Tits or GTFO is a reinforcing statement of the preceding Rule 30 ('No Girls on the Internet') that suggests the burden of visual proof rests heavily on the individuals who claim to be females. 'No Girls on the Internet' is a catchphrase used by netizens to imply that there are no female entities actually participating in online forums and conversations, especially in anonymous-friendly settings like chat rooms and message boards. Rules 3, 4 and 5 often are recited as the motto and closing signature in Anonymous public announcements and press releases and, typically for operations and raid campaigns, since as early as 2009. Some say Rules 1 and 2 were inspired by the 1999 cult film Fight Club, where main character Tyler Durden (played by Brad Pitt) notes that the first two rules of the club are not talking about it.

By 2009, many 4chan users were arguing that these rules only apply when Anonymous members are raiding another site. The rules stating that 4chan users were not allowed to discuss their participation on the site outside of it were first added to Urban Dictionary on their own in April 2007. This set also has been documented on the Internet Archive as a community text. In January 2008, a set of 100 rules was added to Urban Dictionary Ī set of 47 rules exists on an Encyclopedia Dramatica entry as of June 2012. As of June 2012, the site lists rules numbering in the 900s. When the site was first archived in October 2008, 180 rules existed. A wiki-style site for the Rules of the Internet was established in December 2007 to document every rule that circulated the web. The earliest Yahoo! Answers question seeking the original Rules was posted on June 13th, 2007, with the top answer linking to the Encyclopedia Dramatica page. You must hit it.Ī set of 50 rules were posted on the text-based 4chan discussion board on February 15th, 2007. You must eat it.Ĥ3) It is a delicious trap. At the time of the archival, there were 18 rules in the entry, despite it mentioning that 48 existed.ģ5) The exception to rule #34 is the citation of rule #34.Ĥ1) Everything is someone's sexual fetish.Ĥ2) It is delicious cake. The entry was highly debated on its discussion page as well as the site’s forums. The idea of making a set of rules, similar to Netiquette for 4chan users, was initially talked about on Anonymous-related IRC channels before an entry was submitted to Encyclopedia Dramatica sometime in late 2006 and archived on January 10th, 2007.

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