butt’s law of social planning


a law of internet dialog, akin to godwin’s law and betteridge’s law of headlines.

“if somebody tells you they’ve devised a solution to any given major social problem, ask them if their solution requires that a) everybody do something or b) everybody stop doing something. if they say yes, you can tell them to shut up.”

originally noted as a comment in a metafilter politics thread by user faint of b-tt, september 1, 2017.
dude a: “if everyone would just stop paying their student loans, the government will have to act.”

dude b) “shut up. totally impractical per b-tt’s law of social planning.”

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