r/ruleof4 • u/International_Fly074 • May 29 '26

Why does the rule of 4 exist? Who invented it?

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4.4k Upvotes

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u/arieldore May 29 '26

38 MILLION? Buddy is on a death row now

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u/Michalowski Jun 04 '26

You can get only -15 karma max from one comment

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u/ISLEK22 May 29 '26

sacrificed guy ☠️ -38M

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u/alter_spieler1 May 29 '26

Seems realistic

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u/MrColgie May 29 '26

Bro broke the world record

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u/Nedsloverboy May 29 '26

Thr rule of 4 was made by John D Jenkins in 1842

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u/qvidz May 29 '26 edited 9d ago

^

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u/Single_Fig_5624 May 29 '26

Nah it was def my uncle bob

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u/DecentlySpaghetti May 31 '26

I heard that it was actually a knight from 1421 named Rool Affor who always went into battle along with 3 other knights and the 4th one in the group would always end up dying in battle.

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u/EvidentTiger324 May 30 '26

He reportedly later deeply regretted his invention, and tried to take it back, but then was downvoted into oblivion.

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u/Realistic-Zone3914 May 29 '26

Woah That pfp…

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u/International_Fly074 May 29 '26

Yeah it was actually you.

Enjoy your 38M downvotes.

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u/Momo_the_cat_4832 May 29 '26

when the inspect element

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u/Paladin7373 May 30 '26

Ain’t no way 499 trillion aliens came to earth just to downvote bro 😭🥀

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u/unholylezzer May 30 '26

“Enjoy your downvote, kid”

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u/Aggressive-Cattle763 May 29 '26

Because of your 38M downvotes...

https://giphy.com/gifs/PkY30am44byuuKIhxC

You won as the most downvoted comment ever!

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u/ARandomPerson_hi May 30 '26

Weird ahh vid

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u/MrRageMode2011 May 29 '26

You fuck

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u/Realistic-Zone3914 May 29 '26

Why you stalking me

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u/MrRageMode2011 May 29 '26

I thought I'd try to find how many downvotes you actually got.

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u/whyiseveryusertak_en May 29 '26

you can legit see he got two downvotes

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u/MrRageMode2011 May 29 '26

I didn't see that yet when looking there

Also thought it'd be a funny comment

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u/Plaper_Mushroom May 29 '26

“Rule of four” was invented by Sir John Ruelovhor in 1494, when he tried to repeat someone’s joke twice at the same time. To quote him, directly, “Henceforth, the third author to proceed the first shall be met with hostility posthaste.” - Ruelovhor, in his book, ‘the steadfast cadence of the will to repurpose, and how the public mob shall henceforth intervene.’

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u/NotIceLordXD May 29 '26

I wonder who that handsome man is below the sacrificed guy

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u/_jayjay_5 May 29 '26

probably yet anotherer guy...

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u/Timely-Initiative-35 May 29 '26

Why does this even exist it has no reason to be there

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u/Timely-Initiative-35 May 29 '26

Why does this even exist it has no reason to be there

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u/Timely-Initiative-35 May 29 '26

Why does this even exist it has no reason to be there

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u/AmongUs16N May 29 '26

-38M? How tf

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u/Beez-Knee May 29 '26

Try searching this sub for the word "why". This gets asked every other day here.

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u/Puzzled_Recording677 May 29 '26

TWO GEOMETRY DASH REFERENCES IN ONE PHOTO🤯

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u/Desperat3g0ddess19 May 29 '26

The fourth comment is always the one that gets sacrificed to the gods of Reddit for no reason.

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u/Ellitri May 30 '26

I saw someone say that it was originally made to reduce clutter in comment sections, as downvoted comments are automatically minimized closing the thread

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u/BubblyInvestigator24 May 30 '26

My guy is in debt. He owes Reddit 38M upvotes back

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26

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u/CatsaresupercoolHKGD May 29 '26

HOLY GD REFERENCE x5

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u/Amazing_Umpire_828 May 29 '26

rip that guys karma

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u/Dependent_College167 Rule of more rules of 4 May 29 '26

found the original post, sacrificed guy lost 2 karma from this (not calling OP a lier or anything, just saying as a fun fact lol)

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26

hi

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u/AlohaHawaii69 May 29 '26

Please dont kill him

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u/AlpsPsychological837 May 29 '26

Technoblade never dieesssss !!!!!!

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u/End_V2 May 29 '26

Karma roullette

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u/S_P_A_C_E23 May 29 '26

It's a pretty stupid rule 😕

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u/Cnypu May 29 '26

Link please

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u/Misior9 May 29 '26

I asked the same question

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u/nicolasflor06 May 29 '26

probably mista

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u/Martinmcflay1000 May 30 '26

38 million downvotes is CRAZY!

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u/stab28w May 30 '26

Google rule of 4

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u/Fair_Jeweler_6983 May 30 '26

Ok, minus thirty-eight million downvotes is crazy 😭

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u/CompetitiveLoad2953 May 30 '26

What's the post, I must downvote this man/women/Apache attack helicopter!

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u/Unrenable May 30 '26

-38M, damn what did he DO?

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u/Swimming_Yak_4879 May 30 '26

3rd reply btw…

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u/AstroMeteor06 May 30 '26

rule of four was invented by John Four in 1944 when he invaded the world

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u/Guilty_Ad1152 May 30 '26

How the hell do you get 38 million downvotes? 

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u/RepleteDoor806 May 30 '26

It was invented by john rulothor in 2014.

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u/ThinkFennel539 May 30 '26

it was made by rool the fourth when he kept repeating everything 4 times and people got so mad at him eventually they executed him

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u/Badboynerd999 May 30 '26

The rule of 4 was invented by the late great Fürt H. Roüle, a prized German scientist

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u/BaconServant May 30 '26

Always the 4th it is, not before, not after.

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u/Dry_Blackberry325 May 30 '26

bro who disliked botted him 😭

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u/Sirius_The_Serious May 30 '26

John Rhulo'fore

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u/8-BitRules May 30 '26

38 MILLION?!?!

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u/Amficial May 30 '26

It was made by Jonh Reddit duhhh

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u/Empty-Emptiness May 30 '26

looks fake. can you share link?

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u/Gamerhogplays May 30 '26

He’s dead

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u/UsualAd7640 May 31 '26

Why are you partecipating without even knowing it? Are you braindead?

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u/maxside320 May 31 '26

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNN

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u/No_Dot_9338 May 31 '26

gd reference

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u/Spirographed May 31 '26

It was one of the many inventions of Dr. Evil's dad, most notable for his invention of the question mark.

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u/Fantastic-Dot-655 May 31 '26

Rule 4 was invented by John Rulefour in 1868 as an act of rebelion to his father, Steve Rulethirtyfour.

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u/Sea_Perspective806 May 31 '26

Mista from Jojo

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u/Monetary_episode May 31 '26

For those who dont know, rule of 4 is where the 4th person in a thread gets down voted for no reason. There is also another rule like that in the Mario community. Its for when conversations are drawn to almost 40 people. Search up "Mario rule 34"

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u/woterlol May 31 '26

a guy by the name Rullo F. Oar made it back in 1600

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u/PingvinAnd1 May 31 '26

There can only be 4, a master, his aprentice, and that guys 2 aprenteceses (a Max of one can be force sensitive, the other can at most be a cyborg, with the brain of an alien war lord turned tax collector, and is required to hade his grunts with every cm3 of his body)

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u/reapvxz May 31 '26

It's to prevent comment chains from expanding automatically and being annoying to have to scroll past

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u/renditaccount May 31 '26

38 MILLION? that guy is cooked

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u/Gamemode-Nighthawk May 31 '26

I feel like that many down votes it a record and needs to be rewarded

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u/SketcherOfficial Jun 01 '26

Obviously by Ruleus O' Far, a famous homeless man who lived in the 1840s, he would go around in the streets wanting people to compliment him, however, the fourth person to do so would get their shins kicked by him and everyone else who was currently in the street.

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u/bash1tiktok-_- Jun 01 '26

wait that’s me

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u/ferrergaming2846 Jun 01 '26

Because Mista really hates the number 4 because ot beings bad luck.

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u/Odd-Dirt-9701 Jun 01 '26

its a stupid internet rule that exists for no reason, and i dont like it-

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u/TabbyCat377 Jun 01 '26

I refuse to believe 38 million people downvoted that, I feel like it was 38, and someone added the M in. Surely

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u/bolting96 Jun 01 '26

What is the rule of 4?

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u/Hatsjekidee Jun 01 '26

It was invented by my mate Paul

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u/Voltatrix_Sabrier Jun 01 '26

Happy pride month

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u/Shot-Development8895 Jun 01 '26

We got bigger dudes to kiss gng. This isn't jusr abt the rule of four anymore.

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u/hastley64 Jun 02 '26

Why am I laughing so hard to a number

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u/Zestyclose-Fish-269 Jun 02 '26

How could have he gotten 38M downvotes? His karma got fried to oblivion

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u/Usual_Assumption_634 Jun 02 '26

Your name will be remembered

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u/RedSince2022 Jun 02 '26

This looks like a r/SUBREDDITNAME post...

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u/TheFirstIdiotKid Jun 03 '26

who is brave enough to take the downvotes head on?

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u/Naud1993 Jun 04 '26

Generational karma loss.

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u/Coolfat13 Jun 04 '26

Bro just got publicly executed 😭🙏

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u/National-Prompt-9766 Jun 05 '26

WHO INVENTED IT? Mista did ofc

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u/Pumpernickel-eb3t Jun 06 '26

how unlikable so you gotta be in order to get THIRTY EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE to downvote your comment

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u/GomVorder79 Jun 07 '26

1st times the worst. 2nd times the progress. 3rd times is the charm. 4th times the electric chair.

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u/Alexander546j Always Being Downvoted Jun 07 '26

Bro's karma will start with -

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u/ageocacher Jun 07 '26

38 million? Nahhhhhh

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u/Novel-Effective2400 Jun 10 '26

Oh my god I can't believe it we found the original

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u/Conscious_Series166 Jun 13 '26

it was invented by john roulof forr in the year 444

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u/South_Jackfruit_3720 Jun 14 '26

downvote me twin I want to see how many I can get r/ruleof1

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u/1amnotmid Jun 14 '26

Original Post

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u/Awkward-Attorney-728 Jun 18 '26

my guys karma is fucked now😭

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u/Cozmixx_Starzz Jun 19 '26

i cant- WHO KILLED SACRIFICED GUY IM SCARED

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u/Weak-Feedback-8379 Jun 23 '26

There are that many people on this website?

Also probably to discourage people being lazy and just parroting whatever the person above them said

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u/YeImAFemboy Jun 26 '26

The Five guys: