[Crossover]]: Rules 50 and ⑨ (which is sufficiently enforced for Touhou to get its [[Touhou
* [[Epic Fail]]: Rule 16
* [[Four Is Death]]: Rule 4
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Homage]]: Rules 1 and 2.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Rule a and Rule b. Also, Rule i.
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Everywhere
* [[Mouthful of Pi]]: Rule 3.14159265358979323846
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]: Rule 9
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Rule 9001
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