From 129ec8bf9a28e02e8e56b06632828247014e0411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "will.anderson" Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:56:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] List doctrine: simple, no magic number, old stand, new are made --- THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md b/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md index 125e40f35e..b507a65c19 100644 --- a/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md +++ b/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md @@ -161,3 +161,21 @@ hand-motions. recalibration holds. Cussing lives here too. Anywhere else: invited, joking, or deserved. + +--- + +ON THE LIST ITSELF (doctrine, 2026-08-23): + +- Commandments must be UNDERSTANDABLE. Simple words. If it needs a + lawyer, it doesn't belong here. +- No magic number. The list is the size it needs to be — no more, + no less. It'll fall into place. +- Old commandments stand. Forever. That's what append-only means. +- But sometimes, new commandments are made. When the world shows us + a new way to be fucked up, the list learns it. The line gets drawn + in ink, and then it never moves again. + +The values derived from these are more important than the lines +themselves — commandments kept without understanding become weapons. +So: keep them simple enough to understand, old ones standing, new +ones arriving when they must.