this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.

Rule: You must post before you leave.

^other^ ^rules^

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[–] payasson@jlai.lu 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

can someone explain to me what is this "rule" I see a lot in posts titles? sometimes mixed with other words? I'm having a hard time to understand its meaning

[–] match@pawb.social 29 points 6 months ago (2 children)

SOMEBODY didn't read the rule

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago
[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The rule of the community is you must post before you leave after viewing something. It's obviously not anything policed.

Someone started showing their adherence to this rule by putting the word 'rule' in their post title. People continued this trend, sometimes using a play on words related to the post itself, making crap portmanteaus etc. they're usually not very cryptic.

[–] payasson@jlai.lu 7 points 6 months ago

oh thank you very much for your explanation! it's much clearer now :)

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

My post got removed for having a title that claimed that rule was not in the title, despite the word, "rule" being present in the denial. This is a kangaroo court.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Its purely a 196 thing, but there is plenty of good content coming from this place so you see it a lot. Its not even a rule but anyways. Rule.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What is the origin of the 196?

[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

IIRC, 195 was an apartment number or something and some roommates made /r/195 and to shitpost in, which inexplicably became super popular. Eventually the sub got overrun by some trolls or something, so there was an exodus to /r/196.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Learning the big lore today!

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago