A principle of behavior in which an individual deliberately breaks or disregards the established rules, norms, or customs of a culture, not out of necessity or rebellion for change, but chiefly to satisfy personal pride, self-importance, or ego.
Instead of buying a round of drinks after getting a hole-in-one for the bar, Mark invoked the Admiral Rule and stated everyone was else in the bar was irrelevant.
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After getting a hole-in-one, Mark refused to buy the bar a round of drinks due to him invoking the Admiral Rule. Mark stated the members at the bar were irrelevant.
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Get the Admiral Rule mug.The perversion of a legal system where the laws, regulations, and courts are systematically manipulated by and for a connected elite—political allies, corporate titans, and oligarchs—while being enforced with rigid, often cruel, literalness against the general populace. It’s rule by law, not of law. The rules exist not as a fair framework, but as a weapon the powerful can wield against rivals and a shield they can invoke for themselves. Justice becomes a transactional commodity, and legality is defined by who you know, not what you did.
Crony Rule of Law Example: A giant corporation negotiates a special tax loophole into law, then uses its team of lawyers to exploit it perfectly. Meanwhile, a small business owner is bankrupted by a Kafkaesque regulatory fine for a minor paperwork error. This is Crony Rule of Law: the same legal system is a playground for the connected and a minefield for the disconnected.
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This term is used situationally, especially in recent times on social media to define how someone can enjoy a piece of content even if it betrays their own beliefs.
This term is used situationally, especially in recent times on social media to define how someone can enjoy a piece of content even if it betrays their own beliefs.
Person 1:*laughs at AI video*
Person 2: “I thought you hated AI?”
Person 1: “I do, unless it’s used in a funny way, such is the rule of funny.”
Person 2: “I thought you hated AI?”
Person 1: “I do, unless it’s used in a funny way, such is the rule of funny.”
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Members include Edgar Wright, John Lennon, and Stan Lee.
Members include Edgar Wright, John Lennon, and Stan Lee.
Tré Cool is a person who rules, but, unfortunately, he does not rule enough to be one of the people who rule.
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