A law that governs the flow of unfortunate events in time. Applies equally to philosophical, physical, mental, and emotional conflicts. Eagan's Law states that:
"Given a specific set of circumstances, the most personally inconvenient outcome of a situation will always be the end result. Should one make a decision to enact a more convenient solution, that solution will end up becoming more inconvenient than the first.
However, in the event that one recognizes the potential of the most inconvenient outcome, an equally inconvenient but unforeseen outcome shall take its place."
Over the years, many have equated Eagan's Law with Murphy's Law, which holds that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Although the two are similar in subject matter, Eagan's Law provides a more comprehensive understanding of unfortunate phenomena than Murphy's Law. Murphy himself admitted this often, crediting Eagan's Law as the basis of much of his own work (citation needed).
"Given a specific set of circumstances, the most personally inconvenient outcome of a situation will always be the end result. Should one make a decision to enact a more convenient solution, that solution will end up becoming more inconvenient than the first.
However, in the event that one recognizes the potential of the most inconvenient outcome, an equally inconvenient but unforeseen outcome shall take its place."
Over the years, many have equated Eagan's Law with Murphy's Law, which holds that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Although the two are similar in subject matter, Eagan's Law provides a more comprehensive understanding of unfortunate phenomena than Murphy's Law. Murphy himself admitted this often, crediting Eagan's Law as the basis of much of his own work (citation needed).
Josh: "I went all the way back to the front of the store for a cart, and now we don't even need it. Plus, it's the one with the shitty wheel."
Andrew: "Chalk that one up to Eagan's Law.
Andrew: "Chalk that one up to Eagan's Law.
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1) A meme can never die, it will always come back into the spotlight either to continue its evolution or else to be used in a crossover meme. Both scenarios often result in the meme being significantly less funny than it originally was, and are rarely successful. Dead memes being brought back usually means this time it dies 10x faster than the first time.
2) For every post, there is an equal and opposite repost. Because a lot of new meme content can start out on Reddit, a new meme being created successfully would mean a surge of this meme across the internet. This surge is known as the Platform Cycle over the whole internet, but also occurs independently across Reddit. As the meme spreads, it will die out in most places except Reddit as stated in the above concept.
3) You must stay on your own subreddit. Posting a Weed Meme on a subreddit for Gun Safety would result in the user responsible being crucified, as the Weed Meme was not posted to r/weed or r/dankmemes.
1) A meme can never die, it will always come back into the spotlight either to continue its evolution or else to be used in a crossover meme. Both scenarios often result in the meme being significantly less funny than it originally was, and are rarely successful. Dead memes being brought back usually means this time it dies 10x faster than the first time.
2) For every post, there is an equal and opposite repost. Because a lot of new meme content can start out on Reddit, a new meme being created successfully would mean a surge of this meme across the internet. This surge is known as the Platform Cycle over the whole internet, but also occurs independently across Reddit. As the meme spreads, it will die out in most places except Reddit as stated in the above concept.
3) You must stay on your own subreddit. Posting a Weed Meme on a subreddit for Gun Safety would result in the user responsible being crucified, as the Weed Meme was not posted to r/weed or r/dankmemes.
(posts a doge meme to a car subreddit)
Car Subreddit Members: You are now dead
Meme Subreddit Users: I will take this and post it to it's appropriate place (all 50 people say simultaneously)
(there is now a surge of Doge memes across Reddit)
Intelligent person: This one idiot in a car subreddit accidentally enabled Reddit's Law on Doge, now Doge will just get less and less funny smh.
Car Subreddit Members: You are now dead
Meme Subreddit Users: I will take this and post it to it's appropriate place (all 50 people say simultaneously)
(there is now a surge of Doge memes across Reddit)
Intelligent person: This one idiot in a car subreddit accidentally enabled Reddit's Law on Doge, now Doge will just get less and less funny smh.
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