The Rule of Conversations is to only be the first to start a conversation with someone online or over text twice in a row lest you always be annoying them
"Have you talked to Lacy recently?"
"No I started conversations the past two times; if she really wants to put in effort in this friendship, she needs to start one now!"
"Ah, the Rule of Conversations, huh?"
"No I started conversations the past two times; if she really wants to put in effort in this friendship, she needs to start one now!"
"Ah, the Rule of Conversations, huh?"
by thetealord October 9, 2022
Get the Rule of Conversationsmug. 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.' "
You are here
👇
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
Get the The Golden Rulemug. 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
Get the Granville Rulemug. A way to know if you need a condom size bigger than medium. By measuring your penis to your arm, if it's bigger then you need a bigger size.
by Lee Chandler May 26, 2017
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Get the Rule 69mug. The rule that managers, school administration, or any body of people in charge of other people in a workplace setting, will mess up every decision they make.
by Bigpoppa0035 September 14, 2023
Get the Rule 13mug.