“This has led to the follow theorem of mine, which describes /b/ perfectly:” (comment)
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This has led to the follow theorem of mine, which describes /b/ perfectly:

Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company.

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GauntletWizard Sep 14, 2016 | on: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN post? | context

I refer to this one as DarkShikari's law: "Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1012082

It explains the death of so many communities, and also sorta works for 4chan, despite the perpetual state of undeath that 4chan is in.

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