Rule #1,097

No amount of background explanation can change your mind about some people.

Rule #1,017

The lack of the internet cripples modern humanity (we're addicts).

Rule #906

Literary Guest Rule #9 (from Lord of the Flies):

Maybe there is a beast...maybe it's only us.

Rule #897

While the past never changes, people and places do.

Rule #875

Existentialism Guest Rule #6:

Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

Rule #870 (Beginning of Existentialism Guest Week)

Thanks to wonderfulness of this video, I've got existentialism on the brain. Prepare to embrace the nothingness of existence:

Existential Guest Rule #1:

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Rule #866

Most people won't pay for something they can get for free elsewhere.

Rule #859

Anonymity changes the way human beings interact.

Rule #858

The nature of society keeps certain desires repressed.

Rule #853

People are never as two-dimensional as we want to believe they are.

Rule #834

Philosophically speaking, "human being" and "person" are not equivocal terms.

Rule #830

We always think we know better than the generation that came before us, and the generation that came before us always thinks it knows better than us.

Rule #751

The worst of situations can often bring out the best in people.

Rule #635

People are unlikely to appreciate things in the same way you do.

Rule #632

Internet comments will destroy your faith in humanity.

Rule #610

Watching the Jersey Shore can only end in giving up hope for humanity.

Rule #569 (Beginning of Dr. Seuss Guest Week & Guest Month)

A busy school year for Josh means plenty of pre-packaged (and plagiarized) content for you faithful Rule Blog readers (or, as I've affectionately taken to calling you, rulebees). So, get ready for another Guest Month!

Dr. Seuss Guest Rule #1:

A person's a person, no matter how small.

Rule #494

Logical Argument Rule #3:

If everyone should learn how to use logic, then logic should be required curriculum in schools.

Rule #493

Logical Argument Rule #2:

If logic is useful in daily life, then everyone should learn how to use it.

Rule #452

Illegal immigrants are still people.