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Polybius’s law 

“Polybius’s law” states that if a YouTube comment section has at least 5k comments, there will always be an argument.
Because internet.

(Law Created by Polybius_223_YT on the YouYube Comment Section of an Alan Becker video. The "reacting to captions" video. You can go there to find the source in it's purest form. No that is not me by the way, I'm just spreading it.)
"Ah shit! There's another argument.."
"It's Polybius’s law, Of course there'd be an argument"
Polybius’s law by Blooperomg September 1, 2021
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Polybius’s Law 

Polybius’s Law states, “Most, if not all opinions stated on the internet, come with an argument.”

Ex. An online statement that something is better, will, more often than not, start controversy in the replies section, or via other means of “rating”. “liking”, or “responding”, to said statement.

It was originally used by YouTube user “Polybius_223_YT” on the comments section of multiple videos, where disagreements are/were present.
There’s an argument, showing Polybius’s Law at work.
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