▲ 1215 ▼ Life pro tip for friends of pharmacists (lemmy.world) submitted 8 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 173 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] peppy@lemmy.ml 77 points 8 months ago (8 children) ah yes. Murphy's law. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Ethanol@pawb.social 54 points 8 months ago (6 children) Uhm actually, that is Cunningham's law after Howard Cunningham, developer of the first wiki! Murphy's law states that "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" smhmh. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ignotum@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (4 children) Um actually you're wrong, what you're referencing is Poe's law, Cunninghams law is "whoever smelt it, dealt it" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) I thought Cunningham's law had to do with over-intelligent pigs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children) Nah, over-intelligent pigs is covered in "Animal Farm", a classic dystopian novel by George OrwellAldous Huxley shit sorry I accidentally misremembered it right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought that was from the book 2001 based off the movie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago No you're thinking of Rubik Kube's for which he invented the the Hoover Dam permalink fedilink source parent [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago That's true now, but Murphy actually said "if there's two ways of doing something people will do it wrong every time" What can go wrong will go wrong was Finagle's law until Murphy came along with a better name for a similar rule But Murphy's rule was better before as it gave a solution: ensure there's only one way to do a thing Murphy was a test subject for acceleration tests on rocket sleds. One run was ruined as all the accelerometers had been plugged in the wrong way, so no acceleration data was collected permalink fedilink source parent [–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 32 points 8 months ago ಠ_ಠ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ethanol@pawb.social 54 points 8 months ago (6 children) Uhm actually, that is Cunningham's law after Howard Cunningham, developer of the first wiki! Murphy's law states that "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" smhmh. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ignotum@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (4 children) Um actually you're wrong, what you're referencing is Poe's law, Cunninghams law is "whoever smelt it, dealt it" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) I thought Cunningham's law had to do with over-intelligent pigs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children) Nah, over-intelligent pigs is covered in "Animal Farm", a classic dystopian novel by George OrwellAldous Huxley shit sorry I accidentally misremembered it right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought that was from the book 2001 based off the movie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago No you're thinking of Rubik Kube's for which he invented the the Hoover Dam permalink fedilink source parent [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago That's true now, but Murphy actually said "if there's two ways of doing something people will do it wrong every time" What can go wrong will go wrong was Finagle's law until Murphy came along with a better name for a similar rule But Murphy's rule was better before as it gave a solution: ensure there's only one way to do a thing Murphy was a test subject for acceleration tests on rocket sleds. One run was ruined as all the accelerometers had been plugged in the wrong way, so no acceleration data was collected permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (4 children) Um actually you're wrong, what you're referencing is Poe's law, Cunninghams law is "whoever smelt it, dealt it" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) I thought Cunningham's law had to do with over-intelligent pigs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children) Nah, over-intelligent pigs is covered in "Animal Farm", a classic dystopian novel by George OrwellAldous Huxley shit sorry I accidentally misremembered it right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought that was from the book 2001 based off the movie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago No you're thinking of Rubik Kube's for which he invented the the Hoover Dam permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) I thought Cunningham's law had to do with over-intelligent pigs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children) Nah, over-intelligent pigs is covered in "Animal Farm", a classic dystopian novel by George OrwellAldous Huxley shit sorry I accidentally misremembered it right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought that was from the book 2001 based off the movie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago No you're thinking of Rubik Kube's for which he invented the the Hoover Dam permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children) Nah, over-intelligent pigs is covered in "Animal Farm", a classic dystopian novel by George OrwellAldous Huxley shit sorry I accidentally misremembered it right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought that was from the book 2001 based off the movie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago No you're thinking of Rubik Kube's for which he invented the the Hoover Dam permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) I thought that was from the book 2001 based off the movie. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago No you're thinking of Rubik Kube's for which he invented the the Hoover Dam permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago No you're thinking of Rubik Kube's for which he invented the the Hoover Dam permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago That's true now, but Murphy actually said "if there's two ways of doing something people will do it wrong every time" What can go wrong will go wrong was Finagle's law until Murphy came along with a better name for a similar rule But Murphy's rule was better before as it gave a solution: ensure there's only one way to do a thing Murphy was a test subject for acceleration tests on rocket sleds. One run was ruined as all the accelerometers had been plugged in the wrong way, so no acceleration data was collected permalink fedilink source parent