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It's not stupid if it works (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

It's called Murphy's Law. The best way to get an answer is not to ask the question but to say the wrong answer.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 70 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve never been so delighted to play along!

Cunningham's Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

Fun fact: that Cunningham is Ward Cunningham, the man who invented the concept of a wiki.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 weeks ago

Well done

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No thats Murphys razor

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Murphy didn't need to shave, dummy, it was a genetic thing

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

He was actually an ancient 14th century Aztec warlord, he, uh, didnt use it for shaving.

Murphy is the anglicized version of his name-wasnt discovered until america annexed the top half of California. Which is weird because he was discovered near what is now the Oregon border.

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Correct. It was for performing circumcisions.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Aztecs actually invented it, and only thousands of years later did it filter over to a Jewish tribe they traded closely with, many anthropologists now believe.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This whole thread is making me uncomfortable. Also, it was the Mayans.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The two cultures didnt diverge until after this event, so im calling them Aztecs even though they were actually all Olmecs, who we know a lot more about than the precolumbian history of the Aztec and Mayan cultures.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

We're gonna learn so much when someone who knows about the topic reads this.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

You almost got me cause I'm dumb haha

[–] verdi@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hanlon's law

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, there is absolutely nothing incorrect in your statement!