Ruined Mood Theorem - A new thread with a first reply which is severely off-topic or lacking in content is not likely to see an improvement.
In a non-debate thread about tastes and opinions, posting a detailed dissertation about why one has a strong negative opinion on something will attract posters who don't know the difference between discussing opinions and arguing morality or politics.
The Effort-Acknowledgement Disproportionation Theorem - The more effort a poster feels he has put into a post, the less likely it is to be read by the people he wants it read by. Conversely, if the poster puts little effort into the post, this will be the time when people are most likely to read it.
The Rolling Bandwagon Effect (also known as Euphrates’ Cancer) - In a forum or website with favoritism voting, a person/item with negative points will continue going down even if there's nothing wrong with them/it, and a person/item with extremely high points will keep going up for the same non-existent reasons.
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Name Change Cascade - If a user has two name changes, it will be very likely that they will want a third.
The only thing which I think lacks reasoning, though, is "Name Change Cascade". Care to elaborate the conclusion?
The Elitist Ego Syndrome - If you're on a board which advocates a specific game (or a series of games), and the game has multiple difficulty levels, the board's users will not take you seriously if you do not play on the hardest difficulty.
If they were emotionally detached from the community already, they would have left a little more quietly.
Negotiation is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.
Does this mean nitsuja is gone forever? :(
貴方の人生、せめてノーマルモードぐらいチャレンジしたら？
No, I simply feel entitled to ignore communities like this when my free time is on the low side.
2) The longer an admin is inactive on a forum, the greater chance that a moderator will attempt to usurp power and become the new (unofficial) administrator of the forum. —> First corollary: If said moderator does manage to rise to power, then any and all attempts to oppose or question their actions will either result in a swift warning or banning.
As for #1, it hasn't worked like that in my experience, even though it may automatically seem at first thought that it does.
I also used to wake up every morning, open my curtains, and see the twin towers. And then one day, wasn't able to anymore, I'll never forget that.
Law of Lists: Whenever anybody links to a site with a list, somebody will always attempt to add something clever to the list.
Negotiation is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.
