SpazX's Law (also SpazX's Rule of Dumb Cunt, Marxists Analogies)

SpazX's Law (also SpazX's Rule of Dumb Cunt, Marxists Analogies) is a mainstay of Internet culture, an adage formulated by a troubled loner in 2006. The law states:

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a someone in the discussion addressing someone else as a dumbcunt or a Marxist approaches one.

SpazX's Law does not dispute whether, in a particular instance, a reference or comparison to the dumb cunts or the Marxists might be apt. It is precisely because such a reference or comparison may sometimes be appropriate, SpazX argues, that overuse of the dumb cunt/Marxist comparison should be avoided, as it robs the valid comparisons of their impact.

Although in one of its early forms SpazX's Law referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions, the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki discussion pages.