Comments on: The laws of your world don't apply, mortals!

The laws of your world don't apply, mortals!

msaleem — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:31:40 -0800

By: lekvar

lekvar — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:46:52 -0800

I like anime, and I like everything₂, but I don't think that this makes for a fulfilling post by itself.

By: pravit

pravit — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:48:57 -0800

Me neither.

By: Dillonlikescookies

Dillonlikescookies — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:51:08 -0800

everything2 is cool n all but generally one link post with no context don't work so well.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:56:45 -0800

LEAVE MINMEI ALONE!

By: bettafish

bettafish — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:02 -0800

Um, I hate to burst your bubble and all, but this was old news on the internet when I was a freshman in high school, and I'm now a graduate student. The nostalgia is kinda nice, though.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:02:33 -0800

Hadn't seen this one. Laughed out loud at least twice before I got to #17, at which point there was actual guffawing involved.

By: msaleem

msaleem — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:06:41 -0800

Hey guys, please pardon me for not developing the above entry more before submitting. Here is a more extended 100 anime laws of physics and a somewhat humorous 10 Murphy's laws of anime.

By: Mblue

Mblue — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:12:58 -0800

Posters previous like #4 - Law of Constant Thrust. In (meta)space, constant thrust equals constant velocity of smug.

By: The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:17:33 -0800

Huh...I thought there were 100!

By: subaruwrx

subaruwrx — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:23:00 -0800

I love when I come on MeFi and I see that some of the links are already grey, like Ive clicked on them before... Then I realize I checked them out from Digg earlier today.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:47:23 -0800

Yeah, but not all of us have the balls to inflict Digg on ourselves.

By: knave

knave — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:51:22 -0800

I searched for 'tentacle' and came up empty. I suspect this list is incomplete.

By: Joakim Ziegler

Joakim Ziegler — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:54:28 -0800

I remember this from getting on the Internet back in the first half of the nineties and finding huge FTP archives of amusing texts. It's quite funny, but it's not exactly new.

By: lumensimus

lumensimus — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:56:26 -0800

Only 100, TLF? I've heard there are over 9000!

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:57:59 -0800

Hadn't seen it. This post is fine. Thanks.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:16 -0800

The (even older) Cartoon Laws of Physics are better than this. (And I'm sure somebody else can find an even better collection)

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:43:03 -0800

I just a moment ago almost linked to the E2 node for "never underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagon full of tapes" in a MetaTalk comment, but chose a different link because I didn't want to hurt their server too badly. I wrote a bit there, back in the day, and it tended to limp a bit under heavy loads. If so, still: Digg? Metafilter? It has to be crying right now.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:44:46 -0800

Also, that being said - there's a lot of quality fiction and non-fiction writing on E2 that's sort of pre-blog stuff that could totally stand being linked to from MeFi.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:36:59 -0800

My friend has noticed such a motif in Sailor Moon cartoons which I will dub the Law of Mammarial Rectitude: The size and nakedness of a character's breasts are directly proportional to their evilness.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:48:03 -0800

Are there rules for anime porn?

By: Talanvor

Talanvor — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:56:18 -0800

Just rule 34.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:08:11 -0800

I remember seeing a list some time ago that had rules for hentai, things like "guys, even virgins, never prematurely ejaculate" and "despite being a virgin, girls can accept objects into them roughly the size of a road cone, and will eventually orgasm from it" but I'm not about to search for "hentai" or "anime porn" anything while at work.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:12:47 -0800

I'm not about to search for "hentai" or "anime porn" anything while at work. Uther Bentrazor- you have my permission to take an early mark.

By: farishta

farishta — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:39:02 -0800

#2 Law of Differentiated Gravitation

By: MikeonTV

MikeonTV — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:16 -0800

Great source for bushing up before that big Anime exam!

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:02:57 -0800

Are there rules for anime porn? Here are some. * Semen is incandescent, and flows in mighty spurts. * The number of tentacles is equal to or greater than the number of limbs and/or available orifices on a schoolgirl. * The cuter the schoolgirl, the greater the chances of gang rape and/or public sexual humiliation. * Crimefighting / paranormal investigating / undercover reporting duos are merely a front for having lots of yaoi sex.

By: squasha

squasha — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:37:49 -0800

This one makes perfect sense to me: #43- Law of Triscaquadrodecophobia- There is no Law #43.

By: gorgor_balabala

gorgor_balabala — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:40:30 -0800

This list would be better with some bacon porn.

By: kkokkodalk

kkokkodalk — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:48:01 -0800

I know I'm not THAT old, but strangely anything that happened to me between the ages of 9 and 14 all kind of blend together...anyway, I vaguely remember reading in a Korean gaming mag around that time about a book that was released in Japan where the author took a super serious look at what would happen in the real world if the physics and technology of in anime and manga were made a reality with real world physics. Sort of like a Zombie Survival Guide for manga/anime. One of the fun tidbits pointed out was that for a person to control a giant robot from a driver's seat/control located somewhere on top (usually the head or the chest as anime/manga would like to portray) would not work. Something along the lines of how even with the best stablizers and shock absorbers, being that high up on something that big that had that much range of mtion would just be too much motion. The simple act of trying to make the robot walk would induce an epic motion sickness that the driver would be too incapacitated to do much, let alone fight. I kind of wanted that book. Nowadays I just wonder if I imagined the whole book since I never tracked down a copy then.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:53:55 -0800

The simple act of trying to make the robot walk would induce an epic motion sickness that the driver would be too incapacitated to do much, let alone fight. Well, duhhhhhh. That's what LCL and the plug suit are for!

By: CKmtl

CKmtl — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:01:28 -0800

#26 - Law of Feline Mutation (from A. Hicks) Any half-cat/half-human mutation will invariably: 1) be female, 2) will possess ears and sometimes a tail as a genetic mutation, 3) wear as little clothing as possible, if any As usual, Schrödinger violates an apparent law of the universe.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:44:56 -0800

#11 - Law of Inherent Combustibility Everything explodes. Everything. This is true. Of course, I do tend to look at the world from a "Hmm, I wonder how much Semtex I could fit in there" perspective. It's sort of a glass half full/ half empty kind of thing, but with more concussive force.

By: mephron

mephron — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:52:44 -0800

Oh, Quin, that I could favorite someone multiple times.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:11:38 -0800

Where the law about semen lassos?