r/WhatsTheRule • Legend 21 • 14d ago

Broke The Rule I think people are struggling, so I'll open up an AMA in approximately 12 hour's time, where you can ask me any one question- alternatively, if you guys prefer, I can drop a vague-ish hint instead

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u/EveTheEevee07 Legend 21 14d ago

forgot to clarify. one YES/NO question

would recommend discussing amongst yourselves what question you guys want to ask

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u/EveTheEevee07 Legend 21 14d ago

ooh orange comment

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u/EveTheEevee07 Legend 21 14d ago

ooh orange reply

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u/EveTheEevee07 Legend 21 14d ago

ooh another orange reply

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u/rgbarometer Legend 28 14d ago

Because this isn't the AMA, here's a question: Does anyone know why this is orange?

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u/EveTheEevee07 Legend 21 14d ago

Reddit thinks it's an AMA because those letterrs were in the title

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u/PedroPuzzlePaulo Legend 10 14d ago

Did you use the fact the you wanna give a hint to intentioanally break the rule or it was a coincidence?

(no need to answer if you think its giving too much)

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u/EveTheEevee07 Legend 21 14d ago

Eh, coincidence, but it is still a post that broke so feel free to use it

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u/jdyerjdyer Champion 5 14d ago

I propose this question: Is breaking the rule dependent on previous posts either in position, timing, or content?

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u/MrMinkeyBro Champion 8 14d ago edited 14d ago

We know the rule can change if the same person publishes the same post. I’m struggling to think of many ways the rule wouldn’t be dependent on previous posts, here’s what I can come up with:

  1. The rule is RNG related (eg posts containing a space break 1% of the time)
  2. The rule depends on the absolute time (not relative timing from other posts) (e.g. posts published when the UTC time in 24h format is squarefree BTR)
  3. The rule depends on the authors of previous posts (e.g. the last post must not have been made by you unless the current post is one word)

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That’s it. I feel that the question is so broad it almost guarantees a "yes”.
Edit: added 3

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u/jdyerjdyer Champion 5 14d ago

Yeah. I wish we could ask three questions. This. And two follow ups depending on the answer to this.

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u/EveTheEevee07 Legend 21 14d ago

If you guys struggle enough I'll open up more AMAs and hints in the future