• justhach@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thats why its up to all of us to start participating.

    Protip: If you really want to start a conversation/get engagement, follow Cunningham’s Law:

    the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.

    So, fill those empty posts with confidently incorrect statements and watch that comment section fill up as people rush in to correct you.

    • goforliftoff@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Actually, Cunningham’s Law says nothing of the sort. If you look at the source material as I have done - and in the original Phoenician, because so much is lost in translation otherwise - you’ll quickly note that Cunningham is really attempting to convey the hopeless sense of man’s search for purpose in a cruel, unforgiving world. While some scholars debate the literal truth to this sentiment as expressed by the author, it is generally thought plausible if not outright likely that these writings followed a catastrophic life event of some sort - the loss of a child or death of a spouse, witnessing the end of a great civilization, a dick pic delivered to the wrong person. While the specifics aren’t known, what we do know about the author is that he would likely be further distraught at the loss of control and ownership experienced with a misattributed “law” on the internet should such a thing even be imaginable.