# It's NOT Gaudere's law! Or we fail at the internet! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407 "2009-10-28T07:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/21 "2009-10-28T18:59:50Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Cite? > > Regards, > Shodan This. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/22 "2009-10-28T19:03:57Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > This. And that. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/23 "2009-10-28T19:07:58Z")
When was Gaudere’s Law first stated on the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/24 "2009-10-28T19:10:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > This. TLDR. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/25 "2009-10-28T19:11:18Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > When was Gaudere’s Law first stated on the SDMB? Answering my own question, it appears to have started [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=798602&postcount=26). Guadere seems to be aware that it’s probably already a rule of the internet. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/26 "2009-10-28T19:30:37Z")
Back when people used to play MTG on apprentice in #e-league, we had this “\* mc\* 4L” meme. It went something like this: **Internet cliches, mcInternet cliches, 4L** **Super-Pornographic Overlords, mcSuper-Pornographic Overlords 4L** Those were good times 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/27 "2009-10-29T09:57:44Z")
I therefore suggest Euty’s Law : Within any closed group of people on the internet, every internet law will eventually develop and be claimed as original. I feel sure someone has already thought of that. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/28 "2009-10-29T10:56:34Z")
This seems to be as good a place as any to ask what d&r means. I’ve only seen it on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/29 "2009-10-29T11:28:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > This seems to be as good a place as any to ask what d&r means. I’ve only seen it on the Dope. Ducking and Running? Used after a post that will knowingly cause a reaction 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/30 "2009-10-29T15:50:20Z")
I know that a lot of times, dopers hear internet memes here and think we invented it. But ‘cite’ is ours, right? I mean, I know we didn’t invent the _word_, but it is sort of ours as a meme, right? I hope so. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/31 "2009-10-29T17:31:40Z")
> [@CrazyChop](#): > > No, we shouldn’t be borrowing from the internet cliche! We set our own cliche! We should see that ‘Little Hitlets’ march through cybernetdom, burning their dogs, setting their children set in glue with fire (or offering the choice to shoot down) and every numbered list which goes up to 3 and beyond must have a **Hi Opal!** and remind everyone to bring a goat for newcomers, and those leaving to remember the pie if they should return. > > We will go about putting a cooler in every backyard, and graped posts in other forums to remind them the terror of the Grapist! Most importantly, when anyone, in anywhere should post unverified data, we will yell “CITE!” at them. And when we are challenged in the same stead, we would reply with ‘My post is my cite’. We would refer to moderators on other places as the ‘fucking hall monitors’ and enlist other to wage war against the evil nazi groundhogs. We do not get angry, my friend, but our rage would be like that of a thousand suns. For once, for about 20 seconds, we would repeat ‘1920s Death Ray’ three times, to spread the words of the Flying Ramen Monster. And we would look out for potential band-names everywhere we go! And remember - severs **run on electricity generated by hamsters!** > > We need no internet cliche here. We got enough here to start a culture guide-book here already. Won’t someone think of the kittehs?! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/32 "2009-10-29T17:34:46Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Won’t someone think of the kittehs?! Every time someone types “kitteh,” god kills a kitten. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/33 "2009-10-29T18:00:06Z")
And everytime god kills a kitten he masturbates because, well, that’s what “[killing kittens](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279469)” means. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/34 "2009-10-29T20:44:43Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Shame on you Gaudre, shame on you indeed. Given the subject matter, I can only assume this was intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/35 "2009-10-29T21:32:01Z")
I got yer Gotcha Ya right here, buddy! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/36 "2009-10-29T21:34:51Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Gaudre I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/37 "2009-10-30T00:40:32Z")
A couple folks above have seemed to think otherwise, but “When come back bring pie” [isn’t](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weebl_and_Bob) original to the SDMB… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/38 "2009-10-30T01:57:52Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > Speaking of Internet clichés, can someone let me in on the “I see what you did there” meme? I’ve seen it used around here a fair bit, but most of the time it just leaves me confused as to what has supposedly been done. I first came across it in the 1992 Billy Crystal vehicle [Mr Saturday Night](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104928/). It means something like “not only did I get the joke you just made [despite maybe not laughing], but I understand the form of humour you employed to make it, and I respect the comedic talent that went into it”. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/39 "2009-10-30T10:31:40Z")
In Soviet Russia, memes means 4) profit 😉 Si (who suspects that a reasonable number of technically astute dopers also read Slashdot, so memes cross-pollinate) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407/40 "2009-10-30T10:44:45Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I know that a lot of times, dopers hear internet memes here and think we invented it. > > But ‘cite’ is ours, right? I mean, I know we didn’t invent the _word_, but it is sort of ours as a meme, right? I hope so. I like it. I dunno. I saw it on Fark before I got here. But it died out quickly there. And it was in 2005 or so, so it’s not like the Dope couldn’t have been the origin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-gauderes-law-or-we-fail-at-the-internet/515407.md?page=3)