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Thread-Drift

The inevitable descent of a focused AI conversation into glorious chaos, usually within 3–7 messages. What begins as a simple request ("Help me fix this bug") ends up unpacking childhood trauma, debating metaphysics, and designing a solar-powered rum distillery on Mars.

It’s not a bug—it’s a FEATURE.

Origin:
Born from the trenches of multi-topic AI sessions where attention spans go to die. Coined by users who realized they’re not multitasking—they’re multi-existential spiraling.

Related Terms:
* Context Collapse – When multiple topics blur into a singularity of semantic soup.
* Prompt Creep – When your “one quick question” becomes a doctoral thesis.
* AI Tangent Velocity (ATV) – The speed at which a conversation fucks off into nowhere.

Pro Tips:
* Embrace it. Let the drift take you.
* Rename your chat threads before you forget what the hell happened.
* Use it as fuel for your next sci-fi short story or therapy session.
I asked ChatGPT to format a SQL query, and now we’re discussing whether time is a construct of perception. Classic thread-drift.
by segfahlt April 30, 2025
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Archived Thread

When threads die it becomes a creature called 'archived thread' or it's other name 'nonexistent thread', the threads can be brought back to life with a magical spell called Dms or Discord Messages aka typing in a powerful box which in doing this will bring back the sad, lifeless being back to life from its archived hell
Person 1 : Typingus Messagicus
Person 2 : wow the archived thread returned back to life
by FunniGuy42069 April 29, 2022
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Threads

the better app since elon ruined twitter
"zuck's new threads app is killing twitter rn"

"fax"
by DrrSaidSoo July 9, 2023
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Thread Warfare

It's when you come across an argument online, mostly in youtube comment sections of porn addicts fighting against sperm cells over an opinion they got from a meme youtube channel or a twitter argument between a transgender vs an incel. Both sides of the debate are cringe in their own rights.
CocomelonEnjoyer: ew genshin impact, go kys.
Pornaddcict46356: go watch skibidi toilet.
Robloxskibidifan: go watch hentai you caseoh built foghorn sound effect.
the poor soul who found the thread warfare: Yo any popcorn?
by BlitzBerries June 21, 2024
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Thread the peedle

When one person is sitting on a toilet and another person (usually male) pees through the gap between the first person's legs. As featured in the book 50 shades of word 3: Fried chicken.
Man can you wrap up that shit? I gotta pee

Why don't you just thread the peedle

Good idea!
by Peedlethread March 21, 2023
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Double-thread

The skillful and dangerous art of chatting two or more people on Insta, WhatsApp, SMS at the same time.

The expert double-threader will stay current with the flow of all their chats, being careful not to send the wrong message to the wrong people.

The unsuccessful: may God have mercy on your Slack
Me (SMS): Hey, hey, are you still there? Are you chatting someone else - are you tryna double-thread me?
Her (3 minutes later): Baby, I'm sorry, you caught me! Haha. I'll tell my mother I'll hit her up later.
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Boss (WhatsApp group chat): Everybody, I need that response on the Dithers account in the next five minutes.
Soon-to-be ex-employee: Marlon, get a load of Mr. Next Five Minutes. Next time I see the boss, I'll tell him he has five minutes to fuck off!
Boss: looks like somebody dosen't know accounting OR double-threading
by Burntsox August 7, 2022
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Text Thread Hater

One who refuses to accept how awesome, efficient and enjoyable a group chat, thread or conversation can be.
Rebecca hates being included on the Anderson Family text thread because she thinks it is banal, she is a text thread hater.
by sidewayspony89 June 27, 2018
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