Similar to Godwin's Law, as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of the discussion descending into ad hominem attacks and nonsense fuelled by apparent hatred or dislike of someone's comment approaches .
That is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will begin making insults or start yelling about Hillary Clinton/Trump/Russia/shills or similar in order to distract and lead to forum-slide.
Coined on reddit in 2018 and named after a reddit user with the same name, Cencorme's Law originally referred specifically to subreddit discussions. It is now applied to any threaded online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric occurs.
When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Cencorme's Law has effectively forfeited the argument.
That is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will begin making insults or start yelling about Hillary Clinton/Trump/Russia/shills or similar in order to distract and lead to forum-slide.
Coined on reddit in 2018 and named after a reddit user with the same name, Cencorme's Law originally referred specifically to subreddit discussions. It is now applied to any threaded online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric occurs.
When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Cencorme's Law has effectively forfeited the argument.
redditor a: "I really disliked EA's latest game release"
redditor b: "Blame the Trump and Russians for that. They worked together to influence the developers..."
redditor a: "Classic case of Cencorme's Law"
redditor b: "Blame the Trump and Russians for that. They worked together to influence the developers..."
redditor a: "Classic case of Cencorme's Law"
by GrimPeeper May 20, 2018
Get the Cencorme's Lawmug. Spouse's first-cousin-twice-removed's spouse.
My co-1C2R-in-law is a good person.
by Gerald128 April 7, 2021
Get the co-1C2R-in-lawmug. by 2timessemicolon February 12, 2024
Get the trafalgar lawmug. As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison or reference involving Donald Trump grows more and more likely.
Originally coined by Truman of the Return 2 Reason podcast.
Originally coined by Truman of the Return 2 Reason podcast.
Truman's law says that it is inevitable Trump's name will be mentioned if a meeting goes longer than 90 minutes, no matter the topic of the meeting.
by DrKarlynB April 18, 2021
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Get the Milo Murphy's Lawmug. Nerdy brother to Al Gore. Little known to the general public, but similarly-learned in using mathematical operations/equations to make "inconvenient truth" speeches.
If we study the key Al Gore rhythms and compare them with Law Gore rhythms, will we actually get a clearer idea of how to solve global warming, or will we just get even more confused with all of those complex mathematical formulas???
by QuacksO November 25, 2021
Get the Law Goremug. "You can follow an 'unpopular' method or procedure 'till da cows come home' and nothing unusual will ever happen to 'justify' or 'vindicate' your unorthodox actions (and you'll likely get continually criticized by others for your chosen behavior), but then the ONE TIME when you eventually 'cave' and actually DO happen to follow the 'standard' or 'acceptable' protocol, THAT'S the solitary 'rogue occasion' when disaster will happen to strike --- something really bad will happen that would not have occurred if you had simply continued to follow your own 'pet' procedure that had seemed better/safer to begin with!"
My "super-long-term-driving-experienced" aunt had gotten fed up with my "back-seat driver" attempts to be helpful by telling her about vehicles that I'd see moving around fairly near our position when we'd be travelling someplace in her car, and so she had eventually asked me to just keep quiet and let here handle the driving herself. Well, of course, within a day or two, Murphy's Law of Exceptions decided to turn and bite me in da butt --- due to a view-obstructing sidewalk-mounted ad-sign, my aunt didn't notice an approaching car, but I did... naturally, that was the ONE TIME that I **didn't** tell her about it because she'd specifically asked me to keep my trap shut on instances like that, and so I'd ASSUMED (there's that word again!) that she'd observed the vehicle bearing down on the intersection. Well, as you might expect, we crashed, and there were multiple injuries in the other car! Can't win...!
by QuacksO March 9, 2019
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