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.
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.
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when someone quotes dumb post/s on the imageboard and sums up ironically the value of the message behind them
when someone quotes dumb post/s on the imageboard and sums up ironically the value of the message behind them
When posting for example on lgbt board things like;
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and the other user quotes your post and writes;
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The female body is beautiful and aesthetic. You'd have to be fucked in the head to not like it.
and the other user quotes your post and writes;
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"Dude, have you been keeping up with the dinner thread? It's five hundred messages long!"
"Nah, man, my shrink said I can't; I'm macronematophobic."
"Bogus, dude."
"Nah, man, my shrink said I can't; I'm macronematophobic."
"Bogus, dude."
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Hey Bob, go check out my offroad light install in my build thread! They go great with my prerunner bumper.
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