# The 48 Laws of Power: Which one is your favorite? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714 "2017-12-06T15:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/21 "2017-12-06T19:46:59Z")
Further question from the OP: Can you provide a cite for the link between teal hair and disbelief in pseudo-scientific nonsense? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/22 "2017-12-06T20:17:34Z")
> [@DkTrdGuy](#): > > Armed with reliable information about people, puts me at significant advantage in social situations. Dirk Gently, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/23 "2017-12-06T20:28:46Z")
I prefer law 49: Hang out at they mall food court and watch for your SJW friend to order from Chik-fil-a so you have valuable blackmail material to hold over their head for the rest of their life. That’s what I call power! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/24 "2017-12-06T20:56:01Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Wow, Robert Greene must be the most powerful man in the world. > > Who is he again? You win the thread. Literal lol. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/25 "2017-12-06T22:55:50Z")
My favorite is 48. I’m so sick of having a form. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/26 "2017-12-06T23:17:03Z")
> [@DkTrdGuy](#): > > …I’m slightly high in openness, low in conscientiousness, high in extraversion, slightly low in agreeableness, and low in neuroticism. … > … Before I even talk to a person, I strongly prefer to stalk their social media profiles, know their friends, and observe them in a variety of environments… How do these two things go together? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/27 "2017-12-07T00:21:50Z")
I’m not really very interested right now in having power. It’s been quite a long time since I did. I’m rfeminded of the strip in which Wally got a promotion and posted a memo, and Dilbert told him it smacks of abuse of power. Wally asked “Why else would anybody want power?” If you discovered that you had a certain power, what would you want to do with it, except abuse it? I.e., use it to further your own personal interests at the expense of others. Which is kinda like theft. If you seek power, what does that say about you? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/28 "2017-12-07T00:44:42Z")
> [@DkTrdGuy](#): > > What makes ME tick? Money, power, and gooooood sex. Provide me with those, and I’ll be your slave! Jareth, is that you? ETA: Also, OP, is your user name short for Duck Turd Guy? 'Cause that’s how I’m reading it, and there’s this small part of me that suspects it’s not the intended reading. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/29 "2017-12-07T02:51:37Z")
> [@DkTrdGuy](#): > > If there’s a party or bar full of strangers, I limit myself to two drinks. I need to be alert enough to observe people who are intoxicated and have their guards down. If there’s a party or bar full of strangers, I bust this out! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_BRv9wGf5pk/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gNygrMA8=&rs=AOn4CLD6qmVNw3gjsRPW40d67nIQwQ_PKw "Snap - I ve Got The power") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRv9wGf5pk) ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/30 "2017-12-07T03:01:40Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I prefer law 49: Hang out at they mall food court and watch for your SJW friend to order from Chik-fil-a so you have valuable blackmail material to hold over their head for the rest of their life. > > That’s what I call power! Bravo ! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/31 "2017-12-07T03:09:22Z")
Give the OP a break. He’s only following Laws 6 and 46. Just like he’s been told to. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/32 "2017-12-07T04:49:59Z")
[quote=“msmith537, post:29, topic:803714”] If there’s a party or bar full of strangers, I bust this out! [/QUOTE] Naw, this one is more appropriate: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8PaoLy7PHwk/hqdefault.jpg "Public Enemy - Fight The Power") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/33 "2017-12-07T14:29:38Z")
> [@DkTrdGuy](#): > > My all time favorite book is The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. So how powerful are you? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/34 "2017-12-07T14:38:16Z")
We did it again. Scared the OP off. This is why we can’t make any new friends. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/35 "2017-12-07T15:22:25Z")
> [@DkTrdGuy](#): > > My all time favorite book is The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. That whole list, and its premise, is garbage. Law 1 of Power is “Never talk about the Laws of Power, because only a moron telegraphs his entire strategy to his adversaries.” Also, Geocities called from 1996 and would like its website layout back. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/36 "2017-12-07T23:32:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > We did it again. Scared the OP off. > > This is why we can’t make any new friends. Dammit, I was honestly curious what his username was supposed to mean. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/37 "2017-12-08T00:21:58Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > OP, is your user name short for Duck Turd Guy? 'Cause that’s how I’m reading it, and there’s this small part of me that suspects it’s not the intended reading. I suspect it’s Dick Turd Guy. I remember hearing the term on Jimmy Kimmel’s Mean Tweets segment because someone called Matthew McConnaghey (sp?) one and his response was “wtf is a dick turd?” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/38 "2017-12-08T02:32:06Z")
**The 48 Laws of Power: Which one is your favorite?** Here’s the only one you need to know. [It corrupts.](https://acton.org/research/lord-acton-quote-archive) Is that how you want to live your life? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/39 "2017-12-08T05:23:57Z")
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714/40 "2017-12-08T05:52:46Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > I suspect it’s Dick Turd Guy. I remember hearing the term on Jimmy Kimmel’s Mean Tweets segment because someone called Matthew McConnaghey (sp?) one and his response was “wtf is a dick turd?” I think the more relevant question is “Who heard the term dick turd and decided it was something he wanted to be?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-48-laws-of-power-which-one-is-your-favorite/803714.md?page=3)