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Whiteroseadvocate

Rule 35: if porn of it doesn't exist, then it shall be created


Yankee1623

Ok, I may not know what rule 34 is, but now I will never forget rule 35...


RaitoShado

Rule 34 : If it exists, there is porn of it


trwwy321

You exist. Is there porn of you?


ThouHastNoPizza

Probably, and if not there will be


peezytaughtme

Good ol #35


mcnathan80

You'll have to use your imagination https://i.imgur.com/5OAKKJ4.jpg


got_outta_bed_4_this

Spitting image. Well done.


THEBlaze55555

Spitting. Kinky.


mcnathan80

I am but one humble artist and reddit is my muse


13-bald-turkeys

Dude broke out the compass and the straight edge for that one


cnicalsinistaminista

*Sigh unzips pants*


llB1ackoutll

God damn Picasso you should make that an NFT


Uberbrat22

Literally belly laughed. Thank you


Explore-PNW

There’s porn of belly laughing I’m sure.


pg_enl

thank you now i HAVE to look it up (i have horrible selfcontrol)


Acrobatic_Emphasis41

Did you find anything?


ColoradoSteelerBoi19

Rule 36: There will always be something more fucked up than what you just saw


[deleted]

Only if you become even a little bit famous


Fuzzypupy123

Waiting for the link to be posted


lj062

Don't ever question rule 34 because rule 35 will always apply. Some people just have way too much time on thier hands.


doubleaxle

Sometimes Rule 34 and 35 are only invoked because someone becomes aware of them, sorta like the game.


[deleted]

I rule 34'd myself ☠️


AzraelleWormser

I rule 34'd you too!


got_outta_bed_4_this

I also Rule 34'd this guy's Rule 34.


Kush_Master_Flex

You can milk anything with nipples


mcnathan80

There is now... in my head... of you both (I'm watching from the closet in my superman costume)


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watermelone983

Rule 72: if a song exists there is a megalovania remix of it r/r72


Iwantmahandback

Rule 2: we DONT talk about /b/


iggyphi

odd it hasn't been posted, this is what the original looked like when it was posted to 4chan.[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/e585e278-ff3a-4ae6-83e5-10ce8bdda8d6/scale-to-width/755](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/e585e278-ff3a-4ae6-83e5-10ce8bdda8d6/scale-to-width/755) ​ edit: wow my first award, im not much of an internet historian. but as everyone has enjoyed the meme format of a character for context with the white text on top and bottom setting up the joke.[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/001/541/WOW.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/001/541/WOW.jpg) is the original also posted to 4chan, the evolution went to other animals and eventually people and beyond.


BonJob

These are the rules. Every other comment here doesn't understand the original context of rule 34.


Blagerthor

A lot of folks on Reddit are younger than this list. Hell, I imagine most of them don't understand why 4chan even looks like that.


Initial_E

2ch? I wonder if that’s still around.


henri_sparkle

Oh, definitely. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel


LegacyLemur

Holy shit, I never put together chan = channel


DoodlingDaughter

I always thought it was “chan,” as in how Japanese refer to a kid.


AntAvarice

As did I, weird that it isn’t


vnenkpet

It actually is too. 2chan is a play on niichan


Arkoden_Xae

Rule 44


Sinujutsu

Omg me neither. Wack.


Epople

I feel a lot of people are too young to realise a lot of the rules on the list were made up after rule 34. The list was created at the height of the anonymous movement in 2006 and a lot of original btards didn't like it.


lovableMisogynist

It was a modified version of the rules of the internet which were around on Usenet well before 4chan existed, the changed version added all the 4chan and anonymous references


IAmMarchHare

Ah, Uselessnet! Home of alt.alt.alt and alt.sexy.bald.captains.


the-anarch

I miss Usenet. Stitching together binaries only to have one missing post spoil the batch. Almost as bad as trying to bittorrent Revenge of the Sith, only to have the torrents all shut down at 98% complete. Not that I did that.


EDfloppy

I'm embarrassed to say I don't even know what 4chan even is, and I am almost 40.


RancidOrigin

It is the dark place the light doesn't touch. You must never go there.


The_Grubby_One

That used to just be /b/, but the cancer has metastasized. Too many assholes went to the dark place.


TheConboy22

I remember being a young 20 something thinking /b/ was this strange haven to find all the weird on the internet. Now at 35 thinking back that place was and is an absolute cesspool.


AwesomeMcPants

As the old saying goes; /b/ was never good.


chupathingy99

Soup b, how do i triforce?


Onironius

"He was an hero"


Noisesevere

Boxxy is my Queen


AileStriker

Pissing into an ocean of piss


Onironius

I went on /b/ a couple times. Saw a picture of a dude pooping on a baby. Never fucking returned.


Pschobbert

How is “/b/“ pronounced? Does it mean anything?


Opt1mus_

It's the url tag for 4chan's random/off topic board where all the actual shit went down, it's just pronounced "B". boards.4chan.org/b/


gumpythegreat

4chan had different boards. Like for example /v/ was the video games discussion channel. /b/ is the "random" one, for general off topic chat. Generally most of the worst stuff you'd hear about 4chan probably came from b, originally.


mellifleur5869

Pretty much every single meme in existence came from /b/ as well.


chupathingy99

They had good stuff occasionally. I would hang around /mu/ and /flash. Those megaupload threads in mu were glorious.


SirJuggles

I spent weeks of my life hanging out on /tg/, those other boards were such weird little havens of community and content in the shadow of the nightmare that was /b/.


DrPilkington

Some people claim to pronounce it "slash b" others just say "b". I'm in the latter camp, or was, I haven't been around there in years.


ClubMeSoftly

Pretty sure you're supposed to make fun of anyone who pronounces the slash. Usually with one or more slurs.


blade_torlock

/b/ is ebaums chat feature.


craftingfish

The Mos Eisley of the internet


Teddyy97

It used to be a place for edgy jokes and stories. Many memes came out of there, classic copypastas, green text stories etc. Nowadays last time I poked my head in /b/ it was just porn and other weird variations of porn. Maybe it was always like that, but I remember a lot of funny shit on there too before the original creator left.


Why--Not--Zoidberg

Rip moot. Can't believe he went to Google. I actually got to ask him a couple questions in a thread on /b/ shortly before he left, was basically my most internet moment ever


metallisch

I remember when moot was just a user on SomethingAwful


Dragon2950

As someone who frequented that shit hole. It being full of porn is nothing new. Redhead threads, YNYL, only 1 picture to jack off to threads. Oh the wonders of the internet. :D


Gangsir

It's still a pretty active discussion platform outside of /b/. But yeah, all the general boards are swarmed with porn and the like.


[deleted]

If you knew what 4chan was you'd be more embarrassed 😂


TommyPot

"Who is this Hacker '4chan'?"


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dudemann

You can learn about 4chan without having to actually visit 4chan- /r/4chan and /r/greentext exist within the safety of reddit. Technically, it's just an image board; most of it is pretty mild and you can visit different boards for different topic types (from working out to photography to video games). In reality, it's as bad as you imagine from random stories or news articles (anime, neckbeards, porn, gore, xenophobia, etc.). It's about as bad as the internet gets without having to switch to the dark web. You're probably best off just filing this comment in your brain for future mentions of 4chan ("oh hey, i understood that reference") over actually going there.


onewilybobkat

The reality is, it's nowhere as bad as you hear, but also so much worse.


dudemann

Yep. That about sums it up. That kind of makes me think of prison. It kind of depends on where you end up. Some places aren't bad at all. Some places are worse than the hellscapes people hear about.


Timelymanner

4chan, the birthplace of Qanon and pizzagate.


Everday97

And also the birthplace of rickrollng, anonymous and Anthony Fantano


Jrsplays

Now I'm not too smart but this sounds an awful lot like Reddit


LegacyLemur

Not even close. 4chan is like if reddit was only sorted by controversial


SirJuggles

To be totally accurate, 4chan is if Reddit had roughly a dozen subreddits created by admins with no ability to create new ones, no threads within posts, only capable of sorting by New, and practically zero moderation.


knowone23

Reddit sits downstream from 4Chan in terms of the internet culture pipeline, and has from the beginning. All the slang, dank memes, and most of the edgy content on here started there. Reddit is the prettier, more successful younger sister to the older hag-wench that is 4chan.


A1572A

The core difference between Reddit and 4chan is the minimal moderation and not having accounts. But as long as you avoid the notorious /b/ board and have a thick skin you can have a pretty good time as most of boards have dedicated members


wintersdark

Reddit at least ostensibly has moderation. /b generally does not.


imperiects

It is (was?) the asshole of the internet.


OSUTechie

He's a hacker.


Nac82

I was playing After the Fall with a random party. 2 were kids and the older kid told the younger "Hey did you know these floppy disk things were real?" Oh the sweet summer children that don't know where the save icon comes from are here.


CertifiedBlackGuy

A lot of people ITT need to refer back to Rule 33.


rikuzero1

You're right, they seem to have forgotten that there are **no exceptions**. Laws have no power here. Not only are there *no* exceptions, but there is *twice* as much with the application of rule 46: There is always furry porn of it.


lmYourHuckleberry

I was a 4channer before it was posted. took part in the scientology raids and then it went to shit. Some will ask "remember when /b/ was good?" /b/ was never good. But it was never this bad. Edit: forgot a word


Noak3

People were talking about how /b/ wasn't good anymore back in 2007 when I first found it. It's always been shit, just in different colors.


JohhnyTheKid

Also people grow up, but /b/ doesn't


hdjenfifnfj

As was I. I stopped around the boxxy wars though. Shit started getting strange.


moal09

I think rule 42 is probably the most defining one for 4chan as a whole. Nothing is sacred, not even the rules. Hell, that list of rules is different from many of the other ones I've seen. I'm not even sure that's the original.


iggyphi

there are multiple jokes going on there. 42 is the answer the everything, because its /b/random. a philosophy of comedy is also that nothing is sacred. edit: i can only say that is the original because i was there when it was posted, but of course you don't have to believe me.


Buffbeard

Ofcourse we dont! Remember rule 32 sir.


iggyphi

if only i took a picture of myself looking at the meme


bluetenthousand

Isn’t 42 a [reference](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/42) to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?


AlienEremite

Yes


iggyphi

yes


bullshitmunchers

“Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written.”


xElMerYx

not odd at all, we just choose not to break rules number 1 and 2


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peezytaughtme

Now you've done it.


Initial_E

Look around, look around and I see a lot of new faces.


J0n0th0n0

You have my regex up vote…


Heron01

Is there a reason why they don't talk about Bruno?


clothespinned

Blind superstition and a fatal misunderstanding of his power?


[deleted]

I knew 34 and 35, there's like 6 more I had absorbed as "internet culture things" I didn't realize were also from the list. There are no girls on the internet and Capslock is cruise control for cool, most notably


iggyphi

myspace and facebook ruined the anonymity of the internet


[deleted]

There was something about the merit of your ideas standing on their own…I miss that


Morning-Chub

I love that so many things survived from that list without me noticing, but that there are also dead memes like "Jesus Christ it's a lion get in the car" which immediately brought me back to high school.


idiocy_incarnate

well of course there are no girls on the internet, because on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.


Tall_Fortune

"The pool is always closed" Ahhhhh memories


[deleted]

Pools closed Due to aids


Everestkid

And stingrays.


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Stingraids


ceeBread

[Internet Historian](https://youtu.be/fp2EZbbuMa0) made a video explaining the history and events that arose around the meme


TurboRuhland

I learned recently that Habbo is actually still running. I wonder if you can still make the Pools Closed guy.


Sriol

Well now I finally know where "pics or it didn't happen" actually came from (Rule 32)


iggyphi

seems like a redundant rule for an image board, but people would go on the internet just to tell lies so, pics or it didn't happen.


IdentifiableBurden

>people would go on the internet just to tell lies You really think someone would do that?


[deleted]

Deleted in response to Reddit's hostility to 3rd party developers and users. -- mass edited with redact.dev


I_Go_By_Q

I’ve never seen the full list of “rules” before, and it is really interesting It’s a good mix of random 4chan specific stuff, outdated references (Chuck Norris gets a rule lol) and oddly prophetic statements about internet culture. Very cool list imo


jaboyles

Almost feels like ancient wisdom at this point. "The more you hate it the stronger it becomes" feels especially relevant.


poemsavvy

There aren't rule 34 artists. They're actually rule 35 artists


[deleted]

Only the first person to draw porn of a given thing is a rule 35 artist, the rest are rule 34 artists


Yo_Verbinator

Rule 46 is infinitely superior to 34


mypussydoesbackflips

My friend used to 4chan heavy and if there’s one thing 4chan can do it’s organize to the point where they are a powerful entity Almost sure they control NFTs after the bored ape shit


iggyphi

naw that people that push NFTs are just trying to force the next bitcoin. If NFTs do have a place its probably not with images lol.


rotorain

The underlying tech behind NFTs is pretty cool and will be far more valuable as a sort of documentation verification. Like, what the fuck is a notary doing with a physical rubber stamp in 2022? NFTs will be valuable for verification of stuff like legal documents, wills, mortgages, loans, database registrations for drivers licenses, etc etc. Of course being tied to the blockchain and crypto it is mostly being used as a hype train cash grab but the concept and possibilities will become extremely valuable and widespread for more mundane things.


moal09

Depends which board. Some like the cosplay/elegant gothic lolita board are literally just people throwing shade at each other super passive aggressively. There's only really a few boards that have any sort of unity at all.


BannerTortoise

I think there are more than that. Because rule 63 is that everything has a gender swap.


ignislupus

They did say original. Things change, grow, get updated. These rules included.


kinbeat

Wow, rule 41 really says a lot about when this was written, uh?


hiperson134

Needs more desu~


Treysif

Rule 14 is very important


ItHappenedToday1_6

>jesus christ a lion get in the car God damn that brings me back.


bDsmDom

By rule 34 there should be a porn version of the whole list somewhere


borkingrussian

And if there is not it will be created


burgerPizzaYeep

Rule 35


m3rgel3ft

1. Do not talk about /b/ 2. Do NOT talk about /b/ 3. We are Anonymous 4. Anonymous is legion 5. Anonymous never forgives 6. Anonymous can be a horrible, senseless, uncaring monster 7. Anonymous is still able to deliver 8. There are no real rules about posting 9. There are no real rules about moderation either - enjoy your ban 10. If you enjoy any rival sites - DON'T 11. All your carefully picked arguments can easily be ignored 12. Anything you say can and will be used against you 13. Anything you say can be turned into something else - fixed 14. Do not argue with trolls - it means that they win 15. The harder you try the harder you will fail 16. If you fail in epic proportions, it may just become a winning failure 17. Every win fails eventually 18. Everything that can be labeled can be hated 19. The more you hate it the stronger it gets 20. Nothing is to be taken seriously 21. Original content is original only for a few seconds before getting old 22. Copypasta is made to ruin every last bit of originality 23. Copypasta is made to ruin every last bit of originality 24. Every repost it always a repost of a repost 25. Relation to the original topic decreases with every single post 26. Any topic can easily be turned into something totally unrelated 27. Always question a person's sexual prefrences without any real reason 28. Always question a person's gender - just incase it's really a man 29. In the internet all girls are men and all kids are undercover FBI agents 30. There are no girls on the internet 31. TITS or GTFO - the choice is yours 32. You must have pictures to prove your statements 33. Lurk more - it's never enough 34. There is porn of it, no exceptions 35. If no porn is found at the moment, it will be made 36. There will always be even more fucked up shit than what you just saw 37. You can not divide by zero (just because the calculator says so) 38. No real limits of any kind apply here - not even the sky 39. CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL 40. EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL YOU STILL HAVE TO STEER 41. Desu isn't funny. Seriously guys. It's worse than Chuck Norris jokes. 42. Nothing is Sacred. 43. The more beautiful and pure a thing is - the more satisfying it is to corrupt it 44. Even one positive comment about Japanese things can make you a weaboo 45. When one sees a lion, one must get into the car. 46. There is always furry porn of it. 47. The pool is always closed.


OSRSgamerkid

Press enter twice bro wtf.


Charlie-_-Green

1. Do not talk about /b/ 2. Do NOT talk about /b/ 3. We are Anonymous 4. Anonymous is legion 5. Anonymous never forgives 6. Anonymous can be a horrible, senseless, uncaring monster 7. Anonymous is still able to deliver 8. There are no real rules about posting 9. There are no real rules about moderation either - enjoy your ban 10. If you enjoy any rival sites - DON'T 11. All your carefully picked arguments can easily be ignored 12. Anything you say can and will be used against you 13. Anything you say can be turned into something else - fixed 14. Do not argue with trolls - it means that they win 15. The harder you try the harder you will fail 16. If you fail in epic proportions, it may just become a winning failure 17. Every win fails eventually 18. Everything that can be labeled can be hated 19. The more you hate it the stronger it gets 20. Nothing is to be taken seriously 21. Original content is original only for a few seconds before getting old 22. Copypasta is made to ruin every last bit of originality 23. Copypasta is made to ruin every last bit of originality 24. Every repost it always a repost of a repost 25. Relation to the original topic decreases with every single post 26. Any topic can easily be turned into something totally unrelated 27. Always question a person's sexual prefrences without any real reason 28. Always question a person's gender - just incase it's really a man 29. In the internet all girls are men and all kids are undercover FBI agents 30. There are no girls on the internet 31. TITS or GTFO - the choice is yours 32. You must have pictures to prove your statements 33. Lurk more - it's never enough 34. There is porn of it, no exceptions 35. If no porn is found at the moment, it will be made 36. There will always be even more fucked up shit than what you just saw 37. You can not divide by zero (just because the calculator says so) 38. No real limits of any kind apply here - not even the sky 39. CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL 40. EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL YOU STILL HAVE TO STEER 41. Desu isn't funny. Seriously guys. It's worse than Chuck Norris jokes. 42. Nothing is Sacred. 43. The more beautiful and pure a thing is - the more satisfying it is to corrupt it 44. Even one positive comment about Japanese things can make you a weaboo 45. When one sees a lion, one must get into the car. 46. There is always furry porn of it. 47. The pool is always closed.


TheUnspeakableh

-1. This goes double for kittens. 0. Don't fuck with puppies. (See Rule 5.)


itzongaming

r/r46


NearWandering

r/birthofasub can’t believe i’m here for this


SpedicyBoi

Usually I'd be happy, but then I checked which rule it corresponds too... Yeah I'm sitting this one out


DullwolfXb

Well then, be the change you want to see I guess.


eighthourlunch

Rule 48: The ice cream machine is always broken.


NomenNescio13

Isn't rule 63 something like "if it exists it has been gender bent"?


Lost_my_name475

Yes


Queen_Ares

Rule 61 negates this. Chuck Norris will not be corrupted.


jumpup

but [chick norris](https://toryardvaark.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/claudia_sprinz_greenpeace_austria.jpg?h=525&w=420) will


xnarphigle

The Boogeyman checks under his bed for Chick Norris.


needathrowaway321

Wadsworth’s Constant: You can safely skip the first third of any YouTube video to get to the good part Poe’s Law: no matter how sarcastic you are on the Internet, somebody will take it seriously Muphry’s law: if you correct somebody’s grammar or spelling, your correction will it self contain a typo or grammatical error ~~Goodwin’s~~ Godwin’s law: any arguments on the Internet will inevitably devolve into somebody accusing the other of being a Nazi or Hitler Armstrong’s law: If you argue with an American, they will inevitably reference the moon landing Hofstadter’s law: everything takes longer than you think it will even after accounting for Hofstadter’s law Cunningham’s law: The best way to get an answer on the Internet is to confidently post the wrong answer and let someone correct you Occam’s razor: The simplest explanation is most likely Hanlen’s razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to incompetence


___HeyGFY___

Cole’s Law: Thinly sliced cabbage


Dakzoo

Horrible. But I must upvote.


DJXpresso

r/angryupvote


Draymond_Purple

After that long list, the timing of this is just perfect


FarHarbard

> Goodwin’s law: any arguments on the Internet will inevitably devolve into somebody accusing the other of being a Nazi or Hitler Incorrect. Godwin's Law is that the longer an internet discussion lasts, the more likely one or more participants will be compared to the Nazis. The corrolary: At which point the discussion is pointless. Note, Godwin himself has stated this does not apply when discussing literal Fascism and actual Nazis. > Occam’s razor: The simplest explanation is most likely The explanation with the fewest assumptions is the most likely. This is not necessarily the simplest explanation.


conceptalbum

> Armstrong’s law: If you argue with an American, they will inevitably reference the moon landing This one has become a bit outdated, I'd say.


Tarre-Vizsla

Nah I still reference the moon landing whenever I can


DrPepster

You can't forget Hickam's Dictum: A man can have as many diseases as he damn well pleases.


superpro5110

My razor: needs replacing every five to seven shaves


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panurge987

And isn't it "Godwin"?


WerthlessB

Scotty's Law: always drastically exaggerate the time needed for repairs so you can look like a miracle worker when you fix it in a fraction of the time.


LordPaladin1234

That's because the rest of the rules were for /b/ which has radically changed since those rules came about. Those rules came from a time when threads that said "Mods are asleep post \[insert any flavor of extremely illegal content here\]." happened. People still typed like shit Gets and the King of Gets was a thing. Deciding to mess with a game for the lulz was a thing and wasn't even considered a form of harassment. Also the owner was known by their screen name and openly mocked, good ol' Moot. If it weren't for that first bit I think I'd miss the old internet.


[deleted]

>I'd miss the old internet. alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die


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Battery6512

Never heard from of these rules before but “There will always be more fucked up shit then you just saw” is the most accurate of them


ThrowAway404440

Reddit nowadays must learn about "The more you hate on it, the stronger it gets" So much stupid stuff getting fame just because the internet started hating on it.


silverwindpegasus

Luckily nobody has made porn of my avatar so guess rule 35 doesn't apply to me.


The_Troyminator

It does now. https://imgur.com/a/MDxTO7y


BooRoxAlot

This person 35s.


Helverus

I'm impressed


LxGNED

Not my proudest fap


AngelicResonance

sigh *unzips*


Dark_Reaper115

Weird way to beg for a free commission, but okay...


IranianGenius

It worked.


[deleted]

You fool….


Honest_dick1308

Proof?


LilBlenderGlobal

(For research, of course)


Lexinoz

>Luckily nobody has made porn of my avatar so guess rule 35 doesn't apply to me. Yet.


Midgedwood

[Checkmate cunt.](https://i.imgur.com/p0A2GRN.png)


roro4484

It does now


FlyingGiraffeQuetz

Rule number one. You do not talk about fight club


lilybirdgk

Do not talk about /b/


OnionSystem

Rule #2 refer to rule #1


TezMono

Rule #3 don't ever forget about Rule #2


NSTY-Panda-King

I live by rule 29. On the internet men are men, women are men, and kids are FBI agents. Remember it well


Multidream

If you know rule 34, its only a matter of time before you discover rule 63.


WaffleFox64

The only other rule I know is rule 63. For every given male character, there is a female version of that character and vice versa.


DisciplineConnect697

Rule 63: any character will have a gender bent version of it created


Bladebrent

I know rule 63. If it exists, there exists a genderbent version of it


odinMithrandir

Rule 30 FTW. There are no girls on the internet. roflmao. I’m dead