Rule 256, if it can be thunk, I've thunk it.
Did you know that there are rules of the internet? So I knew of Rule 34 of course, but I wasn't sure what the other rules were and how many, so here's the first example of overthinking.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RulesOfTheInternet
So I'm not sure why some numbers are missing after rule 67, but the main set of rules seems to stop at 77, with some exceptions. I found and particularly enjoy Rule 9001 - Shaped like itself, which seems to not be a rule but a meme format. I'm a bit confused at that, but if you want more info:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShapedLikeItself
So why 256 if the main list stops at 77? Well, I love even numbers. My favourite number is 4.
2 is the first even number beyond 0 and is therefore the OG even number. I just looked up OG to see if it meant original like I assumed, but it means original gangster, coming from a gang actually named the original gangsters. Very presumptuous of them, but I'll continue. Now you'd think well 2 is my fave since 2 is the OG even number, but nah that's a bit too on the nose. I gotta be more unique than that and there has to be a reason beyond just the first. So take 2 and multiply it by itself. Take 2 and add it to itself. Take 2 and put it to the power of itself. In all cases you get 4. 4 is the best form of 2. 2 is too old and obvious and 4 is the new contender with all the associations of 2 but the new tricks. 2 can't make a shape, only a line, 4 can make a square. 8 makes a stop sign, so 8 lets you know you've already passed the best number. Turn around and head back to 4.
If you're like me, this all makes sense. If you're not, you're likely just realizing you don't even have a favourite number, and why would you? You can't paint a room 4, or watch a 4 movie, or go to a 4 restaurant. Numbers are more of a tool and less of a characteristic. But for me everything matters. I think about EVERYTHING.
Now I don't wanna come across as a braggart, I'm not saying all my thoughts are amazing. But if there's something I haven't thought about, it's because I haven't seen or experienced it. So I have a favourite number when most people have chosen to stop thinking about numbers as soon as they graduated. And to say I fell in love when I first played Minecraft and realized its stack sizes and chunk sizes were all powers of 4 would be an understatement. I haven't played MC in a while for mental health reasons, but boy does it hold a place in my head because of those numbers. And if you haven't already done the math, 256 is 4 to the power of itself. Also 2^8 = 256, not as important, but still nice.
And it's not just numbers. I overthink things that there is no way to reason that they matter ever. I have had "What if?" kinds of thoughts my whole life. One that pops by frequently as I'm having an inner monologue of thoughts is what if a person near me can read my thoughts. Then I think about the reality that if that is true, they are hearing me think about them reading my thoughts.
Will they react to knowing they are found out? But if they are listening now, they know that I'm not sure, how could I know that? And if they know I expect them to react to my unfiltered thoughts, are they choosing to not react? And then I realize again they're hearing this entire monologue in my head and getting confused. Now because I've had this thought process many times before, I start explaining that this is how I think and I consider the best way to explain it, then I think about explaining how I've previously thought of how I've thought about this and thinking about explaining how I'm thinking. And by now if anyone can read my mind the one thing they know for sure is I'm insane.
The good news is these weird rambling thought processes run thru my head in and out in seconds. My mind thinks very fast, often too fast, but it doesn't linger on each individual insane thought. It thinks and considers and moves on to the next distracting thought thousands of times a day. This is part of why I have such a hard time staying focused. Things process and move on very quickly. Over the next couple of posts, I will explain 2 of the analogies I use for my brain, but for now, I think I've confused everyone enough.
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