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lead rule

The negative outcome of the Golden Rule.

You treat me like shit and I will do the same, no questions asked.
Karen decided to take her Kareness out on me, so I gave her a taste of the Lead Rule.
by slangctionary November 8, 2021
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Rule 181

It makes rule 171 do nothing and can never be countered by anything else
by Trashcan 6 May 5, 2022
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Granville Rule

Speak now or forever hold your peace. If you don't speak up, you don't get fed. Everything moves on pass you if you stay quiet. Used to make decisions faster and more efficiently.
Nancy always tells us which restaurants she wants to go to after the reservation's already booked and then complain about the food. Granville Rule next time we hang out so it's on her.
by birkin356 July 15, 2025
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Etsy Rule

A rule that states that an item (typically clothing) is considered vintage if at least 20 years old. Following the requirement on Etsy: "For an item to be considered vintage on Etsy, it must be at least 20 years old"
"Yooo that jacket's sick, is it vintage?"
"I don't have a clue, it used to belong to my uncle who got it around 20 years ago."
"According to the Etsy Rule, your jacket is vintage"
by sheikhaladdin January 6, 2024
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offside rule

Something every guy will ask you to define when a girl will tell them they like football.
Amanda: i like football too!!
Bryton, willy and chad in unison: OH YEAH? tell us what the offside rule is then...
Amanda: leaves
by Yeri♡ May 13, 2023
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Rule of Roelofs

When an action does not take effect during a potential period of time, it is rolled off to the next more optimal window of opportunity. This is not a function of statistical probability, it is simply the way things are and cannot be explained by logic or mathematical analysis; it just happens that way.
That smarty pants tried to explain with a rationale of probability that day shift didn’t receive a call, and that this had zero impact on night shift getting call. You would think he had heard of the Rule of Roelofs. Apparently not.
by Karl Hungus April 24, 2024
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The Golden Rule

Your willingness to forgo this for the purpose of hoisting me by my own petard demonstrates that hoisting people with there own petard is higher on your conceptual value hierarchy than The Golden Rule.
Hym "This is (once again) does little more than prove me right. See, look:

You are here

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What you're doing

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Golden rule
See how that works? That☝️ is what you're doing right now. Why? Because you know that The Golden Rule leads almost exclusively to being exploited by people who aren't willing to reciprocate. Which is the entire impetus behind the creation of The Platinum Rule. And you're doing it. See? This 👇

Petard hoisting

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Golden rule
That's how you 'Act' in spite of your ethical propositional framework. Do you believe in the Golden rule? 'Well, I act like I believe in the golden rule (and then I do this 👉 Petard hoistery

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Not petard hoistery)'
That's you. That's a diagram of you and how you 'act.' "
by Hym Iam August 9, 2022
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