Godwin's Law Reworked

[Biscuit]

For those of you who are not familiar with Godwin's law here is a link or you can use your googler to find it as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Basically the longer a forum thread gets the probability of Hitler being brought into it aproaches 1.

I think we need to revisit this law in light of bigfoot and this forum. It seems that no matter the topic someone, and yes I am guilty of this, will eventually claim the answer is bigfoot, pigfoot, invisible bigfoot, crossbows, spiderbear, ect. I think a Ron Paul thread in politics even got "bigfooted"

So lets work this out and get it into wikipedia.

"The more extrodinary a paranormal claim that is posted to the jref forum the probability of it being blamed on a type of bigfoot phenomenon approaches 1."

I doubt I have captured it quite right but am certain it can be revised with other aspects being added much like Godwin's law. Such as, "once bigfoot is mentioned the thread is immediatly derailed for good."

Do we name it after CF, historian, or TBE?

[krelnik]

So what you are saying is, Hitler was a bigfoot?

[arthwollipot]

It seems to me that Creekfreek is the one who keeps on popping up in unrelated threads, so I'd go for that.

[lionking]

For those of you who are not familiar with Godwin's law here is a link or you can use your googler to find it as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Basically the longer a forum thread gets the probability of Hitler being brought into it aproaches 1.

I think we need to revisit this law in light of bigfoot and this forum. It seems that no matter the topic someone, and yes I am guilty of this, will eventually claim the answer is bigfoot, pigfoot, invisible bigfoot, crossbows, spiderbear, ect. I think a Ron Paul thread in politics even got "bigfooted"

So lets work this out and get it into wikipedia.

"The more extrodinary a paranormal claim that is posted to the jref forum the probability of it being blamed on a type of bigfoot phenomenon approaches 1."

I doubt I have captured it quite right but am certain it can be revised with other aspects being added much like Godwin's law. Such as, "once bigfoot is mentioned the thread is immediatly derailed for good."

Do we name it after CF, historian, or TBE?
It might derail, but it certainly wont disappear. Imagine the bandwidth saved without bigfoot posts!

[Biscuit]

It might derail, but it certainly wont disappear. Imagine the bandwidth saved without bigfoot posts!

My god we could reverse global warming with that much free bandwidth!

I will go with Creekfreaks law.

[fuelair]

So what you are saying is, Hitler was a bigfoot?

Basically you have the situation well in hand!!:D:jaw-dropp

[Floyd312]

... "once bigfoot is mentioned the thread is immediatly derailed for good."

This very thread appears to somewhat support that remark. But if it is true does that mean that this thread was actually derailed by it's own OP? :D

[Diagoras]

So what you are saying is, Hitler was a bigfoot?
Oh come on, that's just ridiculous. Unlike Nazis, Bigfeet can't survive on the inside of the hollow earth.

[PetersCreek]

Personally, I'd rather see it labeled "Creekfreak's Folly". "Law" has an air of legitimacy about it that just doesn't sound right to these ears when coupled to his extraordinary silliness.

[Biscuit]

Personally, I'd rather see it labeled "Creekfreak's Folly". "Law" has an air of legitimacy about it that just doesn't sound right to these ears when coupled to his extraordinary silliness.

I second that.

[Biscuit]

This very thread appears to somewhat support that remark. But if it is true does that mean that this thread was actually derailed by it's own OP? :D

It is the only fool proof method of ensuring your thread doesn't get derailed.

[krelnik]

does that mean that this thread was actually derailed by it's own OP? :D

I take this to mean you are proposing a theory of "Intelligent Derailment"

[slingblade]

I take this to mean you are proposing a theory of "Intelligent Derailment"


Yes, but that means you have to presume an intelligence behind the derailment, and well, extraordinary claims and all that....