Rule 34

According to the internet meme known as "Rule 34," there is pornographic material associated with any subject or hobby on the globe. The wide variety of adult content that is accessible online, including forbidden and unusual content, is addressed in Rule 34.

The meme takes into account contemporary internet pornographic content, such as slash literature, fan fiction, and hentai, as well as classic porn. Although Rule 34 is a noun, it can also be a verb. Someone will make porn about someone or anything if they "Rule 34s" them.

Some credit webcomic creator Peter Morley-Souter with creating the Rule 34 meme. He produced a piece in 2003 that expressed his disbelief in pornography with a Calvin and Hobbes motif. The caption for this piece read, "Rule #34: There is porn of it." No exclusions. The phrase "No exceptions" is now frequently left out of contemporary sources that reference the rule. According to Morley-Souter, the word was first used in an IRC chatroom.

In May 2007, Paheal.net made a searchable online Rule 34 database with Rule 34 photos available, which led to the creation of several related databases commemorating Rule 34.

The well-known webcomic xkcd published the comic "Rule 34" in the same year. It referred to the rule and improbable sexual situations, such as porn with homoerotic spelling bees and porn set on storm-chasing vans.

Users of 4chan started sharing explicit porn parodies and comics that violated Rule 34 in 2008. The phrase "Rule 34 porn," Pr0nz, was created by users who sought particular Rule 34 porn on the internet.

Rule 34 has been ingrained in popular culture by 2009. On their list of the top ten internet rules, The Daily Telegraph placed Rule 34 at number three. The idea served as the inspiration for Charles Stross's critically acclaimed science fiction book, "Rule 34," published in 2011. In 2013, CNN referred to Rule 34 as "probably the most well-known" internet regulation.

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Fan art is typically used to communicate Rule 34. These computer-generated artworks and sketches normally depict non-provocative people having sex. Videos and anecdotes about Rule 34 are also explicit.

Standard fodder for Rule 34 includes explicit cartoon images of children's characters, pornographic works with fictional TV characters, and non-sexual images with sexual overtones, like phallic carrots.

A drinking game has been created by Rule 34. In order to play, groups of adults come up with odd pornographic concepts and then look them up online to show they comply with Rule 34. Participants start drinking after the gang discovers the pertinent porn and Rule 34 is validated.

Some people feel challenged by Rule 34, while others like to play with the idea. When people come upon porn or pornographic imagery that they find severe or upsetting, they frequently bring up Rule 34.

Since Rule 34 appears to apply to everyone who spends time online, it continues to remain in effect. Pornographic material is frequently found via seemingly harmless searches. Given the diversity of human sexuality and the broad spectrum of fetishes and sexual interests, it appears that there is sexual content that is meant to appeal to nearly everyone. Rule 34 celebrates the diversity of human sexuality while simultaneously criticizing the strangeness of the internet.

Although Rule 34 is the most well-known regulation pertaining to online porn, rule 35, which was introduced later, has become more prominent. Rule 35 of the 2006 publication "Rules of the Internet" declares that "if no porn is found at the moment, it will be made." To put it another way, if there isn't porn yet concerning a subject, hobby, or situation, it will happen eventually.

According to rule 63, another comparable rule, every character has an opposite-gender version. Similar to rule 34, this rule is demonstrated by fan art that shows both male and female-gendered versions of the characters having sex.