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"the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
Famously, and in formal completion of Cunningham's law disapproval. Cunningham has never said that, and actually disagrees with the aphorism, he's been quoted qualifying it as a misquote and a proof of misinformation spread on the internet in complete self-defeating disprove.
I hear you, but I choose to ignore this info.
I expected a Rick Roll there.
Me: "Cunningham's law says the best way to get a correct answer online is to post an incorrect one and wait to be corrected."
Cunningham: "Uhm ackshually"
Me: …
There's also Poe's law about conservation of energy.