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  1. this is a dumb cliche, I agree, but I guess the thing that can be useful is Chesterton's Fence. ie, know what the purpose of the rules are before you break them. @ellaguro/1453762957851115533
    1. …in reply to @v21
      of course in a creative field the easiest way to find that out is to break them, and often the reasons are "because the stuff we grew up with did it this way", so.
      1. …in reply to @v21
        but like... "practice doing it this way and perfect your application of these rules... and only then decide they're bad" is garbage