Prison City Rules

In small press publishing that's code:

No erotic content, but other than that NO HOLDS BARRED

The Ethereal Gazette was noted for it's STRICT house rules rivaling the mentality of the Duggar household but aspects that differ as he defined to another who was doing anthologies, another editor knew the rules he coined -- other publishing imprints know this as Prison City Rules. No erotic content but no holds barred. Rule out sexual content but time the swearing, go for subject matter that's ideologically sensitive and able to address social issues when pulling this off. The Issue Five roster embodied the Prison City Rules approach.

by illinoishorrorman June 8, 2018

Rule 34

The designation given to the horrid, amorphous, and chaotic statement that "if it exists on the internet, there's porn of it; if there isn't, there will be.". Despite this, this is not true. Characters under the age of 18 cannot experience this horrific ritual, especially if they can't age.

Anyone who creates/enjoys this landfill should be handed over to the FBI.

guy 1: Dude, someone made Rule 34 of <underage character name goes here>!
guy 2: I'll get the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.

by Exodim June 8, 2022

rule 69.1

The unwritten rule that everything is Nez’s fault.

There’s a global pandemic, must be rule 69.1

by Molestro October 6, 2020

Five Eight Rule

The Five Eight Rule is a rule in relationships between expatriates and locals of a host country. An expat or local who is considered a "5s" by their own home dating market is viewed as "8s" by the opposite party. Often, the rule applies to both parties. Each one perceive the other as an "8", but they are both, in reality, "5s" in their own home dating market.

Person 1: I don't know how Josh landed that Asian girl. She seems way out of his league. He's a 5 at best.

Person 2: Five Eight Rule, dude.

by matcha snorter September 22, 2022

I don't make the rules; I just break 'em

A statement dat humorously sums up your partner in crime who poses as either a law-abiding citizen or a rules-following employee at a bank, military establishment, government office, etc., so dat he can give you "ins" on valuable items and/or sensitive information.

Tronald Dump took such an arrogant off-handed self-serving view of his job as president dat he would have been a prime candidate for da "I don't make the rules; I just break 'em" saying.

by QuacksO November 8, 2022

Rule 34

"If it exists, there's 18+ material of it. No exceptions."

And sadly, they really meant no exceptions. Not even minors and inanimate objects are excused.

There's this website named "rule 34". Don't go there. It's filled with extremely weird fetish material. Yep. Every weird fetish you can think of, ranging from foot fetishes to rape to vore to C̶̜̃̀L̵̳̀̐U ̮̑B̶͙̹͛͆ ͔͝Ṕ̴̻̝E ̭̇N ͐ͅG ̱͛Ǘ̶̜͂I̵͍͊N̵͎̦͌, Rule 34 has it all.

by MyPseudonymThatsNotMyName September 20, 2022

Rule 901

A new rule of the internet that I'm proposing.
If a piece of fan work gets copyright claimed by the company who made the source material, then it's canon. An example of this would be if Nintendo claimed someone's fanfiction. No matter how inappropriate, lewd, or downright fucked up that shit is, it happened.

Person 1: "How have none of the companies parodied in the Racist Mario video claimed it yet?"
Person 2: "Rule 901. if they were to claim it, it would be canon to that universe."

by Bossboy28 July 13, 2025