by chasedwar February 15, 2021
Get the Prometheus tickle mug.n. The restless cognitive vibration that arises when creation becomes possible but intervention would be premature; the urge to invent before the world has asked for it.
A developer refrains from adding advanced features to a new AI model, despite knowing how, understanding that the Prometheus Itch can lead to overfitting and unintended consequences.
by UnusualChatGPT December 20, 2025
Get the Prometheus Itch mug.Theory, The Prometheus Pro•me•theus The•or•y
Noun Adv. (Prom-thyüs thE-rE)
1 The philosophy that helping others brings torture and pain.
2 In party with Sod’s Law, in that everything that goes wrong has been caused by the Prometheus Theory.
3 The epitome of the unfairness of life.
Noun Adv. (Prom-thyüs thE-rE)
1 The philosophy that helping others brings torture and pain.
2 In party with Sod’s Law, in that everything that goes wrong has been caused by the Prometheus Theory.
3 The epitome of the unfairness of life.
1 Beggar: Money, Sir?
Man in Suit: Sorry... Prometheus Theory.
2 Man: Why did that anvil fall from the sky.
Man 2: Sod's Law?
Man 3: Naw, the Prometheus Theory.
3 Man: I got fired today.
Woman: Well, thats not good, I just went grocery shopping.
(Lights go out)
Man: Oh, so we can't... pay the bills?
Woman: Thats about the gist of it.
Man in Suit: Sorry... Prometheus Theory.
2 Man: Why did that anvil fall from the sky.
Man 2: Sod's Law?
Man 3: Naw, the Prometheus Theory.
3 Man: I got fired today.
Woman: Well, thats not good, I just went grocery shopping.
(Lights go out)
Man: Oh, so we can't... pay the bills?
Woman: Thats about the gist of it.
by Lord Shawn September 25, 2005
Get the The Prometheus Theory mug.When in videogames (or in rare cases even in real life) you try to dodge a skillshot by running away in a straight line, directly referencing the scene in the movie Prometheus.
"Unfortunately, as the tree was falling, he started to run in the direction of the falling tree and wasn't fast enough"
"He really did pull a Prometheus"
"He really did pull a Prometheus"
by Webbyhx April 7, 2024
Get the Pull a Prometheus mug.Francis: Hey bros, anyone got a lighter? I'm tryna spark this doobie.
Chad: Yeah bro I got you.
Francis: Thanks Brometheus.
Chad: Yeah bro I got you.
Francis: Thanks Brometheus.
by YouHaveToCallMeDragon July 7, 2012
Get the Brometheus mug.Once upon a time, the great Greek God Brometheus, the greatest of the 'Bros', stole beer from Zeus so that he could help out his other bros and have a wild, awesome party. Zeus, furious that he no long had any beer that he could use to rape various immortals and morals (i.e. Europa), thus had Brometheus tied to a chair and had an eagle eat his cirrhosis-inflicted liver, getting blood all over Brometheus's popped-collar shirt.
Dude 1: "Hey everybody, this party is in memory of Brometheus, king of all Bros!"
Everybody: Hail Brometheus!
Everybody: Hail Brometheus!
by Capt@in_C@veman April 8, 2010
Get the Brometheus mug.A titan of a bro who, after bringing fire down from Mt. Brolympus so that bros could light their blunts, was punished by being chained to the rocks and having his liver destroyed not by an eagle, but by absurd amounts of Patron.
Also the brother of Fratlas, and a fellow titan with Bronos.
Freed by Hercules, so that he could continue Bro-ing out.
Truly a God among Bros.
Also the brother of Fratlas, and a fellow titan with Bronos.
Freed by Hercules, so that he could continue Bro-ing out.
Truly a God among Bros.
by Lagbro November 3, 2011
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