Golden rule of the internet

The rule that only one person on the internet may have an opinion on what is and is not funny

"Dude that video you sent was unfunny as shit."
"Don't you know the golden rule of the internet? Only what i say is funny matters."

by Neg is better at risk of rain November 18, 2021

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

The Golden Rule

If there’s a hole there’s a goal

Some guy: I don’t know if I should go for that person, they’re pretty weird
Some dude named Elijah: Well, if there’s a hole there’s a goal, that’s the golden rule after all!

by Gregory McGraw December 19, 2023

golden rule gadget

when the government makes you suffer in some way for bad ruminations for another person.

The golden rule gadget put most valedictorians in the middle class.

by Coop Dupe January 2, 2020

Golden Rule

Don’t date your classmates.

This is to prevent unnecessary drama and tension within the class when they eventually break up.

Kim and Rafael started dating last school year. They are golden rule breakers.

by What name hasn’t been used September 23, 2023