# Which rules do you break or which instructions do you ignore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096 "2018-04-25T13:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/21 "2018-04-25T21:02:01Z")
I’m doing an informal study of what happens if I don’t do some silly paperwork that I think isn’t important and /or checked by another human. I thought I’d be called out for my badass rule-breaking. But nope. No one has said anything and the Earth hasn’t burst into flame (yet). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/22 "2018-04-25T21:05:58Z")
I treat “use by” dates as suggestions, doing a quick taste-test if something is moderately expired or tossing it if it’s expired by a time measured in years. (Anybody else visualizing these items as part of one of Stephen Colbert’s Midnight Confessions?) ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/23 "2018-04-25T21:14:05Z")
I use the internet for personal purposes at work. Hence this posting… and most of my other weekday, daytime postings. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/24 "2018-04-25T21:27:06Z")
I routinely check the box vowing that I’ve read the user agreement terms and conditions, yet I never have. Including on this site… ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/25 "2018-04-25T21:47:32Z")
I void warranties. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/26 "2018-04-25T22:09:00Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Five - I only wait ten seconds. [And this is your theme tune?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTtvVtwFwv8) I ride on the footpaths where not doing so would result in my swift flattening by a truck. I also don’t read EULAs. Is this a thing that’s actually been done by a human, ever? I don’t touch on my travel card when I’ve already hit the daily maximum cost and a on ‘free’ time ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/27 "2018-04-25T23:49:10Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I don’t take medication with food as directed. You should probably follow that one most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/28 "2018-04-26T03:26:40Z")
I won’t look you in the eye when I speak to you, or else I’ll look intensely straight at you for just a little too long. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/29 "2018-04-26T03:44:12Z")
Any explicit order I am given, I will ignore or, more likely, do the opposite of. I willingly follow the small rules (cross at the lights etc.) and try to slide around the big rules. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/30 "2018-04-26T04:29:17Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Anything that endangers others IMO, I follow the rules more or less. > Anything that endangers only me, I do as I chose. Nifty. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/31 "2018-04-26T06:16:11Z")
To carelessly split infinitives gives me great delight. I use less when I mean fewer, all the time. I wish death on other posters at least once a day. Sure, I don’t _post_ about it, but\* that’s\* not the rule. I could be doing in about _you_ right now. Yes, _you_! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/32 "2018-04-26T06:34:32Z")
All that I can and never to answer the questions asked ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/33 "2018-04-26T07:30:04Z")
That bullshit grammar thing about quotes absorbing punctuation that follows them. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/34 "2018-04-26T08:26:13Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > That bullshit grammar thing about quotes absorbing punctuation that follows them. You’re just writing English instead of American. 🙂 (The Brits don’t do the weird trick with quotation marks - they just treat it logically.) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/35 "2018-04-26T08:49:03Z")
Sometimes I use the Oxford comma, sometimes I don’t. It depends on the sentence. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/36 "2018-04-26T09:53:17Z")
I doln’t even know what thew rules are. I do as I please, and if it happens to be in compliance with a rule, that’s a coincidence. Sometimes I observe people who are already there, and do things in a way that avoids pesky conflicts. Like driving on the right. Rule about rules: Rules are to guide the wise and command the foolish. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/37 "2018-04-26T13:26:09Z")
I do not sort, stain treat, pre-soak, or soften my laundry. Just throw them in the washer together with a pod and then throw the wet clothes into the dryer. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/38 "2018-04-26T13:31:22Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > To carelessly split infinitives gives me great delight. Well, that’s a fake rule anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/39 "2018-04-26T13:36:19Z")
I wear ribbed condoms inside out, for MY pleasure.:smack::eek: I mismatch impedance between amps and cabs.😃 I throw stuff in the quarry:rolleyes: :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/40 "2018-04-26T14:10:36Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I also don’t read EULAs. Is this a thing that’s actually been done by a human, ever? I’ve read a few, just out of curiosity. Some have some really weird bits. iTunes specifically forbids that its software is used to pilot a plane or in the manufacture of chemical, biological or nuclear weaponry. I hope the vast majority of Dopers follow those rules. I scorn use by dates, especially on fruit and vegetables. Washing is bunged in the machine, dark and light colours together, no soaking, no pre-treatment other than emptying pocketses. And as for ‘serving sizes’ I note them only to ridicule them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096.md?page=3)