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An Eponymous Law named for Howard (Ward) Cunningham[1] which states: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.", referring to the observation that people are quicker to correct a wrong answer than in spending time to answer the actual question.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham#Cunningham%27s_Law
As you would imagine, being wrong about something brings out the pre-diddley-ictable Reddit Hivemind like little else. Here, the plight of an unhappy animal in an environment it would find very uncomfortable[2] was all but overlooked in favour of pointing out it wasn’t a “lamas” as OP claimed - or even a llama, as OP presumably meant. Two for the price of one is twice as much fun - except for the alpaca in question.
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/mpo1c0/the_lamas_is_almost_one_of_the_most_beautiful/
An excellent meta moment occurred in this next example when someone incorrectly cited Cunningham’s Law only to be roundly corrected[3] for confusing their adages. Ah, Reddit; never change.
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/7m8gbp/sick_nerd_200iq/drs6qzp/?context=3
This next link isn’t quite Cunningham’s Law but glories in an OP being totally and utterly destroyed after their movie review of Terminator: Genysis[4] was proved wrong - without any possibility of a comeback whatsoever!
4: https://reddit.com/r/movies/comments/33ggow/teminator_genysis_review_spoilers/cql4e04/
Someone started r/CunninghamsLaw. It would be great if someone revived it. In the meantime, r/OpIsFuckingStupid collects posts about the OP of a post being, well, fucking stupid.
5: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhiiesf/
6: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhjow6a/
7: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhleky9/
8: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhcm6su/
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