# Other Straight Dope Message Board laws **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267 "2005-10-08T01:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/61 "2005-10-10T21:56:38Z")
The **Porn Factor** : Any thread title (or mouse-over portion) mentioning porn, boobs, masturbation, sex or anything related to sex will have _at least_ ten times as many views as replies. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/62 "2005-10-10T23:39:28Z")
Sorry **Ghanima** , but you got beat by post #18. > [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > **Voyeur’s Law** : In any TMI thread, the number of “replies” divided by the number of “views” will equal to or less than .001. It certainly doesn’t make it any less true, though. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/63 "2005-10-10T23:51:19Z")
I am awake. I will define: The law of **Dysfreudia** : Any thread in which **Anastasaeon** makes an appearance has an 80% chance of penis ensuing. (When I take my meds, threads will contain 25% less penis.) And now I am a victim of **Eutychus’ Law**. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/64 "2005-10-11T00:37:57Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > **Hal Briston’s** law–Any post by **Hal** will immediately be followed by a post mentioning sheep. We feel it’s more of a guideline than a law… ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/65 "2005-10-11T01:23:56Z")
**lekatt’s** law: Any thread in GD mentioning the supernatural, psychics, heaven, God, death, life-after-death, etc., will soon have **lekatt** arriving, being himself, and vehemently questioning the intelligence of posters who disagree with him. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/66 "2005-10-11T01:51:37Z")
**The Pete and Re-Pete Guesstimate** : It’s about fifty-fifty that someone who admits to not having read the entire thread, but is quickly popping in to answer anyway, will repeat a previous post. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/67 "2005-10-11T02:36:05Z")
Snaggletooth’s Law: The frequency of your posting is inversely proportional to the years you have been posting. Where as the quality of your posts increases as a function of time. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/68 "2005-10-11T12:11:35Z")
**Threadspotting Law** –The first day a thread makes Threadspotting, the views and replies will increase at least three times. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/69 "2005-10-11T18:00:12Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I am awake. I will define: > > The law of **Dysfreudia** : Any thread in which **Anastasaeon** makes an appearance has an 80% chance of penis ensuing. (When I take my meds, threads will contain 25% less penis. Meds=25% less penis?? I’ve heard of meds like that. 😉 I recently read a quote from (I think) Henny Youngman. _A Freudian slip is when you mean to say one thing, and you say a mother._ ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267/70 "2005-10-11T18:38:43Z")
**Trainwreck Law:** The more mundane/pedestrian\* the topic of debate in a Pit thread, the more likely it is to degenerate into several pages of hardcore ranting, calling other posters “filthy, goat-sucking, mother-f_cking, anal-raping c_nt rags,” making up bizarre medical conditions, poo flinging, et cetera. \*See “tipping,” “shoe removal,” “eating foods you don’t like”… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-straight-dope-message-board-laws/325267.md?page=3)