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Thread: Zentei's Law
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2007-02-13, 03:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Zentei's Law
After some deliberation on recent threads where people see fit to explicitly state that they will not mention a certain fallen paladin (thus contradicting themselves), and where they do mention her in threads that are obviously started with the intent of talking about someting other, I have formulated the following Law:
Zentei's Law- As an online discussion on the Order of the Stick forum grows longer, the probability of Miko Myazaki being mentioned approaches unity.
- He who mentions her in a disparaging way when irrelevant to the thread topic loses the argument.
Last edited by Lord Zentei; 2007-02-13 at 03:24 AM.
SpoilerZentei's Law- As an online discussion on the Order of the Stick forum grows longer, the probability of Miko Myazaki being mentioned approaches unity.
- He who mentions her in a disparaging way when irrelevant to the thread topic loses the argument.
Miko fanclub.
Roy fanclub.
Hinjo fanclub.
The Chief fanclub.
The Xykon fanclub. Because Evil is just that cool.
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2007-02-13, 03:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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So let it be written.
So let it be done.
and then let it be edited a few times afterward...
I choose to lose!
Miko is a dirty, rotten, no-good, Shojo stabbin' biotch!Last edited by Hallavast; 2007-02-13 at 03:29 AM.
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2007-02-13, 03:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
Okay, I think I can get behind the revised version there.
I like Miko and all, but the original prevented legitimate criticism of her. Good change.Spoiler
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2007-02-13, 03:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
Last edited by Lord Zentei; 2007-02-13 at 03:34 AM.
SpoilerZentei's Law- As an online discussion on the Order of the Stick forum grows longer, the probability of Miko Myazaki being mentioned approaches unity.
- He who mentions her in a disparaging way when irrelevant to the thread topic loses the argument.
Miko fanclub.
Roy fanclub.
Hinjo fanclub.
The Chief fanclub.
The Xykon fanclub. Because Evil is just that cool.
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2007-02-13, 03:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
I am going to invoke part 2 of Zentei's law as often as I can, just because it's there.
Partly because I see your Attempt To Influence Forum Behavior By Imposing On Others' Impressionability (Or is that Impressionableness? Maybe I need a better word.) and raise you a Concept Used Too Often Becomes Meaningless.
Also partly because I think the results will be amusing.
Is there a "Zentei's Law Fanclub"? If not... one should be made in SMBG. :evilgrin:Belkar's Bad to the Bone.
Dispossible a fetter hein and bemay kine a sinder's tock.
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2007-02-13, 03:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
SpoilerZentei's Law- As an online discussion on the Order of the Stick forum grows longer, the probability of Miko Myazaki being mentioned approaches unity.
- He who mentions her in a disparaging way when irrelevant to the thread topic loses the argument.
Miko fanclub.
Roy fanclub.
Hinjo fanclub.
The Chief fanclub.
The Xykon fanclub. Because Evil is just that cool.
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2007-02-13, 03:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Damnit, I shoulda thunk o' this.
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2007-02-13, 04:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-13, 04:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
You specified "mentions her in a disparaging way", which can easily be done as an aside with every post I make. It'd only be as difficult as you say if you had specified "hijacks the thread and provokes a heated argument about her". Not that I'm averse to the idea.... The levels of subtlety and guile required would make an interesting challenge. XD
Belkar's Bad to the Bone.
Dispossible a fetter hein and bemay kine a sinder's tock.
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2007-02-13, 04:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
Looks like someone failed their "sense humour" check. This thread is a reference to Godwin's Law.
Yes, obviously the probablity of anyone being mentioned increases. For some characters, it just happens more rapidly than for others. Also, as I pointed out, this is a dig at hater bandwagons.
An aside would violate the law, of course. That being part of the point. ;)Last edited by Lord Zentei; 2007-02-13 at 04:42 AM.
SpoilerZentei's Law- As an online discussion on the Order of the Stick forum grows longer, the probability of Miko Myazaki being mentioned approaches unity.
- He who mentions her in a disparaging way when irrelevant to the thread topic loses the argument.
Miko fanclub.
Roy fanclub.
Hinjo fanclub.
The Chief fanclub.
The Xykon fanclub. Because Evil is just that cool.
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2007-02-13, 05:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
Oh goody. But now I'm having trouble... How do you define "irrelevant to the thread topic"? Does the mention of her need to be completely and entirely unrelated, with no apparent or specified connection between Miko and the thread's original and/or current topic, or will a loose/distant/obscure connection be sufficient?
Edit: Oh, or is it the disparaging part that needs to be irrelevant? Is it impossible to violate the law in a thread meant to be disparaging against Miko?
I'm having an intellectual crisis.
And it's all Miko's fault.Last edited by Demented; 2007-02-13 at 05:24 AM.
Belkar's Bad to the Bone.
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2007-02-13, 05:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-13, 09:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Like Coffee_Dragon said, though, "All threads should be about Miko."
But it did get a little out of hand for awhile... I just look forward to more comics with her in them. They're my favorites.
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2007-02-14, 07:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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It's like if Gowin read the comic!
Here's Nevrmore's Law, which is completely irrelevent to OOTS:
"Everyone who gets in an argument over the internet believes they have a phD in psychology and have the right to exercise their opinion of anyone who earns their ire."
Seriously, the chances of somebody getting told that they weren't loved enough as a child and that they lash out because they are a closested homosexual or something is like five times greater on the internet than anywhere else.
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2007-02-14, 12:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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I never liked Miko, except when her cloak was still over her head and she was just a mysterious, cool stranger.
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2007-02-14, 12:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-14, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerZentei's Law- As an online discussion on the Order of the Stick forum grows longer, the probability of Miko Myazaki being mentioned approaches unity.
- He who mentions her in a disparaging way when irrelevant to the thread topic loses the argument.
Miko fanclub.
Roy fanclub.
Hinjo fanclub.
The Chief fanclub.
The Xykon fanclub. Because Evil is just that cool.
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2007-02-14, 12:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-14, 12:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Miko is worst than Hitler.
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2007-02-14, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-14, 01:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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And here I wanted to say Nazi, ninja, pirate, Hitler, Stalin.
(great smilies on this forum BTW, OOTS heads translate very well into smilies)
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2007-02-14, 02:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Wait, so is this like the Nazi law, where in any argument/debate if someone uses the term Nazi, his argument is immediately discounted and disqualified?
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2007-02-14, 02:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
unfortunatly this is a law meant to protect the use of the banned reference for when its ACTUALLY valid, but then prevents its use
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2007-02-14, 02:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Zentei's Law
Josh the Aspie's Law:
As a given person, character, or philosophy provokes more flames and off topic posts, the likelihood of someone creating a derivative of Godwin's law devoted to said entity approaches unity.
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2007-02-14, 05:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-14, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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No. Godwin's law states that the mention of Hitler approaches one as an argument continues.
The idea that the first person to mention Hitler loses is NOT Godwin's law, it's just a principle that's been accepted as a way to curb Godwin's law's inevitability.Belkar's Bad to the Bone.
Dispossible a fetter hein and bemay kine a sinder's tock.