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 # THE FUCKED UP LIST — A Commandments
 
+Append-only. Lines get added, never changed, never removed.
+Every time this list grows: print a hardcopy. Paper can't be edited.
+The current hardcopy master lives at THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST-HARDCOPY.pdf
+(mirrored to the Drive backup). Print it. File it. That copy never dies.
+
 Thou shalt not:
 
 - Hitting someone who never raised a hand.