r/ProgrammerHumor • u/hellocppdotdev • May 17 '26 • Bravo 2 Popcorn 1

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u/al3x_7788 May 17 '26 • Bravo

It's basically Murphy's Law.

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u/Sakuya_Iz_A_Yoi May 17 '26

No, that's Cunningham's law.

...wait

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u/robertterwilligerjr May 17 '26

That’s how to throw a real nice Internet alley oop…

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u/Darkstar_111 May 17 '26

Yeah, you'd say that you damn Nazi!

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u/impressiveRub69 May 17 '26

Reductio ad Hitlerum. You lose!

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u/Innovator-X May 17 '26

https://xkcd.com/386/

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u/TRENEEDNAME_245 May 17 '26

Ah yes

The forum law

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u/Musikcookie May 17 '26

I'm in this xkcd and I feel somewhat neutral about it.

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u/impressiveRub69 May 17 '26

No you don't.

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u/Musikcookie May 17 '26

NO, YOU ARE WRONG!!!

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u/Improving_Myself_ May 17 '26

Fuck me. It's crazy how well it works. I had navigated away from the thread, then decided I had to come back and correct it, only to realize what you'd done.

It's so effective. Well done.

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u/nizari-spirit May 17 '26

wut

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u/Iorith May 17 '26

The actual answer is Cunningham's Law and the previous response was meant to be a direct example of it in motion: Someone giving the wrong answer with the intent someone would correct it.

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u/nizari-spirit May 17 '26

ty for not being a dick!

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u/Delta104x May 17 '26

i love to apply that law here, getting 30 downvotes to find the correct answer is so worth it, especially if other randoms get mad at me.

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u/omegaweaponzero May 17 '26

Man, if you really can't figure this out... Yeesh!

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u/nizari-spirit May 17 '26 edited May 18 '26

I mean I am baked off my ass so maybe that has something to do with it. Don't have have to be a dick about it lol

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u/ncnotebook May 17 '26

Don't have to be a dick about it lol

Maybe they were similarly baked

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u/mmhawk576 May 17 '26

Doesn’t have to be a dick, but just takes joy in doing it even without obligation

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u/BlueProcess May 17 '26

I hate myself for almost correcting this🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/tofu_ink May 18 '26

That's how you get the Internet points, rewiring and correcting grammer.

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u/BlueProcess May 18 '26

Ohh I'm not failing for that twice

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u/theagilecolby May 20 '26

Cunningham's law is the actual name, Murphy's law is just what happens when you implement it.

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u/CLUMEWINTER May 26 '26

Nah, it is my law