D-Link 09

[eroded_earth]

[Terra sits on his bed. He looks perplexed.]

This is...a little off topic from what's been going on, but I figure we could all use a change of pace anyway.

So, I was wondering what the rules of the internet are? It came up in our experiment this week and Liz and MakubeX would only tell me so much. It sounded like there were a lot of them though. Why is it so complicated? Even being a Keyblade Master doesn't have over 30 rules.

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[beforethemoon]

...

You do know what a joke is, right?

[eroded_earth]

Well sure. But they made it sound like there were more rules so I was curious. [pause] Plus, wouldn't it be nice to discuss something other than the clones.

[beforethemoon]

The numbers could have been arbitrarily picked...

[eroded_earth]

Well, I didn't think the numbers were important, just that they had so many.

[beforethemoon]

I'm saying there might not be anymore than was listed...

[eroded_earth]

And what if there is?

[optimistickey]

...There's rules for the internet?

[eroded_earth]

It sound like it. Liz an MakubeX kept mentioning them.

[optimistickey]

So...what happens if you don't follow them?

[eroded_earth]

Maybe they give you a warning or ban you?

I'm not certain, we did not discuss it.

[optimistickey]

I suppose that'd help for keeping really bad people off of it? But you'd have to make sure that everyone knew the rules in the first place...

[eroded_earth]

True. Hmm, maybe they are more like guidelines than actual rules.

[optimistickey]

Maybe...but then who set these guidelines in the first place?

[eroded_earth]

I don't know. Maybe they came about later as more people started to use the internet.

[optimistickey]

Maybe...but then it's still a matter of who exactly made them?

[eroded_earth]

True. I wonder if there is a way to find out.

[optimistickey]

I dunno! Maybe the site that lists them all says who made them.

CLEARLY THEY NEED GOOGLE

[eroded_earth]

Yeah, but I'm not sure we can find out from here unless someone already knows.

The KH version of Google is just called MOOGLE

[optimistickey]

Probably so. But I guess it's not that big of a deal up here.

[wavesinherheart]

Are you sure you need to know them all?

[eroded_earth]

Probably not, but it is a better piece of conversation than talking more about what else is going on right now.

[wavesinherheart]

Mmm, I suppose you're right.

[forthescience]

Research suggests that the most recognized "Rules of the Internet" are Rule 34, regarding the existence of pornography, and rule 63, regarding something colloquially referred to as "genderbending."

The former rule states that if something exists, someone has created pornography applying or featuring that thing. A corollary to this rule states that if it is discovered that something has not been applied to pornography, pornography will spontaneously appear to fill the void. The latter rule states that, given any male character in media, someone will have created a naked, attractive female version of said character.

While other rules are referenced, these two are the most commonly used, in conjunction with the popular truism that the internet exists for pornography.

[eroded_earth]

I think we talked about those first two, yes.

[uncomfortable] That's all the internet exists for?

[forthescience]

The veracity of that truism is somewhat in doubt, but there is a great deal of pornography on the internet. While it is not the overall purpose, many people employ it to that end. Popular truisms are often untrue; for example, "Genocide is bad." While most people see this statement as obvious and true, others may understand that you cannot do science without breaking a few eggs.

[eroded_earth]

I'm not sure how we got from talking about the internet to genocide, but I'm not sure I like where this is going.

[verygassy]

Um, don't go into any alt.chats that have the word sex in them?

[eroded_earth]

Okay?

[saint_sami]

...what's the Internet?

[eroded_earth]

I'm not entirely sure myself or at least how to explain it. You might do better asking someone else.

[virtualunknown]

[Grinning~] Are you certain you wish to know?

[eroded_earth]

Well when you put it like that, no.

[virtualunknown]

In time, perhaps.

[iamaman_punch]

[Yep, that's a double facepalm all the way across the sky]

You want the truth?

[eroded_earth]

I suppose that is why I asked, yes.

[iamaman_punch]

You can't handle the truth.

Trust me on this one.

[eroded_earth]

Well, with the way some of these conversations are going, I think I'm starting to see that.