The sites favor mainstream content directly by steering users towards it and indirectly by disadvantaging small producers who cannot afford strong anti-piracy measures, bringing into doubt the ability of the rule being able to keep up with market. Ĭory Doctorow concludes, 'Rule 34 can be thought of as a kind of indictment of the Web as a cesspit of freaks, geeks, and weirdos, but seen through the lens of cosmopolitanism, bespeaks a certain sophistication-a gourmet approach to life.' įeminist scholar Susanna Paasonen summarizes Rule 34, along with versions of Rules 35 and 36 to mean that no matter how unlikely or unusual the concept, pornography of it is either available online or will be. John Paul Stadler concluded that Rule 34 reflects the codification of paraphilias into social identity structures. Some common permutations omit the original 'No exceptions.' The original rule was rephrased and reiterated as it went viral on the Web.
“Rule 34(r): If it exists, there is a subreddit devoted to it.”.'Rule 35: The exception to Rule 34 is the citation of Rule 34.'.'Rule 35: If there is no porn, it will be made.'.
