Godwin's law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies or Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies) is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 which has become an Internet adage. It states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." In other words, Godwin put forth the hyperbolic observation that, given enough time, in any online discussion—regardless of topic or scope—someone inevitably criticizes some point made in the discussion by comparing it to beliefs held by Hitler and the Nazis.
The new law would probably have something to do with the time it takes a troll to go AllMarxistswanttokillmillionsofpeoplelookatNorthKorea/Cuba/Cambodia...
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Don't forget Godwin's Second Law - that whenever you do make a valid reference to Hitler then there is a high probability that some bellend will invalidly bring in Godwin's Law to try and rubbish your point.
I just made that up but have had that technique used against me on forums.
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